Quality Initiative Specialist

About the role

The Quality Initiative Specialist facilitates, coordinates, and provides quality advisor support to teams at all levels of the organization, with a focus on Peri-Operative Services.

Responsibilities

• Supports use of quality improvement (QI) methodology and tools to improve process measures and outcome measures for and with QI teams across the Hospital system.
• Responsible for supporting the collection, coordination, and analysis of data that measures clinical processes and patient outcomes.
• Using quality improvement methodology, coaches/consults departments and interdisciplinary teams in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing improvement strategies that enhance overall Hospital quality efforts.
• Assists departments in implementing evidence-based practice.
• Educates staff on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) Model for Improvement methodology.
• Serves as Quality Advisors for hospital teams and committees.
• Maintains ongoing knowledge of current Quality literature, resources, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), and other regulatory agency standards.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Experience in Quality Improvement Methodology.
• Experience in data collection and simple analysis.
• Experience developing and leading teams.
• Experience working with all levels within an organization.
• Healthcare experience is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Master's degree is preferred.
• Certification: Performance Improvement (PI) certification is preferred.
• Years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years is preferred.

Schedule

Full Time, Monday–Friday, hybrid (in-office and remote).