Registered Nurse (RN) Quality Specialist | Quality Risk Management

About the role

Monday‑Friday; 80 hrs/2 wks. You Belong at Avera – be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

Accountable for guiding the department in improving clinical effectiveness and compliance with the state of operation and national reported evidence‑based indicators.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the expert on the clinic quality initiatives and stays current on changes occurring on the national or state level.
• May lead quality improvement initiatives in all ambulatory settings.
• Works with vendors to assure that data is accurately abstracted and submitted according to vendor protocols.
• Coordinates submission plan with IT, fiscal and medical records as required.
• Conducts quality reviews for various clinical components to identify areas of potential concerns, opportunities for improvement and identifying trends.
• Creates process improvement strategies related to quality matters.
• Conducts in‑services and outreach education related to performance improvement, and implementation of best practice, as needed.
• Works closely with organizational leadership (staff and physicians) to educate on federal and state quality projects and outcomes.
• Meets all submission timelines and assures that validation scores comply with national requirements.
• Participates in validation process to assure that necessary changes are implemented and measures the success of these changes.
• Assures appropriate tools (forms, worksheets, etc.) are developed and available for staff to assure compliance with federal and state quality requirements.
• Works collaboratively with department leaders to ensure proper quality components are captured for data collection purposes and problem solves with leaders if data is not collected or not within the targeted benchmarks.
• Acts as the liaison to the system related to all ambulatory quality matters.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Qualifications

Required: Registered Nurse (RN) – Board of Nursing; an active license in the state of practice (upon hire).

Preferred: 1‑3 years of nursing experience in a clinical setting.

Benefits

Avera offers a wide range of benefits to qualifying part‑time and full‑time employees, including PTO available day 1 for eligible hires, up to 5 % employer matching contribution for retirement, and career development guided by hands‑on training and mentorship.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $64,480.00 – $96,200.00; actual pay rate is dependent upon experience.

Schedule

Day shift, Monday‑Friday; 80 hrs per 2 weeks.