Quality Improvement Specialist
Quality Improvement Specialist
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$ 40 - 75
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Summary:
Serves as a Healthcare quality and patient safety subject matter expert and resource to the hospitals service lines. This position supports performance improvement efforts quality and patient safety initiatives designed to achieve top decile quality and safety outcomes. The Performance Improvement Specialist partners with Service Line Leadership medical and department directors to review and analyze key performance indicators and Service Line Dashboards and to facilitate the development of effective improvement action plans. Population served is based on scope of services in the department but may be flexed as needed to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Responsibilities:
1. Facilitates the development implementation and assessment of performance improvement strategies plans and work plans utilizing the most appropriate tools (e.g. PlanDoCheckAct Lean Six Sigma Methodology)
2. Facilitates interdisciplinary performance improvement teams.
3. Develops tools to track key performance indicators for PI strategies develops PI Project KPI definitions numerator and denominator statements data sources and processes for collection & reporting. Develops tools to support audits data collection/aggregate reports/reporting workbooks.
4. Supports quality and patient safety by providing expert consultation.
5. Designs and participates in audits chart reviews and data collection activities as appropriate.
6. Identifies potential Serious Safety Events Precursor and Near Miss Events via various sources including the use of occurrence reporting system.
7. Supports Patient Safety including facilitation of Safety Event Review Team (SERT) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) processes. Completes all required documentation and regulatory reporting including monitoring of measures of success.
8. Selects and recommends cases for multidisciplinary peer review. Processes cases through the multidisciplinary peer review process. Maintains all required records of peer review cases. Aggregates data from Multidisciplinary Peer Review (MDPR.
9. Gathers reviews and analyzes data for entry into the required databases including Midas IPRO QNET NYPORTS etc.
10. Maintains minutes from Quality Improvement and Patient Safety meetings.
11. Conducts Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) including process redesign and spread of initiatives as identified as risk mitigation strategies.
12. Supports all accreditation and regulatory compliance requirements. Serves as a guide and or scribe for regulatory site visits. Participates in development implementation and monitoring of plans of correction.
13. Models REACH Values (Respect Excellence Accountability Compassion Honor).
Working Conditions:
Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk
Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions
Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Org Unit: 1099
Department: Quality Improvement
Exempt: Yes
Salary Range: $40.43 $75.10 Hourly
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
