Rural Program Consultant, Health Care Quality

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Rural Program Consultant Health Care Quality! This role can be home based.

This is a full time benefits eligible fixed term opportunity. Current funding will expire on June 30 2028 with a possibility of extension.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful you will have access to Heart U our award-winning corporate university as well as additional training and support locally.

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• Engage with clients at hospitals healthcare systems and/or outpatient settings to implement and deliver program and product services including active data collection decision support tools model practice sharing peer to peer networking collaborative facilitation quality improvement consultation application of education resources and building a program site team/infrastructure for success
• Provide outstanding account support to build and maintain a positive relationship in collaboration with region staff and leadership. Review program participation and opportunities for expansion into additional quality programs. Skilled in seeking out program/product champions at the customer site establishing relationships with key partners and decision makers/influencers in C-suite or executive positions as well as crucial relationships with front line leaders program Medical Directors and data abstractors
• Prioritize plan and deliver both accredited and non-accredited workshops
• Collaborate with sales contracting and operations team on the development and implementation of comprehensive territory/state plans to achieve organizational goals and reduce health disparities
• Document activities in customer relationship management tools such as Microsoft Dynamics. Provide access and delivery of information through PMT IRP and other Health IT systems. Record and report on account interactions and execution of the supported initiative including supervising progress and reporting
• Collaborate with appropriate hospital teams to identify and resolve compliance issues and facilitate program engagement and optimization towards care excellence & recognition product service value and return on investment

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
• Three (3) years of experience
• Experience in an acute care hospital or health care setting working directly on clinical quality or process improvement projects or a national cardiac or stroke clinical quality improvement program that incorporates data capture within a process improvement framework
• Experience in rural health public health or hospital/healthcare systems for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Stroke Heart Failure
• Excellent in advanced PowerPoint Word Excel and delivering PowerPoint presentations virtually and in person to both large and small groups
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to travel up to 10% local and overnight stay as needed

Preferred Skills:

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) is preferred or Certified Health Education Specialist or a clinical degree in health services
• Experience in collaborative learning groups
• Experience in healthcare quality improvement systems
• Familiarity with Systems of Care work or understanding of EMS Payers CMS

The expected pay range will be $70000 to $90000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range. The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. Thats why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition You are rewarded for achieving success through annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibilityfor an incentive program is based on the type of position.
  
  
• Benefits We offer a wide array of benefits including medical dental vision disability and life insurance along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being we also offer an employee assistance program employee wellness program and telemedicine and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Associations national online university with more than 100000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Associations 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health by 2028 the Association will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science policy and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association American Stroke Association our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives regardless of race ethnicity gender gender identity religion age language sexual orientation national origin and physical or cognitive abilities.

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