Quality Improvement Specialist
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Job Location:
Orlando, FL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Nemours is seeking a Quality Improvement Specialist to join our Nemours Childrens Health team in Orlando FL. This is a hybrid position and there will be travel to Pensacola FL and Jacksonville FL as needed.
The Quality Improvement Specialist Cardiac Services collaborates with the Quality Improvement leaders and key stakeholders across the FL region and the Enterprise to provide support for multidisciplinary teams working on quality improvement initiatives in cardiac services. These teams are leading a variety of quality improvement and safety initiatives with a targeted focus on achieving results that improve key care processes and clinical quality outcomes. The position serves to support the facilitation including planning implementation and coordination of multidisciplinary teams and their work related to clinical quality improvement as well as the sustainment of these improvements. To achieve the targeted results this position will coordinate identify develop promote and support implementation projects identified by the Quality and Safety Team. This position works with leaders of the quality improvement teams to ensure deadlines and deliverables are met.
This position will also support the Quality & Patient Safety Committee of both Jacksonville Orlando and when formed in Pensacola as well a segment of the Medical Staff governance structure.
The Quality Improvement Specialist will have familiarity using Quality Improvement methodologies SPS tools and other techniques that are applied to achieve targeted and sustainable outcome improvements.
Position Responsibilities
- Serves as a key Quality Improvement resource to support both hospital and practice wide initiatives as well as departmental quality improvement teams programs projects and initiatives. This support includes but is not limited to the following:
- Partner with department leaders & quality improvement teams to develop and advance the following: Improvement teams charters; implementation plans; timelines; milestones to effectively track deliverables; performance dashboards; change proposals and other relevant materials needed to support the teams.
- Assist in coordination preparation and planning for the projects including conducting the necessary workshops implementation of the recommendations follow up utilizing daily management and coaching leaders throughout the project.
- Provide subject matter expertise education and consultative support.
- Conduct current state analysis for priority workflows based on performance gaps. Develop respective gap closure quality improvement plans.
- Guides data collection and the preparation of progress reports and outcomes to key stakeholders
- Partners with the Nursing Councils and appropriate committees as a primary member from Q/S team and the chair to support the objectives and priorities of the committee. This support includes organization of committee logistics such as: assist with the preparation of the agenda participant involvement completion of items requiring follow-up etc.
- In collaboration with the quality improvement team(s) support the development upgrade and delivery of quality improvement training programs and problem-solving methodologies/tools to Q.I. teams and other stakeholders as needed.
- Apply appropriate quality improvement and safety analytical tools and methodologies to identify improvement opportunities and advance rapid cycle improvement (i.e. PDSA FMEA SPS Bundles reliability science process flow mapping dashboards utilization key driver diagrams run charts and documentation from PDSA cycles implementation etc.).
- Develop trust and effective working relationships with key stakeholders (quality and safety team infection prevention hospital and ambulatory operations).
- Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities may be assigned from time to time by employees supervisor.
Position Requirements
- Bachelors Degree required; Masters degree preferred
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred
- Six Sigma and Lean Certifications are preferred
- Minimum of 1 year of process improvement lean six sigma or project management experience required (preferably in the healthcare industry); 3 years of experience preferred.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- FDA Regulations
- Data Collection
- Food Safety Experience
- ISO 9001
- Mobile Devices
- Root cause Analysis
- Quality Systems
- OSHA
- Food Processing
- Quality Management
- cGMP
About Company
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware an ... View more
