We are searching for a Specialist in Quality Improvement– someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will work as part of the Quality & Outcomes Management (Q&OM) Team to achieve high quality, cost-effective health care throughout the Texas Children's Hospital System and maintain the necessary accreditation status for the organization (JCAHO, HCFA, NCQA, and other agencies, as needed).
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Assists in the coordination of System-wide quality improvements.
• Produces reports for quality improvement, guidelines, utilization, and outcomes, error-free and on time.
• Educates medical staff departments, administrative staff, and ancillary service departments regarding the tools of performance improvement, methods for measurement, analysis, and reporting to meet the standards of the JCAHO, HCFA, NCQA or other regulatory agencies.
• Provides medical staff and departmental staff teams with consulting and analysis services to support initiatives intended to achieve a breakthrough or incremental process improvement in patient care, as measured by at least one improvement, worthy of storyboard, per area of responsibility per year.
• Produces guidelines and measures for medical management in a timely, efficient manner.
• Provides Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations, Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for areas of responsibility as defined by Joint Commission standards on time and error-free.
• Provides opportunities and strategies for improvement of System entities and services as evidenced by at least two (2) improvements resulting from recommendations made.
• Helps to inform others of quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in and coordinates committees.
Skills & Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in nursing, Pharmacy, Social Sciences (Social Work), Respiratory Therapy, Health Information Management, or Business Administration
• 2 years of clinical and/or quality experience
• Certifications/Licenses: preferred CPHQ - Cert-Cert Prof Healthcare Qual RN - Lic-Registered Nurses or other clinical discipline