Clinical Senior Project Leader

Methodist Health System • Richardson, TX

106d

About The Position

The Clinical Senior Project Leader will assist and collaborate with the Quality Director to promote positive change and excellence in clinical quality, patient safety, and customer service. This role is instrumental in planning, designing, deploying, and diffusing clinical quality improvement initiatives throughout the organization to drive successful change. The primary responsibilities include assisting the Risk Manager with incident report review and prioritization, chart auditing, and risk management review.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Nursing required.
• Master's degree in healthcare related field preferred.
• Graduate of accredited school of professional nursing.
• Texas RN License.
• Current certification in performance improvement preferred; Certification as LSSBB, PMP, MHS Silver Fellow, CPHQ, CPPS, or equivalent required within 18 months of hire.
• Minimum of five years relevant work experience, including project leadership experience, quality management or project management, patient safety, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Coaching/mentoring skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence others and work collaboratively with physicians.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking.
• Handles confidential material and information appropriately.
• Knowledgeable of hospital policies, procedures, and nursing care standards.
• Passion for quality, safety, and service.
• Positive attitude and approach.
• Self-directed, motivated with strong organizational skills.
• Understands the legal consequences of nursing actions and BNE regulations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for clinical quality of the hospital through regular and ongoing tracer activities to assist in regulatory compliance readiness, documentation, evidence-based practices, and clinical aspect review with problem identification and development of improvement/action plans.
• Coordination of action plans to address and close gaps in clinical workflows.
• Provide support to workgroups, committees, and taskforces with process improvement and methodology to align with quality initiatives and key strategic priorities.
• Develop, educate, and lead entity-specific readiness teams; conducting regular and ongoing clinical tracer activities to assist in the aggregation of opportunities and the coordination of action plans to address and close gaps in clinical workflow and/or organizational work processes.
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of project management, process improvement, and performance improvement methods spanning multiple approaches.
• Be regarded as a subject matter expert in the area of accreditation and regulatory standards; provide guidance relative to policy, protocol, and guideline development to ensure compliance.
• Responsible for using robust process improvement tools and methodology to develop, deploy, and diffuse both small and large scale improvement initiatives in alignment with key strategic priorities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Magnet®-designated hospital.
• 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Hospital Review, 2023.
• Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023.
• Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree