Lead Clinical Quality Analyst - Harborview Medical Center
About The Position
Harborview Medical Center Quality Improvement has an outstanding opportunity for a Lead Clinical Quality Analyst WORK SCHEDULE 100% FTE HYBRID 3 days on site POSITION HIGHLIGHTS Provides leadership for key HMC quality initiatives and provides guidance and mentorship for other Clinical Quality Analysts Works independently and proactively collaborates with clinical, operational, and leadership partners to advance HMC's strategic plan for quality, with an emphasis on advancing key HMC quality initiatives identified by leadership DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Harborview Medical Center - Quality Improvement
Requirements
- BA or BS in Nursing or equivalent medical field, with 3+ years of clinical experience
- The Clinical Quality Analyst must also have 3 years of recent experience with quality improvement and/or patient safety activities in a hospital setting
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate information gathering and dissemination within a complex administrative system
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and present information and communicate effectively with clinical, operational, and leadership stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to collaboratively facilitate multidisciplinary workgroups comprised of clinical providers, quality improvement team members, and other system constituents from different departments and levels
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently with complex data collection and data registry collection systems
- Ability to analyze data/care processes for identification of opportunities for improvement in care
- Understanding of data validity, chart abstraction and coding issues within the electronic medical record and demonstrated ability to work effectively and efficiently with medical records
- Highly self-directed and creative
Responsibilities
- Facilitates intake and triage of data and report requests, in collaboration with the Assistant Administrator for Quality Improvement
- Supports quality improvement functions, collaborating with clinical and operational partners to plan and implement improvement initiatives, and to objectively analyze impact and outcomes
- Supports timely HMC data submission for Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR), Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Reporting (IPF)
- Monitors benchmarking (e.g., Vizient Quality & Accountability Scorecard, US News, WSHA, Leapfrog) performance trends, communicating findings with clinical leadership, and via the appropriate quality improvement committee structures
- Supports data submission and analysis for Leapfrog and other assigned quality programs, participating in associated improvement efforts when indicated
- Maintains current knowledge of related internal/external data requirements and data definitions for all assigned data elements and serves as an institutional resource related to selected internal/external data requirements to help educate stakeholders
- Networks and coordinates with other team members focused on quality and safety efforts, including clinical leadership, other Clinical Quality Analysts, Computer Specialists, Clinical Documentation Specialists, Population Health, IT/Analytics, Finance, and quality work groups
- Independently abstracts and analyzes clinical care from complex medical record system as requested
- Identify potential deficiencies in clinical care and refer cases for expert review as needed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
