PI Coordinator-Quality Assurance

Prime Healthcare•Sherman Oaks, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Sherman Oaks Hospital is seeking a PI Coordinator to help coordinate, integrate, and implement organization-wide performance improvement activities in collaboration with the department’s reporting manager. The role supports compliance with company policies and state and federal regulatory and accreditation standards. Activities include chart reviews, data abstraction for CMS Core Measures and other quality-outcomes studies, and staff education on core measures and updates to indicators. The coordinator also works with the VP to research and develop quality and value-based care initiatives across the system and communicate the organization’s strategic vision and mission. The role analyzes data to track and trend quality-metric fallouts; compiles quality, financial, and operational performance data, including cost and effectiveness; and gathers information relevant to improving healthcare delivery and addressing industry challenges. It also involves using customer feedback to inform improvement efforts and supporting service-line development and assessment, including competitive-marketplace and needs assessments, health trends, service-line management, and health policy and management. Sherman Oaks Hospital is a 153-bed, not-for-profit acute-care community hospital in Sherman Oaks, California, with more than 500 employees. It provides 24/7 emergency care and a range of specialized medical, surgical, and diagnostic services.

Requirements

Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access.
Experience reviewing charts for care issues.
Detail-oriented organizational skills.
Ability to handle multiple cases and directions and follow through.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Experience communicating with Medical Staff.
Excellent interpersonal relationship skills and exceptional professional work ethics.
Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and typing.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare-related field preferred.
Certification in a healthcare field preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist in coordinating, integrating, and implementing organization-wide performance-improvement activities in collaboration with the department’s reporting manager.
Support compliance with company policies and state and federal regulatory and accreditation standards.
Conduct chart reviews and abstract data for CMS Core Measures and other quality-outcomes studies.
Educate staff about core measures and updates to new or enhanced indicators.
Work with the VP to research and develop quality and value-based care initiatives across the system.
Communicate about the organization’s strategic vision and mission.
Analyze data to track and trend quality-metric fallouts.
Compile quality, financial, and operational performance data, including cost and effectiveness.
Gather information relevant to improving healthcare delivery and addressing multidimensional challenges in the healthcare industry.
Use customer feedback to inform improvement efforts.
Support service-line development and assessment, including competitive-marketplace assessment, needs assessment, health trends, service-line management, and health policy and management.