Quality Advisor

Sanford Health•Aberdeen, SD

12d•$31 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role supports corporate and local strategic plans that achieve high impact and significant improvements in organizational performance by providing oversight to performance improvement, regulatory compliance components and activities, and/or infection prevention and control. The Quality Advisor demonstrates the ability in problem solving, critical thinking, conflict management, and team building skills in order to ensure a productive work environment and achievement of goals. This role is responsible for utilizing and teaching process improvements as it relates to quality performance, regulatory compliance, or infection prevention. The Quality Advisor supports informed decision making for operational efficiencies that align with system strategies for improving patient/resident experience and outcomes and reducing patient safety and regulatory risk. They support process change from education through sustainability and serve as a communication link and resource for performance improvement, infection prevention surveillance and reporting, healthcare regulations, and patient safety for departments and management throughout the organization. The responsibilities include data and project management, analytical reasoning, interpreting and evaluation of complex information, identifying patterns and essential issues, while measuring and evaluating the attainment of results. Knowledge of and conformance to regulatory requirements, evidence-based practices, contractual obligations, and the organization's policies is essential, along with the ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information. The Quality Advisor understands and communicates quality and safety priorities as they relate to high reliability and value based care. They analyze data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement efforts. The role requires the ability to write and verbally communicate in a legible and understandable manner, possess strong computer skills, and have the ability to make independent and timely decisions when circumstances warrant. Familiarity with basic process improvement tools and healthcare and medical terminology is expected. The role requires strong interpersonal skills, such as interacting effectively with other health care professionals, physicians, upper-level management, regulatory agency staff, and the general public.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Minimum of two years of experience in clinical, nursing, healthcare safety, process improvement, infection prevention, accreditation or healthcare management setting required.
If a licensed registered nurse (RN), currently hold an unencucumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.

Nice To Haves

In lieu of education, leadership may consider an Associate’s degree and 5 years of applicable experience.
If degree is in nursing, graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Certification in regulatory accreditation, patient safety, quality specialty (Lean Six Sigma or Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) or Infection Prevention and Control (CIC®)equivalent preferred.
Quality improvement/assurance personnel with nursing backgrounds can maintain their license without seeking additional hours based on role’s responsibilities.
Other departments may or may not require certifications as directed by department leadership.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with leadership to organize, evaluate, assist, and coordinate planning and implementation of systematic, organization-wide approaches to improving outcomes, ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies, and/or achieving infection prevention program goals.
Supports corporate and local strategic plans that achieve high impact and significant improvements in organizational performance by providing oversight to performance improvement, regulatory compliance components and activities, and/or infection prevention and control.
Utilizes and teaches process improvements as it relates to quality performance, regulatory compliance, or infection prevention.
Supports informed decision making for operational efficiencies that align with system strategies for improving patient/resident experience and outcomes and reducing patient safety and regulatory risk.
Supports process change from education through sustainability.
Serves as communication link and resource for performance improvement, infection prevention surveillance and reporting, healthcare regulations, and patient safety for departments and management throughout the organization.
Manages data and projects, performs analytical reasoning, interprets and evaluates complex information, identifies patterns and essential issues, while measuring and evaluating the attainment of results.
Analyzes data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement efforts.