Quality Improvement Advisor

Owensboro Health • Owensboro, KY

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides analysis, facilitation, and coaching on projects to improve clinical outcomes, quality, and patient safety.

Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years' relevant experience required
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Nursing or a healthcare related field as determined by the organization required upon hire
• A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• RN – If Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Nursing, licensed as a Registered Nurse. Eligible to practice nursing in the state of Kentucky required upon hire.
• BLS - Certified as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider preferred
• CPHQ - Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality through National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) preferred
• Decision making
• Change management
• Effective communication skills
• Team Collaboration

Responsibilities

• Assists leaders in the development, implementation, and monitoring of key performance measures for identified improvement projects.
• Collaborates with leaders in implementing and reviewing measures of effectiveness from cause analysis action plans.
• Partners with leadership across the organization to education/train, communicate, standardize, and sustain the implementation of process improvement and safety principles.
• Coaches staff on the continued use of improvement tools, including the error prevention tools, run charts, pareto charts, Issue Investigation Tool, and Learning from Defects Tool for patient safety.
• Participates on key projects to identify improvement opportunities and conducts research as needed in order to make appropriate recommendations.
• Performs statistical analysis of data compiled from various sources; prepares reports and makes recommendations based on findings.
• Identifies trends/patterns, causes for variation, and opportunities for improvement.
• May coordinate data compilation and validation of information for regulatory projects as directed
• Serves as expert and resource for improvement teams in regards to strategies, plans, and tools.
• Helps design and facilitate programs, meetings, and education on improvement.
• Collaborates extensively with providers and clinical team members to improve quality and completeness of documentation.
• Educates stakeholders on defined quality measures and best practices including documentation standards.
• Compiles and analyzes information for peer review for areas as assigned.
• Maintains awareness of current trends, practice changes, and research findings related to performance measures.
• Collects and performs statistical analysis interpretation, and dissemination of data related to performance measures.
• Serves as the data administrator for assigned databases and utilizes the databases as a resource for benchmarking to drive improvement.
• Collaborates with leaders in assigned areas to assess practice, collect data, coach team members, and build relationships.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees