Quality Improvement Specialist

Texas Children's Medical Center•Houston, TX

About The Position

We are searching for a Per Diem Quality Improvement Specialist -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will partner with departmental leadership to achieve high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective health care. To facilitate departmental and cross-departmental strategic projects using methodologies including Root Cause Analysis, Intense Analysis, and Model for Improvement, and Six Sigma principles. Think you’ve got what it takes?

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing Required
RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact and a BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support BLS – Cert-Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association Required
2 years of Professional clinical experience in area of clinical expertise

Responsibilities

Partners with the departmental leaders to facilitate/conduct performance improvement and safety activities.
Develops and produces reports for performance improvement/safety, guideline utilization, and outcomes for areas of responsibility.
Uses statistical techniques and knowledge to develop measures, sampling methods, and the appropriate representation of data. (Statistical consultation may be necessary until this expertise is developed).
Utilizes data from benchmark facilities and databases, financial databases, and other internal and external data repositories to identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborating with the Medical Director until leadership designs and presents the finding of quality improvement projects to appropriate departmental audiences.
Acts as a consultant for medical staff and departmental staff related to the development of measurements, statistical analysis, and appropriate data presentation to support initiatives intended to achieve a breakthrough or incremental process improvement in patient care, as measured by at least one improvement worthy of storyboard per year.
Utilizes the Model for Improvement, Lean Methodologies, and other tools adopted by the organization as the basis for performance improvement projects and serves as a resource to all staff on the methodologies.
Assists with the education and implementation of standards for The Joint Commission, American College of Surgeons, AAMI, and CMS regulation requirements about quality and safety.
Participates in and coordinates committees/task forces/project meetings.
Prepares agendas, reports, and minutes of performance improvement task force meetings/projects without errors.
Acts as a facilitator and/or team leader for projects as requested.
Collaborates with the Quality and Outcomes department and Medical Staff Leadership on developing measures for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE).
Meets ongoing requirements for education and development.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.