Quality Improvement Specialist

Foundation Health•Fairbanks, AK

5d•$36 - $58

About The Position

Foundation Health Partners is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Quality Improvement Specialist to support our mission of delivering consistent, high-quality care and service to our community. In this role, you will help evaluate workflows, analyze performance data, and collaborate with teams to implement meaningful improvements across the organization. The ideal candidate brings strong critical-thinking skills, a solutions-focused mindset, and a passion for driving excellence in every aspect of operations. Join the FHP Quality Department as we embark on our continual improvement journey with FHP Forward: Improve. Patient-Centered. Empower! Qualified applicants must reside in the local area or have confirmed plans to relocate prior to their start date.

Requirements

Requires Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, science, business, engineering or related field OR a clinical background with current license/certification or equivalent experience.
Requires a proficiency level typically attained with five (5) years acute care, healthcare, process improvement, safety or quality management experience.
Requires ability to perform complex statistical analysis and highly developed problem solving skills.
Requires the ability to manage programs and projects.
Requires demonstrated excellence in interpersonal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Registered Nurse (RN) license preferred.
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification is preferred.
Experience with process improvement, regulatory/accreditation programs, data management, and analysis including graphic development and presentations is highly desirable.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Supports staff, departments, and leaders in continuous improvement activities and projects to include rapid improvement and improving flow events, value stream mapping, standard work, process improvement projects, and support to Quality Team.
Educates and facilitates organization quality management system and programs, improvement activities, and tools.
Provides ongoing assessment of performance, analyzes clinical outcome data, and identifies performance improvement opportunities or trends.
Conducts high level assessments, gathers information and collaborates with the appropriate process owner(s) to identify opportunities for improvement.
Analyzes data for administrative and clinical decision making.
Facilitates prioritization of improvement activities with system and facility leadership.
Initiates and oversees performance improvement projects in collaboration with project lead.
Serves as a resource and/or facilitates improvement teams to plan, implement, and coordinate entity activities to maximize clinical and operational outcomes.
Participates on improvement teams, guiding them on the system defined improvement process.
Serves as a resource for assessment of clinical performance and performance improvement methodologies throughout the facility and system.