Quality Improvement Specialist - Transport

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

17d

About The Position

The Quality Improvement Specialist – Transport partners with departmental leadership to promote high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective health care. The role facilitates departmental and cross-departmental strategic projects using Root Cause Analysis, Intense Analysis, the Model for Improvement, and Six Sigma principles. The specialist supports performance improvement and safety efforts through measurement, statistical analysis, reporting, consultation, and project facilitation. The position also supports education and implementation of quality and safety standards and participates in ongoing professional development. Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing.
Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or a Nursing Licensure Compact state.
Basic Life Support certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Two years of professional clinical experience in the area of clinical expertise.

Responsibilities

Partner with departmental leaders to facilitate or conduct performance improvement and safety activities.
Develop and produce reports on performance improvement, safety, guideline utilization, and outcomes for assigned areas.
Use statistical techniques and knowledge to develop measures, sampling methods, and appropriate data representation; obtain statistical consultation as needed while developing expertise.
Use benchmark facility and database information, financial data, and other internal and external repositories to identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborate with the Medical Director until departmental leadership designs and presents quality-improvement project findings to appropriate audiences.
Consult with medical and departmental staff on measurement development, statistical analysis, and data presentation for initiatives intended to improve patient care; support at least one improvement suitable for a storyboard each year.
Use the Model for Improvement, Lean methodologies, and other organization-adopted tools in performance-improvement projects, and serve as a resource to staff on these methodologies.
Assist with education and implementation of quality and safety requirements from The Joint Commission, the American College of Surgeons, AAMI, and CMS.
Participate in and coordinate committees, task forces, and project meetings; prepare accurate agendas, reports, and minutes for performance-improvement meetings and projects.
Facilitate or lead projects as requested.
Collaborate with the Quality and Outcomes department and Medical Staff Leadership to develop measures for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE).
Meet ongoing education and development requirements.
Undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.