Quality Project Specialist

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Quality Project Specialist brings strong project facilitation, clarity of vision, critical thinking, process improvement, data analysis, and effective relationship management expertise to enhance and improve the overall success of the physician quality program for the Piedmont Clinic. This role primarily focuses on creating and supporting processes and infrastructure to facilitate large-scale quality improvement for clinical practice priorities set by the Physician Network. This high functioning team member serves as an integral part of the overall Quality and Safety Team for PHC, supporting all components of the Piedmont Clinic's quality program, largely through the physician organization structure of the Clinical Governance Councils (CGCs). Quality Project Specialists serve as subject matter experts (SME) for their assigned CGCs, their performance and quality metrics, and subsequently provides full support, ownership, and guidance to physicians and practices to ensure success in driving performance and quality improvement initiatives and measures. This team member serves as the provider and practice-facing liaison to assigned physician members and practices to ensure ongoing success for all aspects of membership within the Network.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare or business administration, management, nursing, or similar field from a recognized university or college
5 years experience in healthcare
2 years experience in process improvement or project management
Effective application of QPI principles and use of project management skills
RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure if degree is in nursing

Nice To Haves

Master's degree
Prior people-leadership experience

Responsibilities

Facilitate project management, clarity of vision, critical thinking, process improvement, data analysis, and relationship management.
Create and support processes and infrastructure for large-scale quality improvement for clinical practice priorities.
Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for assigned Clinical Governance Councils (CGCs), their performance, and quality metrics.
Provide full support, ownership, and guidance to physicians and practices to ensure success in driving performance and quality improvement initiatives and measures.
Serve as the provider and practice-facing liaison to assigned physician members and practices.