Safety Quality and Experience Strategist

Allina Health

2d • $48 - $67 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Safety Quality and Experience Strategist establishes, promotes, and maintains system strategy for identified programs and teams within safety, quality, and experience. Programs include patient safety and quality, employee safety, infection prevention, accreditation, sterile processing, and patient experience. The role works collaboratively with system and regional leaders and teams, providing strategic leadership for accreditation readiness and continuous compliance and helping teams translate regulatory requirements into reliable, sustainable practices across the organization.

The position supports strategy development and performance improvement, manages systemwide projects and multiple improvement initiatives, and uses data and established improvement methodologies to identify opportunities and develop solutions. It also supports regulatory reporting and compliance, develops measures and standard work, provides training and mentoring, and contributes to program budgeting and cost management.

This is a hybrid, 1.0 FTE role with an 8-hour day shift and no weekend rotation. The position is based at 2925 Chicago Ave Loading Dock, Minneapolis, MN 55407-1321.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a relevant healthcare field.
• Five or more years of experience leading a respective program, or three years of experience in a respective program with a master's degree in Nursing or a relevant field.
• Current license or registration required if applicable to the degree, such as medical technologist, clinical laboratory scientist, physician, or registered nurse.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Nursing or a relevant healthcare field.
• Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) certification is given as an example.

Responsibilities

• Support system strategy development and performance outcome improvement.
• Analyze and develop performance and improvement strategy for the respective program.
• Anticipate, identify, mitigate, and eliminate barriers to achieving performance results.
• Develop and implement efficient systemwide project and committee structures to drive improvement.
• Collaborate with market and clinical program teams to drive improvement.
• Manage large system projects, performance improvement initiatives, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage multiple performance improvement initiatives and facilitate projects using established methodologies.
• Collect and analyze data, communicate trends, and use data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support site and region compliance with state and federal regulatory reporting requirements.
• Complete process flow analysis with input from key stakeholders.
• Develop key performance indicators and measures.
• Manage related programs, including data analysis and reporting and program reviews.
• Conduct training and education; assist with new employee orientation and serve as a subject matter expert in the orientation process.
• Develop and conduct program-specific retreats and team training for competency development and skill building.
• Create, publish, and promote standard work guidelines, processes, and policies.
• Mentor system and market program employees as appropriate.
• Contribute to finance planning and budgeting, support program cost management, and participate in budget planning.
• Assist leadership with capital requests related to program improvements.
• Maintain safety and regulatory documentation, including accident files and records.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• PTO/time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being resources, including well-being dollars, dedicated navigators, programs, activities, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level