Senior Specialist | PI - Quality/Safety | Sharp Chula Vista | Full-Time | Day Shift
About The Position
The purpose of the Sr. Performance Improvement Specialist is to improve clinical outcomes including responsibilities relating to leading teams in the utilization of Change Acceleration Process and PI tools and providing feedback to physicians, managers, directors and executives. In collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer and appropriate Supervisory Committee Chair, facilitates evaluation of the medical staff's quality of care and leads improvement projects to decrease variation in physician practice to improve clinical outcomes and reduce cost. Assists the hospital service lines, operational areas and medical staff in identifying real and potential quality issues through measurement and analysis along with concurrent and retrospective review of performance information. Assists with operational planning and development of the hospital quality/safety plan; provides daily work direction to support staff to achieve objectives of the quality/safety plan.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Or Bachelor's Degree In an appropriate health related field.
- 3 Years Experience in healthcare performance improvement/quality/patient safety.
- Experience with interacting (in both oral and written forms) with staff, leaders, physicians, patients and families.
- Experienced with designing and managing data collection as well as analyzing, interpreting and presenting clinical quality-related data.
- Previous case review experience.
- Current unencumbered CA license appropriate to requirements of position.
- Intermediate computer skills required including working knowledge of PowerPoint, spreadsheets, statistics, and clinical information systems.
- Current knowledge of JC, State and Federal regulatory agency requirements, standards and regulations, particularly those related to PI, required.
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree In related field.
- 5 Years Clinical experience as a licensed professional.
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) - National Association for Healthcare Quality -PREFERRED
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) - American Hospital Association -PREFERRED
- Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) - Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety -PREFERRED
- California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -PREFERRED
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Department performance improvement
- Department and Division Performance Improvement
- Leadership
- Performance Improvement Medical Staff Performance Improvement
- Project management
- Leads Performance Improvement Projects
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
