Special Quality Improvement

We are searching for a Specialist in Quality Improvement with the Outpatient Fetal Center at The Pavilion for Women location- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will work as part of the Quality & Outcomes Management (Q&OM) Team to achieve high quality, cost-effective health care throughout the Texas Children's Hospital System and maintain the necessary accreditation status for the organization (JCAHO, HCFA, NCQA, and other agencies, as needed).

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Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Sciences (Social Work), Respiratory Therapy, Health Information Management, or Business Administration

2 years of clinical and/or quality experience

Certifications/Licenses: preferred CPHQ - Cert-Cert Prof Healthcare Qual RN - Lic-Registered Nurses or other clinical discipline

Responsibilities

Produces reports for quality improvement, guidelines, utilization, and outcomes, error-free and on time.

Educates medical staff departments, administrative staff, and ancillary service departments regarding the tools of performance improvement, methods for measurement, analysis, and reporting to meet the standards of the JCAHO, HCFA, NCQA or other regulatory agencies.

Provides medical staff and departmental staff teams with consulting and analysis services to support initiatives intended to achieve breakthrough or incremental process improvement in patient care, as measured by at least one improvement, worthy of storyboard, per area of responsibility per year.

Produces guidelines and measures for medical management in a timely, efficient manner

Provides Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations, Focused Professional Practice Evaluations for areas of responsibility as defined by Joint Commission standards on time and error free.

Provides opportunities and strategies for improvement of System entities and services as evidenced by at least two (2) improvements resulting from recommendations made.

Participates in and coordinates committees

Attends performance improvement, medical management and other System committees as scheduled.

Prepares reports on Q&OM activities as needed for informing clinical, operations, and financial stakeholders, on time and

error-free.