[Hiring] Quality Improvement Specialist @Virtua Health

Role Description

This position is the primary staff support for medical staff and allied health professional ongoing professional practice evaluation and focused professional practice evaluation (OPPE/FPPE).

• Identifies opportunities for improvement, designs monitoring activities, evaluates clinical outcomes, and implements measurable plans for improvement.
• Collaborates with the Director to establish and maintain the annual quality activity calendar.
• Responsible for investigating and researching episodes that require intensive review, root cause analysis, or peer review for the medical staff.
• Reviews selected clinical outcome indicator data/reports for potential performance improvement review.
• Identifies trends in core measure and other regulatory data.
• Prepares/reviews charts with medical staff department chair and Performance Improvement chair.
• Populates and maintains performance dashboards for medical staff departments.
• Standardizes and coordinates the case review process to ensure reliability.
• Refines relevant physician measures for all performance dimensions or general competencies.
• Ensures that peer review data is systematically collected and analyzed.
• Evaluates and analyzes medical records for determined quality indicators and report requests.
• Manages and trends data collection for an assigned hospital/facility.
• Performs data entry of regulatory or other required information into appropriate databases.
• Coordinates performance improvement activities according to the Virtua Quality Plan.
• Participates in patient safety initiatives, working in collaboration with department leaders.
• Ensures compliance with Virtua Risk Management Program for local facility.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years in quality management, health information management, case management, utilization review, or other healthcare-related field.
• Must demonstrate the ability to accurately use a computer and standard office software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Must demonstrate effective verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Must be able to establish and maintain an effective rapport with staff, physicians, managers, and administrators.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks and flexibility to balance changing priorities.

Requirements

• Required Education: RN
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Training/Certifications/Licensure: CPHQ or equivalent preferred.

Benefits

• Medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance.
• Health and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement).
• Paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws.
• Short-term disability and optional long-term disability.
• Colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.