[Hiring] Quality & Safety Improvement Consultant V, ICU Clinical @Kaiser Permanente

Role Description

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for providing consultation and education related to:

• Clinical quality and patient safety
• Accreditation, regulatory and licensing (AR&L)
• Risk management
• Infection prevention and control

Responsibilities include:

• Evaluating, designing, developing, and implementing evidence-based guidelines, principles, and/or programs.
• Collecting, analyzing, reporting, and presenting clinical data for various users.
• Facilitating education regarding compliance methods and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring, reporting, and developing mitigation plans for occurrences that may lead to medical center liability.
• Supporting the medical center's continuous survey readiness program.
• Serving as a liaison with applicable government and regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets or continuous quality improvement (CQI) tools.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience in clinical setting, health care administration, or a directly related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Nursing, Public Health, or related field AND Minimum six (6) years of experience in quality, performance improvement, or a directly related field OR Minimum nine (9) years of experience in quality, performance improvement, or a directly related field.
• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Master's degree preferred
• ICU experience preferred

Requirements

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward.
• Builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Practices self-leadership and creates plans to capitalize on strengths.
• Adapts to competing demands and learns from change.
• Models team collaboration within and across teams.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise.
• Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions.
• Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
• Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities.
• Develops and implements data collection and analyses for quality improvement efforts.
• Supports in-depth quality improvement and risk management efforts.
• Investigates opportunities to develop new and improve current quality improvement performance metrics.
• Facilitates the development of quality improvement initiatives.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for quality improvement processes and regulations.
• Develops stakeholder development and quality performance review processes.

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