[Hiring] ICU Quality & Safety Improvement Consultant V, Clinical Quality Consulting @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, and infection prevention and control.
• Evaluating, designing, developing, and implementing evidence-based guidelines, principles, and/or programs related to area of work to reduce variation in clinical practice and optimize patient outcomes.
• Collecting, analyzing, reporting, and presenting clinical data for a variety of users including state, federal, and local agencies.
• Facilitating education regarding the interpretation of compliance methods when preparing for regulatory reviews and regional project goals.
• Monitoring, reporting, and developing mitigation plans for occurrences that may lead to medical center liability.
• Supporting the medical center's continuous survey readiness program to maintain compliance with regulatory standards.
• Serving as a liaison with applicable government agencies, regulatory agencies, and other organizations.

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).

Requirements

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward.
• Builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback.
• Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas.
• Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities.
• Models team collaboration within and across teams.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area.
• 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 to support quality improvement efforts.
• Supports in-depth and advanced quality improvement and improvement 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.

Benefits