Cardiovascular Quality & Data Improvement Specialist

University of California - Irvine Health; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UCI Health is seeking a Quality Improvement Specialist for the Heart and Vascular Institute to lead data abstraction, validation, and timely registry submissions (STS, CCORP). The role analyzes clinical data to create dashboards and drive performance improvements across teams.

The candidate will support quality initiatives, coordinate committee activities, and collaborate with physicians and leaders to identify improvement opportunities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years clinical RN experience required.
• Bachelor's degree or higher required in nursing or related field.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance across HVI.
• Oversee abstraction, validation, and submission of clinical quality registry data (STS, CCORP).
• Develop actionable insights, dashboards and reports from clinical/operational data.
• Coordinate HVI quality and patient safety committee activities.
• Collaborate with physicians and administrative teams to improve outcomes.
• Ensure regulatory/accreditation compliance and contribute to education on quality.

Skills

Statistics

Excel

Visio

Analytical skills

Quality improvement

Data reporting

Database knowledge

English communication

RN license (CA)

2+ years RN experience

Interpersonal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Business, Administration or related field

Current California RN license

Tools

SQL

Job description

UCI Health is seeking a Quality Improvement Specialist for the Heart and Vascular Institute to lead data abstraction, validation, and timely registry submissions (STS, CCORP). The role analyzes clinical data to create dashboards and drive performance improvements across teams.

The candidate will support quality initiatives, coordinate committee activities, and collaborate with physicians and leaders to identify improvement opportunities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.