Clinical Quality Consultant — Hospital Performance & Improvement

Thinkbrg; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) seeks a Clinical Quality Managing Consultant to guide hospital quality improvement programs across multiple clinical areas. You will analyze CMS, NHSN, and internal data, identify performance gaps, and design evidence-based improvement plans in collaboration with hospital leadership to drive patient outcomes.

The role requires 5–7 years in acute care quality, strong communication skills, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in acute care quality, hospital regulatory reporting, infection prevention, and/or hospital performance improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree required in Nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Health Information Management, or a closely related field.
• Advanced degree (MPH, MHA, MSN, MBA, or similar) preferred but not required.
• Professional certification such as CPHQ, CIC, or Lean/Six Sigma strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of CMS public reporting programs, NHSN surveillance, and QNet/QualityNet data submission preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex quality and regulatory data.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and facilitation skills to support the hospital’s clinical and operational team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on hospital quality, patient safety, and evidence-based clinical practices engagements.
• Analyze and interpret clinical quality data from CMS Care Compare, NHSN, QNet, and internal hospital systems to identify performance gaps.
• Design and implement client workplans that address issues such as infection prevention, sepsis care, surgical quality, complications, mortality, and readmissions.
• Support regulatory readiness by helping hospitals understand and meet requirements related to State health departments, CMS and other oversight bodies.
• Support hospitals in optimizing performance on national quality scorecards, including CMS Care Compare and other public reporting programs.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for hospital leaders and frontline teams.
• Monitor progress and evaluate outcomes of improvement initiatives using quantitative and qualitative measures.
• Partner with multidisciplinary hospital leaders nursing, physicians, quality teams, operations, and executives to align improvement strategies with organizational goals.
• Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration to ensure consistent adoption of evidence-based practices.
• Lead or support quality committees, workgroups, and performance-improvement teams within client hospital

Skills

Hospital quality

Regulatory reporting

Data interpretation

Stakeholder coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or allied health

MPH or MHA preferred

Job description

Berkeley Research Group (BRG) seeks a Clinical Quality Managing Consultant to guide hospital quality improvement programs across multiple clinical areas. You will analyze CMS, NHSN, and internal data, identify performance gaps, and design evidence-based improvement plans in collaboration with hospital leadership to drive patient outcomes.

The role requires 5–7 years in acute care quality, strong communication skills, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies.