Clinical Quality Improvement Lead (Data & PDSA)

CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER; United States; Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Quality Improvement professional to lead and support unit‑based improvement initiatives. The role emphasizes data collection, reporting, and applying QI methods to achieve SMART aims, with coaching across teams and leaders.

A Bachelor’s (Master’s preferred) and clinical experience are valued, along with strong collaboration, analytics, and knowledge of EMR systems. Join a mission‑driven team focused on safer, higher‑quality patient care.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, Master's degree strongly preferred
• 2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
• Written evidence of application of QI methodologies and tools to clinical process, outcome improvement or scoped project
• Previous clinical experience including direct patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and documentation within an electronic medical record

Responsabilidades

• Data collection: Designs data collection tools and teaches team member how to utilize those tools.
• Prepares accurate and timely reports using basic statistical tools.
• Demonstrates the use of statistical techniques to measure and analyze the variation in processes.
• Selects appropriate charts to display data.
• Produces regular status reports on the progress of quality improvement initiatives and regulatory requirement to unit leaders and staff to keep them apprised of progress, potential barriers, lessons learned, and related topics.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with unit leaders to prioritize unit-based quality improvement projects to assure alignment with organizational goals.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage a portfolio of improvement projects.
• Quality Improvement: Utilizes quality improvement (QI) methodology to improve outcomes.
• Participates in the development of specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time‑bound (SMART) aims, key drivers and interventions for strategic projects.
• Coaches unit-based teams in the development of SMART aims, key drivers and interventions for unit based projects.
• Coaches others to consider reliability principles when determining interventions.
• Designs PDSAs, facilitates PDSA cycles and documents results.
• Coaches others to utilize QI tools including but not limited to flow diagrams, modified FMEA and pareto charts.
• Application of Evidence Based Strategies: Demonstrates leadership and consultation to promote evidence based practice.
• Ensures that interventions are based on the most recent high quality evidence.
• Leadership and Knowledge: Understands health care systems, clinical processes, terminology and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrates leadership to ensure quality patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrates the ability to coach and mentor unit leaders and staff to utilize quality improvement methods.
• Coach and mentor Cincinnati Children's managers and staff to utilize quality improvement methods.
• Provide education and coaching to unit staff and teams through individual and/or team sessions.
• Provide coaching services to improvement science students to assist them in the learning and application of QI methods, models and theories.
• Serves as an informal preceptor for Quality Improvement Specialist Clinical I.

Conocimientos

Quality Improvement

Data analysis

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistics basics

Educación

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree strongly preferred

Herramientas

EMR systems

Descripción del empleo

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Quality Improvement professional to lead and support unit‑based improvement initiatives. The role emphasizes data collection, reporting, and applying QI methods to achieve SMART aims, with coaching across teams and leaders.

A Bachelor’s (Master’s preferred) and clinical experience are valued, along with strong collaboration, analytics, and knowledge of EMR systems. Join a mission‑driven team focused on safer, higher‑quality patient care.