Clinical Quality & Patient Safety Leader

Houston Methodist; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Methodist is seeking a Quality Outcomes Specialist to assess and enhance clinical systems and processes ensuring safe, effective, patient-centered care. The role identifies outcome variances and leads improvements across performance and safety programs, partnering with leadership to promote a culture of high reliability.

Responsibilities include facilitating performance improvement initiatives, data abstraction and reporting, and serving as a resource for process improvement expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, allied health, healthcare administration, business administration or a clinical discipline
• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred
• Master’s degree preferred
• Four years of experience in clinical care activities in a hospital setting (RN preferred)

Responsibilities

• Leads facility partners to bring expert assessment and problem-solving skills to ensure reliable, safe systems of care for all patients.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with leadership, physicians, colleagues and peers and works collaboratively to achieve desired outcomes.
• Collaborates and effectively communicates and drives culture of safety and high-reliability initiatives; partners with leadership and clinicians to implement improvements.

Skills

Clinical knowledge and skills

Data analysis

Communication

Process improvement

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or allied health

Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Houston Methodist is seeking a Quality Outcomes Specialist to assess and enhance clinical systems and processes ensuring safe, effective, patient-centered care. The role identifies outcome variances and leads improvements across performance and safety programs, partnering with leadership to promote a culture of high reliability.

Responsibilities include facilitating performance improvement initiatives, data abstraction and reporting, and serving as a resource for process improvement expertise.