Clinical RN Quality Lead & Improvement Coach

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Improvement Specialist to support the Quality Director in planning and executing improvement projects. The role requires nursing credentials, experience with quality concepts, and the ability to analyze data to drive changes.

Responsibilities include supporting accreditation activities, creating and presenting reports, and coaching clinicians and leaders in test design and implementation of improvements.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing; BSN preferred.
• Must be a self-starter; strong organizational skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Training or experience in quality concepts, organizational dynamics, change theory tools and methods for improvement.
• Familiarity with statistical processes such as control charts and cause and effect diagrams.
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in a health care environment with ability to run/create reports from various reporting applications.
• Confidentiality and protection of patient information is critical.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Perform administrative support work involving use of personal initiative to work within tight deadlines.
• Learn and apply organizational and departmental policies, procedures and rules.
• Learn and apply applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Maintain functional awareness of quality requirements of CMS, HRSA, TJC, and other regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes systems and processes to understand workflow, relationships, stakeholders and culture to identify improvement opportunities.
• Supports regulatory and accreditation activities including surveys and readiness.
• Supports the QD in data-driven problem solving through collecting, organizing, analyzing and displaying data.
• Reports and explains measures and data to internal and external audiences.
• Helps clinicians and admins manage improvement measures, dashboards, and scorecards with data-driven decisions.
• Collaborates with clinicians to design tests and evaluate impact of changes on processes and outcomes.
• Advises on transitioning tests to implementation and spreads improvements.
• Provides consultation on change adoption and diffusion and managing resistance.
• Teaches improvement science and methods to clinicians and leaders.
• Models standardized improvement approaches and supports patient safety leadership.

Skills

Nursing degree

Quality concepts

Data analysis

Self-starter

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

BSN preferred

Tools

Reporting software

Job description

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Improvement Specialist to support the Quality Director in planning and executing improvement projects. The role requires nursing credentials, experience with quality concepts, and the ability to analyze data to drive changes.

Responsibilities include supporting accreditation activities, creating and presenting reports, and coaching clinicians and leaders in test design and implementation of improvements.