Director - Performance Improvement

Prime Healthcare; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Landmark Medical Center, part of Prime Healthcare, seeks a Director of Performance Improvement to lead a hospital-wide PI program focused on quality, safety, and value. You will develop scorecards, share best practices, and coordinate PI activities across departments to ensure readiness for surveys and accreditation.

The role requires a strong background in healthcare quality, collaboration with administration, and the ability to translate data into actionable improvements for patient care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• State RN licensure or a healthcare field license preferred.
• 4-5 years healthcare experience; 1-4 years quality improvement experience.
• Good computer skills and ability to review charts for quality care issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a comprehensive PI program to improve quality, safety, and value.
• Create and share best practices for performance improvement across service lines.
• Develop and maintain scorecards with outcomes, benchmarks, and transparency.
• Coordinate hospital-wide PI activities and ensure survey readiness and compliance.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Quality improvement

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

Overview

Position:Director of Performance Improvement

Location:Fully On-Site - Woonsocket, RI

Employment Type: Full-Time | Exempt

At Landmark Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, Landmark Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

Landmark Medical Center is a 214-bed acute care hospital in Woonsocket, RI. The hospital has been “A”rated for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group and has received numerous Healthgrades awards for patient safety excellence, heart care, and orthopedics. Originally known as the "Woonsocket Hospital", Landmark Medical Center has been serving the communities of northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts since 1873. Learn more at www.landmarkmedical.org.

Responsibilities

The Performance Improvement Director develops, manages and integrates a comprehensive Performance Improvement (PI) Program to achieve unprecedented results in quality, efficiency, safety, satisfaction and value with transparency.

The Managerial oversight responsibility of the Performance Improvement Program is to develop and share best practices for improving performance in quality, safety, perception of care, value and efficiency; to develop/ maintain scorecards for all Service Lines with defining expected outcomes & benchmarks based on Quality, Safety, Satisfaction and Value; to complete Clinical Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment for the Service Lines. Responsible for coordinating and managing hospital wide performance improvement activities including continued survey readiness. Responsible for oversight of on going publicly reported quality initiatives undertaken by the organization, like Core Measures, Patient Satisfaction, etc. Work collaboratively with Administration and Leadership. Ensures execution and communication of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety activities occurs from the department level to Board of Trustees.

The scope of activities in managing the PI Program, includes creating collaborative customer relationships; planning appropriate group processes; creating & sustaining a participatory environment; guiding the group to appropriate & useful outcomes; building and maintaining professional knowledge; employing evidence-based practice; integrating best research with expertise & patient values for optimal care; working in interdisciplinary teams; application of performance improvement methodologies to minimize waste, decrease errors, increase efficiency and ultimately improve care and appropriate utilization of informatics to communicate, manage knowledge with clinical expertise and patient values for optimal care.

Team facilitation and experience with hospital accreditation standards and survey process preferred. Knowledge of local regulatory standards & OSHA regulations a plus

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree required, preferably in a healthcare related field.
• Masters Degree preferred.
• State RN licensure or a License in healthcare field preferred.
• 4 5 years healthcare experience. 1-4 years quality improvement experience.
• Good computer skills.
• Experience in reviewing charts for quality care issues. Detail oriented organizational skills. Must be able to handle multiple cases, directions and follow-through.
• Good communication skills both verbally and written. Experience with Medical Staff communication.
• Coordination of internal departments and external entities to ensure compliance with company policies, and state/federal regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Certified professional in healthcare quality preferred.

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Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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