Healthcare Quality & Improvement Project Lead

St. Jude; Memphis (TN); Presencial; USD 86.000 - 155.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Educational opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Office of Quality and Patient Safety seeks a project manager with hands-on improvement science experience.

Reporting to the Director of Improvement Science, this role blends project management with improvement practice to manage the hospital's quality portfolio. You will guide problem scoping, apply improvement methods, analyze data, and sustain gains while coordinating across teams and providing updates to leaders.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant project management experience.
• Experience with quality improvement, utilization management, risk reduction/safety management.
• Experience with accreditation and regulatory standards in patient care.
• Proven performance in an earlier role.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate and manage the annual portfolio of institutional quality improvement projects, including monitoring progress, dependencies, risks, barriers, and sustainment.
• Serve as an improvement advisor to assigned quality improvement projects, applying improvement science methods to help teams understand problems, develop and test changes, measure results, and sustain improvement.
• Support institutional quality planning processes, including assessment, prioritization, scoping, and monitoring of improvement opportunities and projects.
• Analyze and interpret quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate improvement methods, including run charts and statistical process control, and communicate actionable insights to project teams and leaders.
• Coach project leaders, project managers, and improvement teams in the application of improvement science methods and tools, including the Model for Improvement, PDSA cycles, process mapping, and development of theories of change.
• Apply quality assurance and control methods to monitor performance, identify variation or emerging issues, and support sustainment of improvements.
• Coordinate work across multidisciplinary teams, identify and elevate barriers and risks, and provide clear project- and portfolio-level updates and recommendations to leadership.
• Serve as an educational resource in improvement science and contribute to organizational capability development through teaching, coaching, mentoring, and development of learning experiences.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Conocimientos

Quality improvement

Project management

Improvement science

Portfolio management

Coaching

Clear communication

Data-driven decisions

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Descripción del empleo

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Office of Quality and Patient Safety seeks a project manager with hands-on improvement science experience.

Reporting to the Director of Improvement Science, this role blends project management with improvement practice to manage the hospital's quality portfolio. You will guide problem scoping, apply improvement methods, analyze data, and sustain gains while coordinating across teams and providing updates to leaders.