Healthcare Quality Improvement Specialist

Foundation Health; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Temporary housing

Shift differential

Annual increases

Paid time off

401k with employer match

Job summary

Foundation Health is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Improvement Specialist to support our mission of delivering high-quality care and service to the community. You will evaluate workflows, analyze performance data, and collaborate with teams to implement meaningful improvements across the organization.

This role requires strong critical-thinking and a solutions-focused mindset, with relocation considerations for local candidates.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree in healthcare, science, business, engineering or related field.
• Requires five years of experience in acute care, healthcare, process improvement, safety or quality management.
• Must demonstrate strong written and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supports staff, departments, and leaders in continuous improvement activities and projects, including rapid improvement events and value stream mapping.
• Educates and facilitates organization quality management systems and improvement programs.
• Assesses performance by analyzing clinical outcome data and identifying improvement opportunities or trends.
• Analyzes data for administrative and clinical decision making.
• Facilitates prioritization of improvement activities with system and facility leadership.
• Initiates and oversees performance improvement projects with project leads.
• Serves as a resource for assessment of clinical performance and improvement methodologies.
• Participates on improvement teams guiding them through the system-defined process.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree or clinical background

Job description

Foundation Health is seeking a detail-oriented Quality Improvement Specialist to support our mission of delivering high-quality care and service to the community. You will evaluate workflows, analyze performance data, and collaborate with teams to implement meaningful improvements across the organization.

This role requires strong critical-thinking and a solutions-focused mindset, with relocation considerations for local candidates.