LifeFlight Communications CQI Coordinator

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 68,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking a LifeFlight Communications CQI Coordinator to design and implement continuous quality improvement metrics, track trends, build reports, and provide accurate performance data to Communications Center Managers.

The role involves reviewing audio and visual records for investigations, performing RCA, and leading data-driven initiatives to enhance patient transport, safety, and service quality within LifeFlight Communications.

Qualifications

• Quality improvement experience in healthcare settings.
• Ability to review audio/video records for investigations.
• Strong data analysis and report-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor quality assurance standards and ensure compliance with regulatory and institutional requirements.
• Using established standards and best practices to review individual and system-wide performance.
• Assist Communications leadership in developing and tracking Key Performance Indicators.
• Lead data-driven initiatives to improve operational efficiency, patient transportation, safety, and service quality within LifeFlight Communications.
• Analyze Debrief and Veritas reports by reviewing run data, audio recordings of phone and radio communications, and other relevant sources to ensure thorough case evaluations.
• Perform Root-Cause Analysis to investigate incidents to identify root causes, develop targeted process improvement strategies, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and assess team members through the CQI process, providing constructive feedback to elevate patient care and operational standards.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices by engaging in training, enhancing leadership skills, and contributing to departmental growth.
• Take on additional leadership responsibilities as assigned, including strategic initiatives, process enhancements, and cross-functional collaboration to advance organizational goals.
• Undertake additional leadership duties as assigned to support the LifeFlight mission, including strategic initiatives, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to drive organizational success

Skills

Leadership

Operations Planning

Emergency Management

Decision Making

Change Management

Listening

Compliance

Quality Management

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization:

Life Flight Nursing Education

Job Summary:

The LifeFlight Communications CQI Coordinator is responsible for designing and implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) metrics, tracking trends, building reports, and providing accurate performance data to the several Communications Center Managers. The Communications CQI Coordinator will assist communications leadership in evaluating key performance indicators and routinely present their findings. In addition, the CQI Coordinator reviews audio and visual records, for investigative purposes, when concerns about comm center performance, service, and quality are made known.

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor quality assurance standards and ensure compliance with regulatory and institutional requirements.
• Using established standards and best practices to review individual and system-wide performance
• Assist Communications leadership in developing and tracking Key Performance Indicators
• Lead systematic, data-driven initiatives to improve operational efficiency, patient transportation, safety, communication, and service quality within LifeFlight Communications.
• Analyze Debrief and Veritas reports by reviewing all run data, audio recordings of phone and radio communications, and other relevant sources to ensure thorough case evaluations.
• Perform Root-Cause Analysis to investigate incidents to identify root causes, develop targeted process improvement strategies, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and assess team members through the CQI process, providing constructive feedback to elevate patient care and operational standards.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices by engaging in training, enhancing leadership skills, and contributing to departmental growth.
• Take on additional leadership responsibilities as assigned, including strategic initiatives, process enhancements, and cross-functional collaboration to advance organizational goals.
• Undertake additional leadership duties as assigned to support the LifeFlight mission, including strategic initiatives, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to drive organizational success

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Leadership (Novice): Demonstrates adaptable leadership styles, communicates goals clearly, and models initiative.
• Operations Planning (Novice): Anticipates resource needs, organizes tasks, and manages multiple priorities effectively.
• Emergency Management (Novice to Intermediate): Applies structured methodologies and practical expertise in emergency response coordination.
• Decision Making (Novice): Makes timely, effective decisions in high-pressure environments with broad consideration of alternatives.
• Change Management (Intermediate): Supports organizational adaptation through structured problem-solving and solution testing.
• Listening (Intermediate): Engages actively in communication, ensuring clarity and understanding across diverse stakeholders.
• Compliance (Intermediate): Applies regulatory knowledge and escalates issues appropriately.
• Quality Management (Intermediate): Continuously evaluates and improves operational processes and service delivery.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Independently performs non-routine tasks that significantly impact team and other related teams.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Gathers and analyzes data to solve problems that arise with little or no precendent.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies advanced job knowledge and has developed a breadth of skills in other areas.
• Team Interaction: Serves as a lead for the team by providing expertise and guidance to team members.

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