Performance Improvement Coordinator

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Richmond (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

PTO

Bereavement Leave

PTO Sell Back

Compassionate Leave Sharing

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks a Performance Improvement Coordinator (Full Time – Days). The role focuses on facilitating performance improvement activities, data collection, and quality review to enhance patient outcomes. Requires active RN license in Kentucky and hospital nursing experience.

You will develop data systems, report benchmarks, and support Lean/Six Sigma initiatives while collaborating with the quality and leadership teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Current RN licensure in Kentucky.
• 5 years nursing experience in a hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate performance improvement activities to meet Baptist Health System goals.
• Perform accurate data collection and abstract medical records.
• Analyze data and develop reports to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Use DMAIC, LEAN, Six Sigma, and PDCA methods to drive improvements.
• Communicate data-driven insights to leadership to enhance outcomes.

Skills

Data collection

Excel

Word

Education

BSN

MSN preferred

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Summary Job Description: Job Title: Performance Improvement Coordinator FULL TIME - DAYS Current RN Licensure in Kentucky Job Description: Responsible for facilitation of performance improvement activities within the organization and system to achieve the goals of Baptist Healthcare System. Performs data collection, quality review and communication of data to improve performance and enhance outcomes. The following is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job by listing the major components for this position (i.e., key responsibilities and essential duties). The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities required and are subject to change from time to time. Additionally, other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership to meet business, customer, and/or patient needs.

Mandatory compulsory responsibilities:

Mandatory compulsory responsibilities:

• Perform accurate and timely data collection Demonstrates thorough knowledge of indicators, guidelines and regulations related to database activity.
• Abstracts medical records in an accurate and timely manner.
• Reviews medical records for clinical quality measures and other performance indicators Develops systems and processes for timely and accurate data collection.
• Develops and maintains accurate data retrieval systems.
• Submits data to databases, as well as insurance companies, ensuring accurate and timely submission.
• Encourages and facilitates team participation in decision making process by providing accurate data to facilitate decisions.
• Analyzes data in a timely and accurate manner: Performs secondary review and analysis of outliers and confirms outlier status prior to reporting.
• Performs statistical compilation and reporting as requested.
• Identifies trends or potential problems in results and communicates to the Director of Quality and other internal and external entities.
• Assists with locating appropriate benchmarks.
• Analyzes benchmarked data and develops reports for internal and external customers identifying practice patterns, and other areas of concern, with recommendations for improvement as appropriate.
• Makes sound judgments based on factual information.
• Communicates with director to resolve problems/concerns, making suggestions to improve outcome processes to enhance team efficiency and productivity.
• Participates as a team member as requested.
• Facilitates meetings and teams as requested.
• Utilizes Process Excellence methodologies such as DMAIC, LEAN, Six Sigma, Change Management, PDCA and FOCUS PDCA Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, specific job-related hazards, and national patient safety goals.
• Manages difficult or emotional customer situations Responds promptly to customer needs Solicits customer feedback to improve service Responds to requests for service and assistance

Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) required; Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
• Current RN Licensure in Kentucky.
• 5 years nursing experience in a hospital setting required.
• Proficiency in computers, databases, and software programs emphasizing Excel and Word.
• BLS certification

BLS certification Benefits:

• Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.