Quality Coordinator

Wesley Healthcare; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Education support

Adoption assistance

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Wesley Medical Center, part of the HCA Wesley network in Wichita, KS, seeks a Quality Coordinator to advance patient experience and care quality. Join a dedicated Quality Performance team focused on evidence-based improvement and regulatory compliance across units with leadership collaboration.

Responsibilities include applying best practices, analyzing data, and guiding performance improvement activities with frontline staff, physicians, and nursing leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or healthcare-related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Creative and innovative thinker.
• Ability to learn and adapt to dynamic situations.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the ability to adapt techniques /treatment to age of population served, including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, while providing care/service with respect to cultural differences and spiritual needs.
• Maintains current knowledge of healthcare quality, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance methodologies.
• Acts as a subject matter expert in quality, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance in partnership with physicians and nursing leaders.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with frontline staff, leaders, and providers.
• Reviews and interprets standards and guidelines to identify best practices and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Gathers, reviews, and evaluates quality and effectiveness of clinical care from various data sources.
• Reports data and outcomes to stakeholders with tailored content.
• Facilitates performance improvement activities.
• Rounds on units to evaluate compliance to standards and identify opportunities for quality improvement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Adaptive to dynamic situations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or healthcare-related field

CPHQ certification preferred

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Quality Coordinator today with Wesley Medical Center.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Our Quality Performance team is a committed, caring group of colleagues. We have a passion for creating exceptional quality measures. If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others, this could be your next opportunity. We want your knowledge and expertise!

Work on our team and become part of our family of healthcare professionals who are dedicated to caring for others like family. Raise the bar on patient experience and care and join the HCA Wesley team where you can make a difference every day.

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the ability to adapt techniques /treatment to age of population served, including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, while providing care/service with respect to cultural differences and spiritual needs.
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge of healthcare quality, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance methodologies.
• In partnership with the physician and nursing leaders, acts as a subject matter expert in quality, performance improvement, and regulatory compliance.
• Establishes and maintains an effective working relationship with frontline staff, leaders, and providers.
• Reviews and interprets standards, guidelines, and other information from a wide variety of sources to identify best practices and develop evidence-based recommendations. Summarizes the results of this review for stakeholders.
• Gathers, reviews, and systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of the clinical care by reviewing and analyzing data from a variety of sources. Establishes and maintains effective and respectful communication in development of all collaborative relationships.
• Reports data and outcomes to a variety of stakeholders, tailoring the content and delivery to each audience accordingly
• Facilitates performance improvement activities.
• Rounds on units to evaluate for compliance to regulatory standards and identify opportunities for quality improvement in collaboration with unit leaders, staff, and providers.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or healthcare-related field
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Creative and innovative thinker.
• Ability to learn and adapt to dynamic situations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)Prior experience in a performance improvement, quality, or project-management role. Education, training, and/or experience in performance improvement methodologies (i.e., Plan-Do-Study-Act, Six Sigma/Lean, etc.).
• Clinical experience preferred.
• Clinical experience.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

For more than 100 years, Wesley Healthcare has provided exceptional care to thousands of families in Wichita and throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Wesley Medical Center is a member of the Wesley Healthcare network within Greater Wichita and has been an HCA Healthcare hospital since 1985.

Our physicians treat more than 24,000 patients annually, making Wesley Medical Center the most preferred hospital in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Additionally, our obstetricians and childbirth staff deliver more than 6,000 babies each year, more than any hospital in a 13-state region.

Home to Wesley Children's Hospital, the region's first and Wichita's only children's hospital, we care for children in a unique space designed specially for kids and their families. And as a Level I Trauma Center and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Kansas, we are prepared to treat any medical emergency, any time of day.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.