Quality Performance Improvement Coordinator

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Quality Performance Improvement Coordinator to drive systematic improvement across clinical and administrative areas at Saint Vincent's Medical Center. The role includes coordinating meetings, supporting regulatory and patient safety efforts, and handling data abstraction and audits.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree (preferred) and 1–3 years of medical records or terminology experience, plus knowledge of quality improvement methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 1–3 years of experience in medical records or equivalent medical terminology knowledge.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methods, tools and techniques strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs systematic performance improvement activities for clinical and non-clinical areas.
• Provides administrative support for Quality/Regulatory/Patient Safety activities.
• Generates analytical reports and interprets regulatory specifications (DPH, CMS, TJC).
• Writes data abstractions from hospital applications and coordinates record audits.

Skills

Quality improvement methods

Data analysis

Medical terminology

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Tools

Hospital applications

Database systems

Job description

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: Monday-Friday

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, almost 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Responsibilities

The Quality Performance Improvement Coordinator performs systematic and objective performance improvement activities for both clinical and non-clinical areas as well as administrative support for the Quality/Regulatory/Patient Safety Team. Responsibilities include but, are not limited to the following:

• Provides administrative support for Quality/Regulatory/Patient Safety including support for meetings: including but not limited to scheduling, coordinating agendas, taking minutes, compiling day of final presentations, distributing pre-meeting packets, copying meeting materials, preparing meeting minutes. Meetings include Regulatory, Patient Safety, PICC, QAPIC, SERT, MSEC.
• Assists in performance improvement activities to monitor the quality of care to meet regulatory standards
• Performs specific performance improvement activities necessary for the clinical and administrative staffs to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care to meet regulatory requirements (e.g., DPH, TJC, CMS)
• Provides data abstraction from hospital applications and inputs into internal and external databases to support publicly reported measures and other performance improvement activities. Coordinates medical record audits for the state, federal, and/or managed care review
• Interpret regulatory specifications of Core Measures and accurately oversees CMS validation requirements
• Generates analytical reports with statistical quality control tools for specialized and generic performance improvement activities
• Identifies problems that have an impact on patient care and the clinical performance of members of the hospital staff

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Experience

• One to three years of experience in the medical record or equivalent medical terminology knowledge
• Knowledge of quality improvement methods, tools and techniques strongly preferred

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With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.