Quality-Performance Improvement Coordinator

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation; Meridian (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Mississippi seeks a hospital performance improvement professional to coordinate, implement and evaluate clinical and staff performance improvement activities, including profiling to improve quality of care. This role collaborates with PI teams and physicians to drive accreditation readiness and patient safety.

Requirements include RN, RHIA, RHIT or related healthcare professional with 3 years clinical experience or 3 years in quality management.

Qualifications

• RN, RHIA, RHIT or related healthcare professional with 3 years clinical experience and/or 3 years in quality management or accreditation preparation.
• Five years experience in clinical practice; Five years experience in quality management or accreditation preparation.
• Strong communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills; basic computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, implements and evaluates hospital and medical staff performance improvement activities.
• Coordinates, implements and evaluates performance improvement activities utilizing external comparative benchmarking.
• Communicates effectively with physicians, staff, external entities.
• Educates hospital staff and physicians regarding Performance Improvement tools and techniques.
• Completes assigned goals.

Skills

Communication skills

Conflict management

Organizational skills

Planning skills

Computer literacy

Education

RN, RHIA, RHIT or related healthcare professional

Job description

Overview

Job Summary

Coordinates, implements and evaluates the hospital and medical staff clinical and operational performance improvement activities. Conducts portions of the medical staff performance improvement process, including profiling with intent to maintain and improve quality of care and service. Provides consultation to physicians, staff, PI teams, and departments regarding improvement methodologies and processes. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, implements and evaluates hospital and medical staff performance improvement activities.
• Coordinates, implements and evaluates performance improvement activities utilizing external comparative benchmarking.
• Communicates effectively with physicians, staff, external entities.
• Educates hospital staff and physicians regarding Performance Improvement tools and techniques.
• Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

Minimum Required

• RN, RHIA, RHIT or related healthcare professional with three years clinical experience and/or three years in quality management or accreditation preparation.

Preferred/Desired

• Five years experience in clinical practice; Five years experience in quality management or accreditation preparation.

Special Skills

Minimum Required

• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills. Basic computer literacy skills.