Quality & Safety Outcomes Coordinator

kansashealthsystem; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System seeks a Quality & Safety Outcomes Coordinator in Liberty, MO to support quality initiatives and patient safety efforts. You will collect, analyze, and report data to drive outcomes and work with multidisciplinary teams to promote safety culture.

Entry-level role requiring a bachelor’s degree and healthcare experience. Emphasis on PDCA cycles, data interpretation, and collaboration with safety professionals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher is required.
• RN license in Kansas and Missouri, if applicable.
• Experience or exposure to healthcare quality and safety desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support performance improvement initiatives to maintain accreditation, regulatory compliance, and safety programs.
• Collect, validate, and analyze data; submit metrics for internal and external reporting.
• Foster collaborative partnerships with disciplines to identify safety risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Educate staff on quality and safety concepts and promote a safety culture.
• Participate in local, regional, and national safety-related meetings and offerings.

Skills

Data analysis

Quality improvement

PDCA cycles

A3 problem solving

Education

High School Graduate

Bachelor's Degree in Arts, Science, Nursing or equivalent

Job description

Position Title

Quality & Safety Outcomes CoordinatorLiberty Hospital Doctors Building

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Quality and Safety Outcomes Coordinator (QSOC) is an entry level position supporting various activities that improve quality outcomes and prevent adverse safety events throughout The University of Kansas Health System. The QSOC develops fundamental performance improvement and safety science skills to promote the highest level of patient safety through various continuous quality improvement activities. The QSOC collects, monitors, and analyzes data to initiate and evaluate performance improvement projects intended to meet the organization's vision to lead the nation in caring, healing, teaching, and discovering.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Works under the direction of the Quality and Safety Manager to support various performance improvement initiatives to maintain accreditation, regulatory compliance, facility-level professional certifications, and other internal and external quality, safety, and value-based programs
• Interacts in a courteous and professional manner to foster collaborative partnerships with all necessary disciplines to identify and respond to safety risks and opportunities for improvement
• Supports data management functions including data collection, data validation, data analysis and interpretation, and timely submission of internal and publicly reported metrics
• Uses various data sources (incident reports, registries, databases) to monitor performance and develop recommendations for improving organizational performance on various quality and safety metrics
• Applies basic principles of safety science, process improvement, quality and patient safety measurement, project management, high reliability organizations, and is comfortable with PDCA cycles and A3 problem solving
• Demonstrates the ability to solve simple problems, independently make decisions, and elevate concerns appropriately
• Facilitates small-scale, interdisciplinary performance improvement groups to achieve unit, department, or metric-specific goals
• Participates in local, regional, and national employee and patient safety related educational offerings and meetings.
• Educates individuals and groups about the risks of healthcare delivery, the importance of reporting hazardous conditions, basic principles of quality improvement, and components of a safety culture
• Completes special projects as assigned
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Bachelors Degree Arts, Science, Nursing or equivalent (Registered Nurse license in the state of Kansas and Missouri required, if appropriate)
• 2 or more years of experience in the healthcare industry

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse license in the state of Kansas and Missouri required, if appropriate
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Time Type:

Full time

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.