Remote Program Consultant – Health Care Quality

American Heart Association, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 68,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Tuition Assistance

PTO 16 days

Job summary

The American Heart Association, Inc. invites applications for a Program Consultant, Health Care Quality Improvement. This role supports implementing quality programs to enhance patient care for cardiovascular disease and stroke across hospitals and health systems.

The position is home-based in Chicago, IL, with travel up to 20%. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years in clinical quality, and strong skills in PowerPoint, Excel, and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in clinical quality or process improvement.
• Experience in an acute care hospital working directly on clinical quality or process improvement projects, or a national cardiac or stroke clinical quality improvement program that incorporates data capture within a process improvement framework.
• Experience in hospital/healthcare systems for cardiovascular disease and stroke.
• Familiarity with Systems of Care work or understanding of EMS, Payers, CMS.
• Excellent in advanced PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, and delivering PowerPoint presentations to both large and small groups.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to travel up to 20% local and overnight stay.

Responsibilities

• Engage with hospitals and health systems to implement and deliver the AHA's suite of quality Get With The Guidelines programs and hospital certifications. Includes data collection, decision support tools, best practice sharing, and building hospital teams for success.
• Consult with hospital teams to identify and resolve compliance issues and optimize program participation progress and ROI.
• Develop relationships with physician champions, key stakeholders and executive decision makers.
• Collaborate with state health departments, regional authorities and partners to improve cardiovascular and stroke systems of care.
• Document activities in CRM tools (Microsoft Dynamics) and report progress to the Director; coordinate with cross-functional teams for program success.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

The American Heart Association, Inc. invites applications for a Program Consultant, Health Care Quality Improvement. This role supports implementing quality programs to enhance patient care for cardiovascular disease and stroke across hospitals and health systems.

The position is home-based in Chicago, IL, with travel up to 20%. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years in clinical quality, and strong skills in PowerPoint, Excel, and communication.