Remote Quality Analyst — Healthcare Data & Improvement

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

UChicago Medicine is seeking a Quality Analyst for the Transplant Institute. This role is primarily remote with onsite visits as needed, and may be based outside the greater Chicagoland area.

You will staff departmental quality improvement activities, facilitate multi-disciplinary reviews, aggregate and analyze data, and report performance improvements using established methodologies across clinical and operational domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in industrial engineering, business decision support/statistical analysis or clinical associated health care field
• Minimum of three years acute hospital experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including presentation, written, and verbal
• Ability to collaborate with management, medical staff, and employees within the organization
• Knowledge and application of the principles of quality improvement including methodologies, data collection and analysis, and reporting
• Advanced ability to create and manage databases, Microsoft Office applications, including Access, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Requires knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards, including JCAHO, CMS Conditions of Participation, IDPH, and others as needed

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with medical staff to analyze data and select quality improvement methodology.
• Collects and presents data to committees for quality improvement.
• Leads performance improvement initiatives per plan and council.
• Partners with finance and safety teams to identify improvement trends.
• Prepares quality reports for committees and management.
• Attends meetings and implements action plans on schedule.
• Develops tools to communicate quality improvement data clearly.
• Uses balanced measures to show progress.
• Applies quality improvement methods and accreditation standards.
• Participates in benchmarking activities.
• Participates in patient safety activities.
• Presents educational programs on quality improvement.
• Contributes to committees with data summaries.
• Acts as a change agent for quality initiatives.
• Supports initiatives by following up on actions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

UChicago Medicine is seeking a Quality Analyst for the Transplant Institute. This role is primarily remote with onsite visits as needed, and may be based outside the greater Chicagoland area.

You will staff departmental quality improvement activities, facilitate multi-disciplinary reviews, aggregate and analyze data, and report performance improvements using established methodologies across clinical and operational domains.