Surgical Quality Improvement Coordinator

Atlantic Health System; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ seeks an experienced program coordinator for the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Surgery Quality & Performance Improvement programs. You will perform clinical data abstraction, analyze data, and support quality improvement initiatives across the programs.

You will collaborate with Medical Directors and staff, attend committee meetings, record minutes, and coordinate communications to ensure data accuracy and program goals are met.

Qualifications

• Identifies cases through predetermined filters and performs case reviews.
• Conducts initial review of cases to determine appropriateness for Committee review.
• Selects and assigns cases to peers for review in consultation with Committee Chair(s).

Responsibilities

• Performs clinical data abstraction and analysis for the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Surgery Quality & Performance Improvement Programs; Provides clinical support to the programs.
• Establish and maintain a functional system of collaboration for programmatic data and quality improvement needs.
• Works closely with key personnel to ensure data accuracy and meaningful QI initiatives.
• Maintains collaborative working relationship with Medical Director(s) and key personnel to meet program goals.
• Attends Committee meetings and records minutes and discussion points on case presentations; Generates correspondence to surgeons whose cases were reviewed to request additional information.
• Tracks attendance and is responsible for meeting related correspondence (reminders, meeting invitations, etc.).
• Maintains Committee rosters, attendance, and case volume logs.
• Provides dedicated support for Surgical PI and EGS-specific quality improvement activities.
• Assists in the administrative functions of the EGS Program.

Skills

Case review

Data abstraction

Quality improvement

Team collaboration

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Atlantic Health System in Morristown, NJ seeks an experienced program coordinator for the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Surgery Quality & Performance Improvement programs. You will perform clinical data abstraction, analyze data, and support quality improvement initiatives across the programs.

You will collaborate with Medical Directors and staff, attend committee meetings, record minutes, and coordinate communications to ensure data accuracy and program goals are met.