Healthcare Quality Improvement Specialist

**Please make sure your application is complete, including your education, employment history, and any other applicable sections. Initial screening is based on the minimum requirements as defined in the job posting, such as education, experience, licenses, and certifications.  Your experience should also address the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for the role. Incomplete applications will not be considered.**

*This position is located Remote New Mexico or Louisiana*

Position Purpose:

Performs complex to highly complex (journey-level) work.   The quality specialist works with recruited hospitals to improve performance in designated patient safety measures.  These patient safety areas include improving performance on readmission, adverse drug events, opioid abuse and use, and patient harms (sepsis, pressure injuries, CAUTI, CLABSI, hospital acquired infections, etc.). Meetings with hospitals are conducted either monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly based on each hospital’s performance. Works under general supervision, with moderate to considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develops, plans, creates, implements, analyzes, monitors, and distributes reports, logs, and other related documents, databases, and/or software within required timeframe and deadlines. 
• Plans, implements, supports, and monitors activities needed to meet deliverables and activities for the project, including identifying issues, developing solutions, and continuously improving quality, processes, and efficiency.
• Develops, implements, updates, distributes, and maintains presentations, guides, and procedure documents, including education materials. 
• Plans, organizes, and participates in meetings, trainings, seminars, events, and other related activities.
• Researches, gathers, interprets, analyzes, and ensures accuracy of data.

Minimum Qualifications

Education, License, Certification or Training

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in healthcare administration or healthcare related discipline OR Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Additional relevant experience in healthcare, project management, or other related areas may be substituted for Bachelor’s degree on a year per year basis. (Experience requirements may be satisfied by full-time experience or the prorated part-time equivalent.)

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), preferred

Experience

• One (1) to Three (3) years relevant healthcare or project management
  • Graduate or Professional degree in a health related discipline or other related field may be substituted for up to two (2) years of experience

• One (1) to Two (2) years process improvement, quality improvement, quality assurance, or related experience 
• Hospital experience, preferred  

Benefits

TMF offers an excellent benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and short and long-term disability insurance 
• Section 125 plan 
• 401K
• Competitive salary 
• License/credentials reimbursement 
• Tuition Reimbursement

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