Software Quality Analyst jobs in Idaho Falls, ID

Description

Mountain View Hospital is looking for a Nursing Quality Maternal Coordinator-Clinical Analyst to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY: The Nurse Quality Maternal Coordinator/Clinical Analyst will be part of a clinical quality reporting team. Duties include abstracting clinical data & reviewing charts in paper and electronic formats with an emphasis on maternal patients including but NOT limited to: antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care contributing to dashboards/tables/graphs to help illustrate performance and potential Quality Improvement gaps. Supporting the Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor in the submission of other CMS mandated measures including eCQMs (electronic Clinical Quality Measures), core Inpatient, Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical measures, and Commercial Pay for Performance Programs the facilities(s) participate in, as deemed necessary.

The goal of this position is to assist the Quality Reporting team in successfully supporting patient quality and organizational outcomes geared towards Maternal Morbidity and on all other assigned projects, meet deadlines and submission requirements for CMS reporting and support the team effort to continually develop their skills and contribute to improving the quality and safety environment of the appropriate facilities.

BENEFITS:

Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Mountain View Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages. Benefits include:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days) and Medical Paid Time Off
Retirement Plans (401K with up to 6% match)
Earned Quarterly Bonus Program
Education Reimbursement Program
Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital
Please note benefits are based on eligibility according to full-time, part-time or PRN status classification.

Duties:

• Help meet goals and objectives for Clinical Quality Reporting set by Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor.
• Coordinates with Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor to meet data collection requirements to support timely completion and validation of all public reporting projects for Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Core Measures, CMS, and Commercial Payers.
• Build and collaborate on reports that will help the organization(s) monitor quality of care and report metrics as needed.
• Complete appropriate data extracts, reports, and submissions and ensure they are handled in a timely manner and in accordance with program specifications.
• Communicates with Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisors to share quality outcomes and opportunities related to the Clinical Quality Reporting team's work that may help various departments of the hospital(s).
• Serves as resource and consultant as directed, related to projects needing clinical data collection, either through electronic sourcing or manual abstraction.
• Works with Point of Care, Cerner, IT and other teams to identify technical solutions that can make current and on-going work more efficient and effective.
• Maintains knowledge of the business content, analytical methods, diverse data sources, and IT systems necessary to achieve unit, division and department goals.
• Supports and strengthens organizational priorities such as data transparency, security and compliance across analytics projects.
• Always provides hands-on frontline work of data abstraction and identification of correct quality processes.
• Helps with Clinical Data entry as required for different measures including but not limited to electronic clinic quality measures.
• Monitor EHR clinical dashboard(s) to ensure capture of data for quality measures for the hospital(s).

About Mountain View:

Mountain View Hospital and our 29 affiliate clinics are committed to providing compassionate, cutting edge care to our patients. We serve the entire Snake River Valley – all the way from Pocatello to Rexburg. Our medical capabilities span everything from wound care to urgent care, oncology to neurology, physical therapy to speech therapy, a Level III NICU, robust robotic surgery department and a continuously expanding rural health practice.

Our work environment is mission driven, people-centric and supportive. It is what sets apart and makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference in your community, we invite you to apply.

Qualifications

Education/Certification:   Current unencumber Idaho or compact state LPN or RN license.  

Experience:  In Acute Care preferred.  Maternal Child knowledge helpful but not required.  Quality reporting experience and previous experience with clinical processes and patient care a major plus. Experience with analytical environments (e.g., data warehouse, business intelligence, SAP, etc.)  Knowledge of process improvement methods (i.e. LEAN, Plan Do Study Act). Previous experience working in a team centered environment would be largely beneficial to the candidate.

Equipment/Technology: Use of computers and Electronic Health Record software is required. Experience with spreadsheet and database applications like Excel, Business Objects, SQL. Experience with clinical operations, billing and reporting requirements also preferred, but not required.

Language/Communication: Medical record review/abstraction knowledge in multiple specialties. Excellent collaboration, interpersonal, meeting facilitation, presentation, written, listening, and verbal communication skills. Ability to identify and report trends in data that could indicate a process/procedure change needs to take place. Use of problem solving and planning skills with the Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor, to improve the quality metrics for the hospital(s). Dynamic presentation skills and ability to develop clear and presentable documentation required.

Mathematical Skills:  Ability to do basic math and understand percentages, graphs, statistics.

Mental Capabilities:  Strong attention to detail, problem solving, and organizational skills. Able to define problems, collect data and deal with stressful situations in a tactful professional manner. Knowledge of how to apply analytical methods and data to health care problem spaces

Interpersonal:  Demonstrates evidence of a team player attitude, communication, education, and collaboration skills. Proven ability to assist the team with creative problem solving. Uses a customer service-oriented approach with a focus on building relationships with people at all levels of the Organization(s).  

Performance:  Effective organizational skills with the ability to manage numerous concurrent tasks and priorities in a highly complex environment. Strong work ethic, Self-directed achiever, who identifies opportunities to drive value and takes the lead.