Quality Improvement Consultant

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Pay range:

Salary $85,509.00 - $

Quality Improvement Consultant

The Quality Improvement Consultant serves as a project leader including major and multi-department projects, a quality improvement subject matter expert, and consultant for data analysis and reporting. Has a thorough understanding of best practices, data collection and analysis.

Provides regular feedback and updates to stakeholders regarding projects, activities and needs, and collaborates with leadership to develop quality goals and clinical/operational improvement strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, CPHQ or experience with lean, six sigma or other quality improvement methods preferred. For employees hired prior to March 2015, equivalent related experience in lieu of degree is acceptable.
• Must maintain current licensure as appropriate to profession.
• Minimum of two years ambulatory or acute care hospital experience as a clinician, clinical data abstractor or quality analysis/performance improvement preferred.

Senior Quality Improvement Consultant

The Senior Quality Improvement Consultant serves as a project leader of major and multi-department projects, a quality improvement subject matter expert, and consultant for data analysis and reporting. Has a thorough understanding of best practices, data collection and analysis. Enables leaders to fully maximize operational, ancillary, nursing, and related clinical systems capabilities to meet the institutional quadruple aim goals of efficient quality care, patient, and staff safety.

The Senior Quality Improvement Consultant oversees implementation of quality related performance improvement projects. Serves as quality liaison to assigned departments or service lines, provides regular feedback and updates to stakeholders regarding projects, activities, and needs, and collaborates with assigned departments’ leadership to develop quality goals and clinical/operational improvement strategies. Mentors newer quality improvement consultants in best practice tools and application, data analysis and validation processes, and in other department related practices.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in health care, health services research field, Health Information Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline required. Equivalent related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must maintain current licensure as appropriate to profession. Certification in Healthcare Quality preferred.
• Minimum of five years ambulatory or acute care hospital experience as a clinician, clinical data abstractor or quality improvement consultant required. Relevant data collection and reporting experience including use of statistical methods, query development understanding strongly preferred.

We're proud to offer benefits that support you in every stage of your career and life. But it's our inspirational culture that has made us one of America's Top 150 places to work in healthcare for several years in a row.

• Local, visible leaders who care about you.
• A values-based work environment.
• Medical insurance premiums as low as $0 per month.
• Many Overlake services covered at 100%.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year.
• Generous retirement plan matching starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years with immediate vesting.
• Pre-tax and Roth after tax retirement savings plans.
• An expanded Employee Assistance Program.
• A caregiver support program to help with everything from childcare to eldercare.
• Free parking and Orca transit passes.

If this sounds like an environment where you'll thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

How much will this job pay?

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