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PrairieCare · 1 day ago

Quality Specialist

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$78K/yr - $103K/yr

PrairieCare is dedicated to transforming lives through meaningful work in psychiatric healthcare. The Quality Specialist will lead quality improvement initiatives at the inpatient hospital, focusing on identifying quality metrics and enhancing patient outcomes through effective program development and monitoring.

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Responsibilities

Identifies areas for effective development, implementation, and monitoring of the inpatient quality program

Contributes quality improvement initiatives, including data identification, collection, analysis and reporting of quality metrics

Responsible for reviewing and analyzing patient safety events including incident reporting, root cause analysis, and infection control

Provides ongoing education and training to new and current employees regarding the quality program, processes, and outcomes

Conducts annual needs assessment which utilizes data analysis, personal interviews, questionnaires, and surveys to identify the health and health-related needs of patients and the service/target areas in conjunction with hospital leadership

Produces reports presenting identified quality indicators, including flow charts, graphs and diagrams for Medical Executive Committee, Safety and Risk Committee, Board of Governors, and other senior leadership activities

Targets identified indicators with quality improvement strategies and track changes over time to ensure strategies have been effective

With the goal of improving patient outcomes and operating performance, works collaboratively to develop and share best practices for improving performance in quality, safety, patient experience, value, and efficiency

Responsible for analysis and reporting of measures as required by accrediting and regulatory bodies

Qualification

Quality improvementData collectionAnalysisRisk managementInfection controlHealthcare quality initiativesBachelor's degreeNursing degreePsychiatric care knowledge