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UnityPoint Health · 23 hours ago

Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Manager

Cedar Rapids, IA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

UnityPoint Health is a recognized leader in healthcare, committed to providing quality patient care. The Quality Improvement Program Manager is responsible for leading quality and performance improvement initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders to enhance patient care and operational processes.

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Responsibilities

Partners with internal, external, and community stakeholders to assist with strategy development and improvement

Coordinates plans that include a regional vision to the system strategy

Works to continually lead improvement processes and incorporate the latest evidence-based guidelines and standards into practice; providing innovative solutions for process improvement and operational improvement

Assists with organizational response to regulatory standards including but not limited to The Joint Commission

Collaborates on summaries/statistics, and reports for quality improvement and research

Analyzes data, communicating with key leaders and clinicians to improve results

Assists with root cause analyses process and shares as needed, driving improvement

Leads project teams to define, improve, and evaluate processes. Uses principles of performance improvement to standardize and hardwire

Works closely with quality improvement, patient care services, nursing operations and many other stakeholders to utilize data to drive change through implementation of plans

Leads initiatives and improvements between departments and differing levels of care to obtain/maintain optimal processes

Serves as a point of contact for teams when multiple areas are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in sync

Develops and delivers content, policies, procedures, and education

Performs analysis of existing tools to identify further optimization / opportunities

Exhibits collegial communication skills that enhance outcomes and goal attainment, leads in a manner that unifies and enhances success

Qualification

Quality improvement processesData analysisProject managementHealthcare experienceMicrosoft tools proficiencyConsensus buildingWritten communicationVerbal communicationOrganizational skillsTeam facilitation