Johns Hopkins Hospital · 22 hours ago
QI TEAM LEADER
Johns Hopkins Hospital is a leading healthcare institution, and they are seeking a Quality Improvement Team Leader. This role involves overseeing quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes, reduce harm, and support hospital performance metrics.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Identify risks and improvement opportunities in the quality of care delivered at the functional unit, department and hospital level
Drive performance across a number of metrics that support the hospital’s publically reported rankings that impact reputation and performance-based reimbursement
Oversee, foster, and support the effectiveness of quality improvement teams
Partner with department and hospital leaders including Chief Quality Officers, Vice Chairs for Quality and Safety, Physician Advisors, Directors of Nursing, and Chief Administrative Officers in addition to patient safety, risk management, regulatory, patient experience and care coordination teams to improve outcomes
Identify, plan, execute and monitor activities related to the hospital’s strategic objectives, improvement priorities, regulatory and accreditation requirements, root cause analyses, quality of care concerns, etc
Report to a member of the QI Leadership Team and duties may include other special projects and tasks as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree or Master's candidate required in healthcare-related field such as Healthcare Quality, Nursing, Public Health, Health Policy, Business Administration, Health Administration, Physical Sciences, or Technology
Advanced knowledge of quality improvement methods and their application at the functional level in a hospital setting, working knowledge of multiple clinical areas
Experience with QI methodology and theory, patient safety strategies, and principles of high reliability
Familiarity with healthcare regulatory and accreditation standards
Experience with Microsoft Office programs and/or programs with word processing, databases, flowcharts, spreadsheets, statistical tools
Advanced knowledge of project management
Advanced knowledge of data analysis and interpretation
Ability to problem-solve creatively and analyze processes and systems
Must possess advanced leadership, facilitation, teaching, presentation, written and verbal communication skills necessary to collaborate with senior clinical and administrative leaders to define and execute QI initiatives through multidisciplinary teams
Advanced presentation skills with the ability to promote QI initiatives and explain performance outcomes to a variety of audiences
Ability to work with departmental quality improvement committees to execute effective performance improvement projects
Ability to facilitate, influence and negotiate individual and group decision-making
Ability to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic and rapidly changing environment
Ability to analyze, synthesize, and summarize information to develop recommendations for improvement
Ability to establish goals that require planning and coordination of work assignments
Ability to analyze complex data sets to determine relevance and meaning for a clinical and leadership audience
Ability to apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) as part of quality improvement projects
Ability to develop and facilitate quality improvement projects/teams utilizing various quality tools i.e. Lean/Six Sigma, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, etc
Preferred
Completion of an accredited Nursing, Medical Doctor, Doctor of Osteopathy Physician Assistant, or Pharmacy program preferred
Company
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a world renowned leader in patient care, serving the greater Baltimore community and patients from all across the globe.
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