Banner Health · 14 hours ago
Quality Improvement Specialist
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expBanner Health is a nationally-recognized healthcare leader committed to improving care processes. The Quality Improvement Specialist will support quality improvement initiatives, facilitate performance improvement projects, and enhance patient safety through effective communication and collaboration across the organization.
Health CareInsuranceNon Profit
Responsibilities
Facilitates the integration of quality into the fabric of the organization to achieve objectives, such as Annual Initiatives, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (tJC) standards of care
Support the quality infrastructure, protect the use of privileged or confidential information, facilitate processes for engagement and interprofessional teamwork, identify and promote continuous learning opportunities to advance the organization/facility/entity and communicate effectively
Facilitates performance improvement projects with physicians, clinical leaders, and staff to identify improvement opportunities utilizing qualitative and quantitative data analysis, knowledge of health care operations and systems thinking
Serves as a subject matter expert in performance and process improvement, project management and change management methods to support operational and clinical quality initiatives
Facilitates activities related to or resulting from patient safety, harm reduction, clinical performance, peer review and compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies
Evaluate and improve healthcare processes and care transitions to advance the efficient, effective, and safe care of defined populations
Foster integrated team-based clinical delivery model to population-based care
Facilitate the implementation of standardized process, that are evidence-based Population Health management strategies, when appropriate
Encourage and contribute to a holistic approach to improvement and collaborate to improve care processes and transitions back to the community
Monitor and report facility Clinical Practice performance that have been handed-off to Quality Improvement
Supports the organizations' analytic environment to help guide data driven decision making while facilitating meetings with departments and teams to guide quality improvement initiatives and activities
Adheres to procedures for the confidentiality and integrity of data, designing, influencing, and monitoring data collection plans for Key Performance Indicators
Collaborates with process owner(s), acquiring, and integrating data from internal and external benchmarking sources
Uses statistical and visualization methods to analyze data for administrative and clinical decision making
Provides on-going assessment of performance, analyzes clinical outcome data, and identifies performance improvement opportunities or trends
Conducts and reports to stakeholders in-depth assessment of qualitative and quantitative data
Participates in and contributes to a safe healthcare environment by promoting safe practices, nurturing a just culture, and improving processes that detect, mitigate, or prevent harm
Serves as an advocate for the patient safety culture, applying safety science principles/methods, identify and report patient safety risks/events and collaborates to analyze patient safety risks and events
Facilitates teams to improve processes that impact the safety of patients
Supports the evaluating, monitoring, and improving compliance with internal and external requirements
Participates in processes to prepare for, participate in, and follow up on Regulatory Agencies and certifications
Participates in processes to support compliance with PI standards, contributes toward continuous survey readiness activities and participates in the survey processes and findings
Facilitate and support compliance with voluntary, mandatory, and contractual reporting requirement for data acquisition, analysis, reporting and process improvement
May support practitioner and nursing performance review activities as directed
Engages in the healthcare quality profession with a commitment to practicing ethically, enhancing one's competencies and advancing the field by integrating ethical standards into practice, engaging in lifelong learning and participating in activities that advance the profession, such as participation in professional organizations and achievement of certification in healthcare quality
Qualification
Required
Requires a Bachelor's degree
Requires a proficiency level typically attained with five years clinical experience OR quality improvement experience
Requires Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or Certified Professional Patient Safety (CPPS) certification within 3 years of being in the job and obtaining Quality work experience. For individuals in this role prior to June 1, 2025, CPHQ or CPPS must be obtained within 3 years
Preferred
Registered Nurse (RN) license preferred
Master's Degree is preferred
Experience with process improvement, regulatory/accreditation programs, data management, and analysis including graphic development and presentations is highly desirable
If in a profession that requires licensure, current licensure/certification/registration is required for state worked
Additional Related Education And/or Experience Preferred
Company
Banner Health
Banner Health operates as a nonprofit health care system in the United States. The company offers hospital care, home care, hospice care,
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknownKey Investors
Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation
2025-10-24Grant
Leadership Team
Andy Kramer Petersen
President & CEO Banner Health Foundation
Brian P. Kellar
Chief Executive Officer
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