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Baylor Scott & White Health · 3 hours ago

Quality Improvement Consultant I

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Quality Improvement Consultant I to provide consultant expertise and project management to improve patient care outcomes. The role involves facilitating quality improvement initiatives, managing projects, and mentoring teams to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.

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Responsibilities

Serves as an internal consultant for quality and patient safety initiatives and small to medium scale projects through BSWH
Facilitates, coordinates, and provides project management for quality improvement teams, strategic planning sessions, and other organizational meetings and committees as requested and needed
Project Management: Lead and coordinate teams, manage resources, and communicate to key stakeholders to achieve project goals. This includes: planning, executing, and closing projects
Coaches and mentors teams and managers in the provision of quality, patient safety and other regulatory issues
In partnership with teams and managers, develops multidisciplinary indicators and identifies opportunities for improvement, to monitor and evaluate the quality of care and services provided to patients based on evidence-based practices, regulatory and accrediting agency requirements, and data testing of high-risk problem prone, and high-volume processes
Identifies regional, system, and industry best practices, providing feedback to managers and team members
Provides subject matter expertise and comprehensive measurement testing for quality improvement initiatives across the organization
Prepares and submits timely scheduled and ad hoc status reports on the progress of work teams to various stakeholders to keep them apprised of progress, potential barriers, lessons learned, and related topics for all strategic improvement priorities
Works with applicable staff to use appropriate audit strategies, data extraction, skilled observation, surveys, focus groups or other tools to obtain relevant information to improve care and quality of service
Participates in design, development, and implementation of facility learning forums
Participates in unit and/or facility huddles
Helps the ZERO Harm rounding process as directed by leadership
Maintains awareness of the latest developments, advancements, and trends in the field of quality improvement reporting and testing by attending seminars/workshops, reading professional journals, and active participation in professional organizations

Qualification

Quality performance measurementTexasJoint CommissionCMS standardsProject managementQuality improvement initiativesData testingSkilled facilitatorCPHQCPPS certificationLicensed clinicianTrainingPrioritization skillsExceptional communication skillsMentoringCollaborative work

Required

Bachelor's or 4 years of work experience above the minimum qualification
4 Years of Experience
Extensive knowledge of tools and techniques of quality performance measurement and data testing
Extensive knowledge of project management process: developing project plans, monitoring progress, managing risks, and ensuring quality throughout the project
Extensive knowledge of Texas, Joint Commission and CMS standards
Extensive knowledge of trends, developments, and research in providing high-quality safe care
Skilled facilitator, coach, consultant, influencer, management and strategic thinking skills
Skilled in the use of computers, and related software applications
Exceptional verbal, social and written communication skills
Able to mentor, train and develop instructional materials to educate leadership and staff in quality, patient safety, regulatory issues
Able to work collaboratively and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, and across organizational lines and teams
Able to identify and deploy required project management processes, tools, and templates needed to successfully drive initiatives
Able to partner with key stakeholders to identify impediments to success and recommend and implement corrective actions and/or mitigation
Able to work alone or with varying levels of direct or indirect supervision and guidance
Able to appropriately prioritize tasks to meet desired deadline

Preferred

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), or role-appropriate certification preferred
Licensed clinician such as nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, dietitian, respiratory therapist, etc. preferred

Benefits

Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
Tuition Reimbursement
PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Company

Baylor Scott & White Health

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Baylor Scott & White Health is a non-profit health care system that research about the outpatient, and emergency treatment services.

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Jennifer Mitzner
Executive Vice President & CFO
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