Fairview Health Services · 19 hours ago
Quality Improvement Consultant
Minneapolis, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expFairview Health Services is looking for a Quality Improvement Consultant to join their team at the University of MN Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. The role involves examining complex organizational issues to develop and execute projects that align with strategic priorities for quality improvement, while collaborating with operational leaders to drive clinical improvements and educate teams on improvement methodologies.
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Responsibilities
Lead investigations of complex quality and safety issues in order to prevent recurrence, maximizing learning, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes
Facilitate multifaceted quality, safety and performance improvement projects, working with local teams to develop robust and sustainable improvements, implement changes, and monitor outcomes
Use industry tools and methods to identify and initiate analysis of systems to prevent future errors; collaborate with facility leaders and system experts to implement corrective actions
Apply principles of reliable design to ensure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm
Investigate/explore complex patient safety, quality, and organizational issues in order to identify and develop strategic priorities for improvement
Identify and Initiate evaluation and redesign of systems to improve quality measures; identifying necessary resources to fully implement quality and performance improvement; partnering with leaders to act on any resource barriers; focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design to improve the consistent delivery of quality clinical care
Assists leaders and teams in establishing performance standards and metrics as well as identifying goals while ensuring that partnerships exist with other areas of the business to develop, implement, or refine workflows or data collection and management methods to ensure accurate measurement and tracking of process and improvement results
Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the development of implementation strategies (e.g., CMS, JCAHO, HIPPA, etc.)
Provide coaching to less experienced consultants as well as be involved with department training efforts as assigned
Anticipate and identify barriers to change and develop countermeasures in conjunction with leadership to overcome barriers
Promote and utilize health equity principles when reviewing data and developing improvement opportunities using a holistic approach
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's
4-6 years of Experience with Quality/Performance Improvement
Demonstrated relational qualities (active listening, clear/concise communication, humble inquiry, effective relationship building, understanding of customer requirements/meeting them where they are at)
Experience with development and/or deployment of a comprehensive quality and safety program infrastructure
Experience leading and partnering with operational leaders on improvement work, preferably in a healthcare setting
Experience facilitating multi-disciplinary groups through successful improvement initiatives and change
Advanced in analytical skills including collection, analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data and the creation of sustainable measurement systems
Advanced skills in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, SharePoint, OneNote), statistical analysis software (Minitab), data presentation software (R, PowerBI, Tableau) and data source platforms (EPIC, Strata, etc.)
Six Sigma Green Belt within 2 Yrs or
One Lean Certification within 2 Yrs
Preferred
Master's
Six Sigma Black Belt
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision plans
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
PTO and Sick and Safe Time
Tuition reimbursement
Retirement
Early access to earned wages
And more!
Company
Fairview Health Services
Fairview Health Services is a nonprofit healthcare organization that provides various medical and wellness services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-11-15Acquired
Leadership Team
James Hereford
President and CEO
Joe Gaylord
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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