Quality Specialist

Job Opportunity At SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Midwest

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

Worker Type: Regular

Job Summary: Leads quality and clinical improvement initiatives, in partnership with assigned clinical teams. Works collaboratively with leaders, clinicians and other staff in developing and implementing strategies to identify and reduce risks, improve quality and safety, and meet regulatory requirements using various data sources.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Identifies opportunities to standardize care, reduce variation, and improve clinical outcomes.
• Facilitates system-wide clinical programs with process improvement goals and strategies in collaboration with continuous improvement (CI). Integrates standards of care/clinical guidelines/protocols in collaboration with multidisciplinary groups and evaluates for outcomes improvement.
• Provides education regarding clinical data as it pertains to clinical outcomes, resource utilization, and clinical efficiency. Presents educational programs and assists in the development of educational materials related to clinical areas of expertise/improvement efforts.
• Serves as a clinical and systems resource. Maintains awareness and knowledge of best practice strategies and disseminates information to relevant groups.
• Works collaboratively to develop and validate appropriate scorecards/reports that drive continuous improvement and provide patient value.
• Assists with evaluation, potential development, and maintenance of databases necessary for optimum clinical outcomes improvement.
• Develops annual outcomes report for designated clinical programs and provides a regular cadence of outcomes reporting to the clinical programs, ministry leadership, and other designated groups.
• Partners with leadership to optimize the quality and patient safety culture. Assists with ambulatory, post-acute and regional quality initiatives, as applicable.
• Conducts leading practice research on clinical outcomes improvement and safety best practices. Participates in activities supportive of ongoing improvement of medical staff quality.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited school of professional nursing

Experience:

• Six years' clinical experience

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Required Professional License and/or Certifications:

• State of Work Location: Illinois
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• State of Work Location: Missouri
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• State of Work Location: Oklahoma
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• State of Work Location: Wisconsin
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type: Employee

Department: 8752020033 System Quality

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Benefits: SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.