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Registered Nurse, RN - Quality Improvement Specialist

$81.24k
Full-time

Gundersen Health System

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

We’re not just filling positions, we’re building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything.

Emplify Health by Gundersen is seeking an RN, Quality Improvement Specialist to join our Quality and Patient Safety department. In this role, you’ll help advance system-wide quality initiatives and support clinical excellence across the organization. As a clinically focused partner, you’ll serve as a consultant, educator, and advisor in quality improvement, patient safety, evidence-based practice, and population health integration. You’ll work closely with directors, managers, and frontline staff to provide guidance, research, education, and tools that support continuous improvement in patient care. This role also helps facilitate communication and required work across committees and the nursing council structure, while supporting regulatory compliance and collaboration with internal and external partners.

What You Will Do

  • 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)

  • Business hours, typically 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., no holidays or weekends

  • Lead and support performance improvement projects

  • Serve as a resource on evidence-based practices and regulatory requirements

  • Collaborate with departments on process design

  • Support compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, state regulations, and organizational policies

What You Will Get

  • Starting pay of $81,244.80/year, with more based on experience

  • Competitive compensation and Gundersen’s comprehensive benefits package

  • A top-rated retirement plan

  • Professional development and continuing education opportunities

  • Access to Emplify Health by Gundersen’s Career Development Center

  • The ability to make a direct impact on patient safety and system quality

What You Need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)

  • Minimum of 5 years of RN experience

  • Active Wisconsin RN license at the time of hire

  • BLS CPR certification with hands-on learning

  • Experience with data analysis, quality improvement, or LEAN methodology is a plus

About Emplify Health
Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

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We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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