Quality Improvement Specialist, Quality Improvement, Full-time

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The University of Miami Quality Improvement Department has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Improvement Specialist.

• Leads collaborative efforts by fostering a culture of shared accountability in a high performing work group.

• Assembles and leverages project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing a roadmap and schedule to ensure timely completion of projects.

• Analyzes clinical quality data, identifies opportunities, and develops and implements action plan for quality improvement initiatives.

• Delivers solutions that are systematic, scalable, incorporate business process management, incorporate advanced technology solutions and often impact organizational culture and clinical transformation.

• Ensures adherence to quality and data governance standards.

• Ensures recommended solutions meet the targeted business/clinical objectives, and a plan is in place to monitor sustainability of the recommendations.

• Communicates from the top down and bottom up regarding the team responsibilities, target dates, project status, resource needs and provides general project communication as needed.

• Fosters clear communication and synchronizes the activities of multiple projects and teams.

• Creates and maintains proper documentation of project related tasks and timelines.

• Presents recommendations and strategies to decision makers that are systematic, scalable, incorporate business process management, incorporate technology solutions and often impact organizational culture and clinical transformation.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education:

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Healthcare, Engineering, Technology or related from a four-year college or university.

Experience:

Minimum 3 years’ experience managing or supporting clinical performance and/or process improvement and/or healthcare quality improvement projects in a clinical setting. Public speaking and presentation experience required. Demonstrated ability utilizing quality improvement methodologies and process improvement principles. Demonstrated ability ensuring deliverables meet the targeted business/clinical objectives in the established timeframe.

Preference given to any combination of the following experiences:

• Direct work experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, clinical transformation, value-based care, and/or clinical variations.

• Coursework and/or work experience in healthcare quality and patient safety, clinical informatics, patient centered outcomes, quality improvement, clinical resource management, quality improvement, business process management, performance improvement, vendor relationship management, and related topics.

• Clinical project management and/or Knowledge of healthcare quality and outcomes measurement and reporting experience.

• Familiarity with aspects of care and clinical workflows.

• Evidence of ability to draw on knowledge from the following areas: Continuous process improvement processes, performance improvement, service excellence, systems for patient safety, healthcare quality.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of value-based care, including familiarity with barriers to high-value care.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

H12