Quality Improvement Facilitator - Surgical Services

The Quality Improvement Facilitator leads (facilitates) significant organizational change initiatives intended to improve clinical quality, patient safety and/or patient experience in an efficient, effective and timely manner within various clinical departments. The position provides active leadership in the development and implementation of the organization's quality improvement, patient safety and risk management priorities and goals at all levels of the organization. The facilitator serves as a resource for other clinical departments in quality improvement, and patient safety. The facilitator must be an effective collaborator with risk management and implement situational leadership skill sets which promote the development and implementation of performance improvement plans. The Quality Improvement Facilitator will provide leadership to clinical departments as it relates to quality improvement and resource management, including the development of priorities and objectives, improvement methods and logistics. The position also requires facilitation of teams or projects associated with accreditation, medical staff, licensure, regulations, clinical initiatives or patient safety strategies.

• Facilitates and leads on-going committees/teams, quality improvement/patient safety initiatives to achieve outcomes. Uses organizational and project management skills, clinical knowledge and presentation skills to advance goals
• Communicates progress to key stakeholders/update which demonstrates active leadership skill set in unit-rounding and unit-based, action-oriented meetings.
• Designs and conducts studies of clinical practice, outcome and effectiveness. Makes recommendations for CMC quality/patient safety goals and initiatives.
• Initiates and implements processes and procedures necessary to comply with departmental quality and performance improvement.
• Creates, maintains and distributes quality and other performance improvement reports.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field or Equivalent 8 years experience required. Masters Degree Preferred/ Preference will be given to Registered Nurses with diverse clinical experience and/or experience in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety or Risk Management.

Experience: Five years experience in clinical setting or demonstrated skill leading quality and/or patient safety improvement projects in complex organizational environments preferred.

Licensure, certification, and/or registration: Certification required - defined by area: CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) preferred; CPHRM (Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management) or CPPS (Certified Professional in Patient Safety) acceptable. Must have plan to obtain at least one of these certifications within 2 years of hire.

Other Minimum Qualifications: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, organizational ability, and initiative. Proven ability to understand and apply analytical tools and make process improvement recommendations. Must be familiar with Microsoft Office software and able to learn other software as needed. Good project management and team dynamic skills in order to facilitate change and achievement of defined outcomes. Must be able to work with minimal amount of supervision

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