Quality Coordinator – Cardiovascular

Essen Health Care is a multispecialty medical group providing primary, urgent, and specialty healthcare services. The Quality Coordinator – Cardiovascular coordinates clinical quality initiatives, monitors performance and patient outcomes, supports audits and corrective action plans, and collaborates with clinical, operational, RCM, and administrative teams to improve quality and care coordination.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day quality improvement activities supporting Cardiovascular Services
• Monitor clinical quality measures, patient outcomes, and departmental performance indicators
• Coordinate chart reviews, quality audits, and documentation reviews to identify gaps and ensure appropriate follow-up
• Track quality metrics and prepare reports, dashboards, and updates for departmental leadership
• Support Chronic Care Management (CCM), Care/Disease Management (CDM), and other clinical quality initiatives
• Partner with RCM teams to identify documentation, coding, and workflow issues that may impact quality and reimbursement
• Coordinate and follow up on quality improvement action plans with clinical and operational teams
• Assist with regulatory, accreditation, and internal quality requirements
• Track corrective action plans and follow up on identified deficiencies
• Support quality-related policies, procedures, workflows, and best practices
• Provide education and guidance to staff regarding quality standards, documentation requirements, and process improvements
• Participate in quality meetings, case reviews, and interdisciplinary discussions
• Assist with preparation for audits, reviews, and quality-related initiatives
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, RCM, operations, and administrative teams to improve quality outcomes, patient safety, and care coordination

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Health Sciences, or a related field preferred
• Active RN license preferred; active LPN license accepted
• Experience with quality-of-care reviews, chart audits, performance metrics, corrective action plans, and process improvement preferred
• Working knowledge of CCM, CDM, population health, or care management programs preferred
• Cardiovascular, cardiology, or specialty-care experience is a plus
• Nursing Degree
• Healthcare Administration Degree
• Public Health Degree
• Health Sciences Degree
• Active RN License
• Active LPN License
• Quality-of-Care Reviews
• Chart Auditing
• Performance Metrics
• Corrective Action Planning
• Process Improvement
• CCM Knowledge
• CDM Knowledge
• Population Health
• Care Management Programs
• Cardiovascular Experience
• Cardiology Experience
• Specialty-Care Experience

Benefits

• Regular Full-Time position
• Office-based, non-patient-facing position
• In-person with 20% travel to meet with providers

Company

• Integrated healthcare network providing primary, urgent, and house-call care
• Bronx, New York, USA
• http://essenhealthcare.com/
• Founded in 1999
• 501-1000 employees

Qualifications

• In-person with 20% travel to meet with providers, must have the ability to commute
• 3–5 years of healthcare experience, preferably involving clinical quality, quality improvement, care management, clinical operations, or a related area
• Understanding of clinical documentation, quality measures, coding, and Revenue Cycle Management
• Familiarity with healthcare regulatory requirements, quality standards, and patient safety principles
• Ability to collect, track, and report clinical quality and performance data
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and follow-up activities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with electronic health records, Microsoft Office, and quality reporting/data-tracking tools
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Health Sciences, or a related field preferred
• Active RN license preferred; active LPN license accepted
• Experience with quality-of-care reviews, chart audits, performance metrics, corrective action plans, and process improvement preferred
• Working knowledge of CCM, CDM, population health, or care management programs preferred
• Cardiovascular, cardiology, or specialty-care experience is a plus
• 3–5 years of healthcare experience, preferably involving clinical quality, quality improvement, care management, clinical operations, or a related area.

Required skills

• Clinical Quality Improvement, Quality-of-Care Reviews, Chart Auditing, Performance Metrics, Process Improvement, Care Management, Clinical Documentation, Medical Coding, Revenue Cycle Management, Healthcare Regulatory Requirements, Patient Safety, Active RN or LPN License, Electronic Health Records, Microsoft Office

Preferred skills

• Active RN license preferred; active LPN license accepted

Experience

• 3-5 years