Clinical Quality Specialist

Vail Health is a mountain healthcare system seeking a Clinical Quality Specialist to support its Quality department, leaders, staff, and providers. The role advances healthcare quality through performance and process improvement, data-driven decision-making, patient safety, care transitions, regulatory compliance, reporting, and clinical expertise.

Responsibilities

Advances the organization’s commitment to healthcare quality through collaboration, learning opportunities, and effective communication

Uses performance and process improvement, project management, and change management methods to support foundational and clinical quality initiatives, improve performance, and achieve organizational goals

Evaluates and improves healthcare processes and care transitions to advance efficient, effective, and safe care of defined populations

Leverages the organization’s analytic environment to help guide data-driven decision making and inform quality improvement initiatives

Cultivates a safe healthcare environment by promoting safe practices, nurturing a just culture, and improving processes that detect, mitigate, or prevent harm

Directs organization-wide processes for evaluating, monitoring, and improving compliance with internal and external requirements. Leads the organization’s processes to prepare for, participate in, and follow up on regulatory, accreditation, and certification surveys and activities

Directs activities that support compliance with voluntary, mandatory, and contractual reporting requirements for data acquisition, analysis, reporting, and improvement

Engages in the healthcare quality profession with a commitment to practicing ethically, enhancing one’s competence, and advancing the field

Provides clinical expertise to teams throughout the organization and within the Quality Department

Role models the principals of a Just Culture and Organizational Values

Performs other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant

Preferred

3 years' experience in one of the following preferred:

Healthcare quality improvement, abstraction, or reporting

Clinical care with evidence of quality improvement participation

Quality planning, control, or improvement in a non-healthcare setting

Preferred certification in one of the following:

Healthcare Quality (CPHQ, CJCP, etc.)

Lean Six Sigma

Project Management

3 years’ experience in one of the following preferred:

Healthcare Quality Improvement

Data Abstraction

Quality Reporting

Clinical Care

Quality Improvement Participation

Quality Planning

Quality Control

CPHQ Certification

CJCP Certification

Benefits

Parental leave (4 weeks paid)

Housing programs

Childcare reimbursement

Medical

Dental

Vision

Tuition Assistance

Existing Student Loan Repayment

Specialty Certification Reimbursement

Annual Supplemental Educational Funds

Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year

403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching

Life insurance

Short and long-term disability

Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement

Recreation discounts

Pet insurance

Company

Nonprofit community health care system

Vail, Colorado, USA

https://www.vailhealth.org/

Founded in 1965

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

If in a profession that requires licensure, current licensure/certification/registration is required for state worked

Bachelor's degree in nursing or another related field required

3 years' experience in one of the following preferred:

Healthcare quality improvement, abstraction, or reporting

Clinical care with evidence of quality improvement participation

Quality planning, control, or improvement in a non-healthcare setting

Preferred certification in one of the following:

Healthcare Quality (CPHQ, CJCP, etc.)

Lean Six Sigma

Project Management

Required skills

Healthcare Quality Improvement, Clinical Care, Quality Abstraction, Quality Reporting, Lean Six Sigma, Healthcare Quality Certification, HIPAA Compliance

Preferred skills

3 years' experience in one of the following preferred:, Healthcare quality improvement, abstraction, or reporting, Preferred certification in one of the following:, Healthcare Quality (CPHQ, CJCP, etc.), Project Management

Experience

3+ years