Quality Program Specialist

Location Address:

2925 Chicago Ave Loading Dock Minneapolis, MN

September 11, 2026

Quality Regulatory Reporting

Day (United States of America)

8 hour shift

40

Non-Union-NCT

None

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. If you value putting patients first, consider a career at Allina Health. Our mission is to provide exceptional care as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care. This includes you and your loved ones.

We are committed to providing whole person care, investing in your well-being, and enriching your career.

• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per two-week pay period)
• 8-hour day shift
• No weekends
• Hybrid position

Oversees regulatory quality, accreditation, and clinical quality efforts across applicable programs. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of applicable quality and cost-of-care measures, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Supports data analysis, validation, and project management activities to enhance clinical quality, optimize measurement strategies, and improve operational efficiency. Collaborates with physicians, clinicians, operational leaders and other stakeholders to design and implement effective structures, processes, and outcomes.

• Program Leadership
  • Partners with clinical experts in the development, implementation, and sustainability of evidenced-based clinical best practice standards for targeted populations.
  • Plays a key role in identifying unwarranted variation in clinical practice that may affect quality outcomes, patient experience, and total cost of care.
  • Collaborates with physicians and business unit leaders to ensure consistent implementation of best practices.
  • Leads meetings that support clinical program initiatives and assists operational leaders in the implementation and sustainability of plans.
  • Develops both internal and patient-facing communication/education materials.
• Measurement and reporting
  • Manages quality reporting requirements and assures all required regulatory quality measures are reported accurately and timely.
  • Maintains scorecards related to program quality indicators, assisting in interpretation of data and development of meaningful action plans to improve performance.
  • Collaborates with program leadership on pay for performance programs that rely on clinical quality metrics.
• Improvement Support
  • Leads project management of initiatives using quality improvement tools to drive performance improvement, including the identification of industry benchmarking for goal setting.
  • Plans and implements necessary improvement initiatives needed to comply with regulatory annual rule requirements and changes.
  • Develops and implements system-level workflows across teams to create efficiencies.
• Policy and Compliance
  • Analyzes and monitors state and federal legislative policy proposals regulating clinical quality programs
  • Translates legislative policy and technical standards into meaningful language for key stakeholders and operational understanding.
  • Understands reporting requirements and data elements necessary to identify, support or negate regulatory quality concerns.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Therapy, Public Health, Health Care Administration and/or other health care related field
• 5+ years Healthcare experience in related field
• 3+ years Project management and/or experience with quality improvement principles
• 2+ years Healthcare quality reporting
• 2+ years Electronic medical record experience

• Master's degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Care Administration and/or other health care related field
• 2+ years Health informatics experience

• Maintain license as applicable

• Sedentary:
• Lifting weight up to 10 lbs. occasionally, negligible weight frequently

Pay Range: $41.28 to $57.11 per hour

The pay described reflects the base hiring pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and/or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work.

Allina Health is committed to adhering with all applicable local, state and federal minimum wage…