Remote Quality Improvement Analyst

Overview

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Lead the Way is our rallying cry at Acentra Health. Think of it as an open invitation to embrace the mission of the company; to actively engage in problem-solving; and to take ownership of your work every day. Acentra Health offers you unparalleled opportunities. In fact, you have all you need to take charge of your career and accelerate better outcomes - making this a great time to join our team of passionate individuals dedicated to being a vital partner for health solutions in the public sector.

Acentra Health is looking for a Quality Improvement Analyst to join our growing team.

Job Summary:

The Internal Quality Improvement (QI) Specialist is responsible for supporting and fostering an environment of continuous quality and process improvement. This role ensures the quality, efficiency, and compliance of internal processes by developing and implementing improvement plans, tracking performance, and leading data-driven initiatives. The QI Specialist helps improve the standardization of work, seamless workflows, and evaluates for efficient case review processing.

The specialist will focus on data analysis and reporting while actively promoting enhancements to manual work and cross team collaboration. This position plays a key role in ensuring that lessons learned and best practices are shared internally advance the effectiveness of the internal quality improvement and overall program.

• Identifies improvement opportunities through data analysis and performance monitoring, and facilitates and leads data-driven projects within the Internal Quality Improvement Program (IQIP).
• Delivers regular project reportouts to leadership and stakeholders, summarizing progress, risks, barriers, and data-supported results.
• Responsible for helping to create Lean/Six Sigma monitoring reports which include data trends and analysis using Microsoft Office 365 apps and automation tools where possible while coordinating with the appropriate team members to ensure compliance with contract deliverables, critical indicators (CI), and process efficiencies.
• Works closely with team members to establish project plans with timelines, drive projects, and maintain process improvement strategies that reflect Lean/Six Sigma concepts.
• On a monthly basis, prepares and provides data analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Senior Management and contracting officer representatives.
• Provides guidance and expertise to project teams and continuous improvement oversight to team members by monitoring individual project plans, offering mitigation plans and solutions when potential threats/risks are identified, and suggesting improvement strategies, efficiencies, and automation options.
• Responsible for assisting and monitoring Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) and any other Quality Improvement activities conducted as required for assigned contracts by team members and identify automated solutions when possible.
• Provides support and guidance to team members during meetings with internal customers.
• Assists, as needed, in the development and implementation of quality improvement plans.
• Responsible for maintaining documented standards of performance and identifying all deviations from the quality improvement plan.
• Maintains working knowledge of the current contract and deliverables to ensure compliance. Interacts with stakeholders during changing conditions to maintain alignment, gather input, and ensure project continuity.
• Assists in the development of Lean/Six Sigma process improvement tools that will produce quantitative and qualitative data and findings to validate compliance and competence.
• Sug gest opportunities for automation based on knowledge of quality improvement models and methods (e.g., rapid cycle improvement, quality measurement and reporting, plan-do-study-act, DMAIC).
• Facilitates quality activities, provides continuous improvement consulting services to internal customers, employs knowledge of performance improvement strategies, principles, methodology, techniques, and data analysis.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all corporate policies including policies related to HIPAA and its Privacy and Security Rules.

The list of accountabilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other education- and experience-related duties that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Requires 3 or more years of quality improvement experience, with an emphasis on performance measurement systems
• Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or higher, Lean/Six Sigma certification and an understanding of Lean/Six Sigma processes and tools
• Experience using Microsoft Office 365 applications; including SharePoint Lists and Microsoft Power Applications
• Demonstrated…