RN, Healthcare Quality Specialist R41318

Req#: R41318

Category(s): Nursing, Quality & Improvement Nurses

Full Time / Part Time: Full-Time

Shift: First

Note:

The compensation range(s) in the table below represent the base salaries for all positions at a given grade across the health system. Typically, a new hire can expect a starting salary somewhere in the lower part of the range. Actual salaries may vary by position and will be determined based on the candidate's relevant experience. No employee will be paid below the minimum of the range.

Pay ranges are listed as hourly for non-exempt employees and based on assumed full time commitment for exempt employees.

Minimum – Midpoint – Maximum

$96,137.00 – $ – $

RN, Healthcare Quality Specialist

Under the direction of the Director of Quality & Medical Management, this role supports hospital-wide quality, safety, and performance improvement initiatives. The RN Healthcare Quality Specialist monitors, assesses, and analyzes quality and safety practices, as well as hospital resource utilization, to optimize patient care outcomes across Baystate Medical Center. This position plays a key role in coordinating quality review processes, managing data collection and analysis, supporting performance improvement efforts, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, including The Joint Commission (JC) as well as will participate in Quality Research, Quality Measurement and Benchmark activities as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and coordinate data abstraction, data entry, ensure data validity, presentation and preliminary analyses for selected projects sponsored and/or supported by DHQ. He/she will collaborate with primary investigator(s) on selected DHQ projects.
• Manage/direct/lead/collaborate with necessary ancillary/intradepartmental staff to ensure quality project implementation, monitoring, feedback and identify and implement appropriate next steps.
• Assist in the measurement of the effectiveness and efficiency of health care service delivery for continuous quality improvement purposes and based on data will develop, recommend and monitor process redesign.
• Responsible for the abstraction, entry, management, analysis and report of health care data which is the foundation of BMC mandatory publicly reported data set, targeted clinical studies and the dissemination of results through presentation or clearly written narrative.
• Serve as a liaison to Performance Improvement teams and work with physicians and other personnel to manage quality improvement and resource management studies and

Required Qualifications

• RN with Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of one of the following:
  Clinical experience, or Healthcare data coordination and quality-related experience
• Experience collaborating with physicians and healthcare staff
• Experience in performance improvement or healthcare quality initiatives

Skills & Competencies

• Strong independent project management skills
• Knowledge of performance improvement principles, quality of care measurement, outcomes analysis, and healthcare cost management
• Ability to interpret and analyze complex healthcare data
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point
• MIDAS experience preferred

Advantages of Working with Baystate Health

• Excellent Benefits, Compensation and generous PTO
• Nursing forgivable loan program and tuition Reimbursement
• High-quality, low-cost medical, dental and vision Insurance
• Competitive 403b retirement match
• Wellbeing programs that include but are not limited to mental, physical and financial health.

Education:

Bachelors Degree (Required)

Certifications:

Registered Nurse – State of Massachusetts State of Massachusetts State of Massachusetts

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

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