Quality Improvement Specialist - Cardiology

We are searching for a Quality Improvement Specialist - Cardiology -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will partner with departmental leadership to achieve high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective health care. To facilitate departmental and cross-departmental strategic projects using methodologies including Root Cause Analysis, Intense Analysis, and Model for Improvement, and Six Sigma principles.

 

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Responsibilities:

• Partners with the departmental leaders to facilitate/conduct performance improvement and safety activities.  
• Develops and produces reports for performance improvement/safety, guideline utilization, and outcomes for areas of responsibility.  
• Uses statistical techniques and knowledge to develop measures, sampling methods, and the appropriate representation of data. (Statistical consultation may be necessary until this expertise is developed).  
• Utilizes data from benchmark facilities and databases, financial databases, and other internal and external data repositories to identify improvement opportunities.  
• Collaborating with the Medical Director until leadership designs and presents the finding of quality improvement projects to appropriate departmental audiences.  
• Acts as a consultant for medical staff and departmental staff related to the development of measurements, statistical analysis, and appropriate data presentation to support initiatives intended to achieve a breakthrough or incremental process improvement in patient care, as measured by at least one improvement worthy of storyboard per year.  
• Utilizes the Model for Improvement, Lean Methodologies, and other tools adopted by the organization as the basis for performance improvement projects and serves as a resource to all staff on the methodologies.
• Assists with the education and implementation of standards for The Joint Commission, American College of Surgeons, AAMI, and CMS regulation requirements about quality and safety. Participates in and coordinates committees/task forces/project meetings. Prepares agendas, reports, and minutes of performance improvement task force meetings/projects without errors. Acts as a facilitator and/or team leader for projects as requested.  
• Collaborates with the Quality and Outcomes department and Medical Staff Leadership on developing measures for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE).
• Meets ongoing requirements for education and development.
• As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact and a BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support BLS – Cert-Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association
• Required 2 years of Professional clinical experience in area of clinical expertise 
• Highly preferred: 1 year of Cath Lab experience

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation