Quality Analyst Nurse

Reports to: Quality of Director

FLSA Classification: Full time, Non-exempt, Hourly   $33.80-$55.00 per hour

Pioneers Medical Center will lead the effort to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

The working environment is a hospital setting with exposure to patients, residents, and families; sharps, infectious diseases, biological and chemical hazards; machinery and equipment; and potentially extreme temperatures and noise levels. Employees are required to follow all safety practices and protocols at all times.

Essential Functions

-          Support the Quality Director in the day-to-day administrative functions of the Quality & Risk Department.

-          Support the Quality of Director in all phases of the project lifecycle across departmental projects: initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing. 

-          Assist the Quality Director in responding to pertinent quality or patient safety issues.

-          Retrieve, interpret, and summarize medical records related to quality or risk cases.

-          Collect, manipulate, and analyze data for quality improvement or regulatory reporting.

-          Assist with the development, testing, use, and validation of data collection methodologies.

-          Abstract patient records and construct datasets for quality improvement projects.

-          Generate easy-to-read visualizations based on retrieved data.

-          Assist in the design and teaching of quality and risk topics to the general hospital population.

-          Regularly present data in a non-technical manner to clinical and non-clinical team members.

-          Partner with interdisciplinary teams to drive clinical excellence through data.

-          Assist in maintaining regulatory compliance with reporting and clinical performance.

-          Monitor the progress of quality improvement projects and apply course corrections as necessary.

-          Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

-          Unencumbered RN license valid in Colorado

-          Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) required; Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

-          Current CPHQ certification or willingness to obtain within one year of hire.

-          Excellent computer skills required, including Office 365 and EMRs (i.e. Meditech).

-          Project management experience in a healthcare or other Agile setting preferred.

-          At least one year of clinical informatics or clinical quality work experience preferred.

-          Familiarity with Colorado and Federal regulatory requirements for clinical quality reporting.

-          Working knowledge or willingness to learn statistical or query-based languages is a plus, such as R, SQL, or Python.

 

Skills and Expectations

-          Effective oral communications skills appropriate for patients, families, staff, and vendors.

-          Be able to think critically, abstractly, and analytically.

-          Maintain a high level of organizational and time management skills in a fast-paced environment.

-          Possess the willingness to continuously pursue learning opportunities.

-          Implement change through effective leadership and change management skills.

-          Kind and professional demeanor.

-          Professional and well-groomed appearance at all times.

-          Adhere to privacy and confide