Quality Consultant - Infection, Prevention, & Control
iMPROve Health
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Posted: 20-Jan-23
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Type: Full Time
Salary: 65,000-78,000
Categories:
General Nursing
Infection Preventionist
RN
Sector:
Advocacy / Non-Profit
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Additional Information:
Telecommuting is allowed.
Internal Number: 1
*Must be able to work M-F normal business hours in EST.
Position Summary: The Quality Consultant is responsible for working within the task team to implement the work plan and engage key participants, stakeholders and customers. This work involves delivery of 1:1 technical assistance to nursing homes and other health care organizations particularly related to infection prevention and control and healthcare associated infections.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Deploy technical assistance and quality improvement interventions in accordance with the work plan
Coach clinicians and health care organizations through rapid improvement cycles
Lead and/or participate in recruitment efforts as needed
Maintain customer satisfaction and engagement
Engage key partners
Implement and improve standard processes for initiating, tracking, and completing quality improvement initiatives
Identify challenges and work with team to adjust interventions as needed
Monitor landscape for other resources, partners, and projects in content area(s)
Gather and incorporate voice of customer (CMS, health care providers, beneficiaries, patient, etc.) into the task deployment
Contribute to completion of task deliverables
Serve as point of contact for task participants
Escalate concerns or changes to budget to Program Director
Job Skills Requirements:
Education: Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 4 years relevant experience
Previous Experience: 2 years minimum experience in nursing home clinical operations, infection prevention and control, quality improvement/QAPI and/or project management in health care
Leadership Skills: Relationship management, project management, strong communication with internal and external customers, and effective writing skills
About iMPROve Health
Come join the iMPROve Health team! iMPROve Health is Michigan’s Medicare-designated Quality Improvement Organization. We are both a Cool Place to Work (Crain’s Detroit Business) for the last 4 years and one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare as judged by Modern Healthcare. As a nonprofit organization, we have more than 35 years’ experience improving healthcare across the continuum of care using evidence-based and data-driven logic. iMPROve Health provides medical consulting and review, as well as data analysis to federal agencies, state Medicaid and public health organizations, healthcare facilities, private health plans and other third-party payers. We also have extensive experience completing thoughtful and impartial utilization review, dispute resolution and peer reviews. Our goal is simple – to help healthcare get better!
This position can be remote and provides the opportunity to work virtually with team members from anywhere within the United States. We pride ourselves on providing a great work/life balance for employees, while also providing the ability to promote their career development and gain new skills through employee education opportu...nities. iMPROve Health offers a wonderful benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short term and long-term disability, and a generous 401k match.
iMPROve Health is committed to improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare. Although we do not see patients, we are healthcare professionals (including physicians and nurses) and consultants who work with healthcare providers to promote the adoption and use of evidence-based best practices and processes to achieve our healthcare quality goals. Our services offer our clients and partners access to a proven, impartial, connected resource that understands the intricacies of healthcare. It is our #1 priority to provide thoughtful evidence-based strategies and solutions that help them achieve their healthcare quality improvement goals and outcomes.
iMPROve Health is an equal employment opportunity employer.
