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University of Miami Quality Improvement Specialist, Quality Improvement, Full-time in Hialeah, Florida
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The University of Miami Quality Improvement Department has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Improvement Specialist.
Leads collaborative efforts by fostering a culture of shared accountability in a high performing work group.
Assembles and leverages project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed and developing a roadmap and schedule to ensure timely completion of projects.
Analyzes clinical quality data, identifies opportunities, and develops and implements action plan for quality improvement initiatives.
Delivers solutions that are systematic, scalable, incorporate business process management, incorporate advanced technology solutions and often impact organizational culture and clinical transformation.
Ensures adherence to quality and data governance standards.
Ensures recommended solutions meet the targeted business/clinical objectives, and a plan is in place to monitor sustainability of the recommendations.
Communicates from the top down and bottom up regarding the team responsibilities, target dates, project status, resource needs and provides general project communication as needed.
Fosters clear communication and synchronizes the activities of multiple projects and teams.
Creates and maintains proper documentation of project related tasks and timelines.
Presents recommendations and strategies to decision makers that are systematic, scalable, incorporate business process management, incorporate technology solutions and often impact organizational culture and clinical transformation.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Healthcare, Engineering, Technology or related from a four-year college or university.
Experience:
Minimum 3 years’ experience managing or supporting clinical performance and/or process improvement and/or healthcare quality improvement projects in a clinical setting. Public speaking and presentation experience required. Demonstrated ability utilizing quality improvement methodologies and process improvement principles. Demonstrated ability ensuring deliverables meet the targeted business/clinical objectives in the established timeframe.
Preference given to any combination of the following experiences:
Direct work experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, clinical transformation, value-based care, and/or clinical variations.
Coursework and/or work experience in healthcare quality and patient safety, clinical informatics, patient centered outcomes, quality improvement, clinical resource management, quality improvement, business process management, performance improvement, vendor relationship management, and related topics.
Clinical project management and/or Knowledge of healthcare quality and outcomes measurement and reporting experience.
Familiarity with aspects of care and clinical workflows.
Evidence of ability to draw on knowledge from the following areas: Continuous process improvement processes, performance improvement, service excellence, systems for patient safety, healthcare quality.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of value-based care, including familiarity with barriers to high-value care.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.
Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here (https://www.hr.miami.edu/careers/eo-ada/index.html) for additional information.
Job Status:
Full time
Employee Type:
Staff
Pay Grade:
H12
The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.
The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.
The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.
The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.
Transforming lives
With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.
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