Join Cottage Health as the Clinical Quality Consultant- Process Improvement. The Clinical Quality Consultant- Process Improvement facilitates and leads the monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of the quality of patient care and patient safety throughout the Cottage Health System for assigned patient populations and improvement initiatives. Accountabilities include:

Facilitates project teams by demonstrating and coaching application of appropriate process improvement (PI) methods and tools. Guides the development and management of the improvement action plans ensuring that project teams achieve established targets.  Prepares reports of all activities, goal achievement and barriers for leadership.  Conducts post-project follow-up evaluations to assess performance gaps and recommends appropriate actions and accountabilities.  Supports regulatory, accreditation and certification programs to include, but not limited to, on site survey support, action plan development and implementation, and audits of performance metrics. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently. 

LEVEL OF EDUCATION 

Minimum: Registered Nurse or a Bachelor's Degree in a related healthcare field. 

Preferred: Master’s degree in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration or related field. 

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS 

Minimum: CA RN license 

Preferred: CPHQ or LEAN certification 

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 

Minimum: Intermediate proficiency in computer applications relevant to Quality, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint. Knowledge of process improvement methods/PDSA 

Preferred: Knowledge of specific improvement methodologies including root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, rapid cycle improvement, LEAN. 

YEARS OF RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE 

Minimum: 2 years healthcare quality experience and 5 years Clinical RN experience 

Preferred: 5 years hospital Quality experience