Stanford Health Care
Sr. Quality Consultant - Remote - PI Population Health, FT Days
Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306
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This is a Stanford Health Care job.
A Brief Overview
The Senior Quality Consultant is the advanced level of professional work involving the performance of a broad range of performing professional administrative, analytical, and consultative duties related to assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating performance improvement and regulatory compliance strategies of Stanford Health Care (SHC) with the goals of maintaining and improving quality of patient care, patient safety, and patient experience while reducing variations and costs of care and ensuring compliance with accreditation, regulatory, and licensing standards, policies, and guidelines applicable to SHC.
Initiatives planned and carried out by the Senior Quality Consultant are directed at connecting two critically important priorities for SHC: a) Helping physicians and other health care providers provide the best possible patient care (effectiveness); and b) simultaneously reducing unnecessary and unsustainable costs to the health care system (efficiency). In collaboration with senior leadership, physicians and multi-disciplinary health care providers, the Senior Quality Consultant identifies, conducts and manages complex analytical projects, plans and executes strategies, plans initiatives and methods that provide a comprehensive approach to promoting a strong patient safety culture and clinical effectiveness through effective identification and analysis of safety data and quality indicators, proactive risk assessment, refinement/redesign of systems and processes, interventions, staff training, and patient and family engagement.
LocationsStanford Health Care
What you will do
Option 1: Performance Improvement
Performs data analysis; creates & interprets data displays, including clinical, cost, and patient satisfaction data. Works collaboratively with Information Technology (IT) Informatics team, Finance, Enterprise Data Warehouse/Clinical Business Analytics, and others to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data that is utilized.
Provides expertise in understanding and using SHC data models & systems, and acts as resource in the interpretation and use of data generated and utilized by the department.
Reviews SHC and Quality, Patient Safety, and Effectiveness Department quality goals to identify opportunities for improvement and to ensure current projects are working to meet organizational goals.
Evaluates data, makes judgments, and recommendations regarding quality improvement work, including but not limited to resource utilization, physician practice patterns, and clinical pathway effectiveness.
Performs, coordinates, and facilitates quality improvement, patient safety activities, and clinical effectiveness initiatives for assigned areas to achieve organization goals, working collaboratively with physicians and staff.
Identifies, designs and implements new processes and clinical care, based on evidence, to continually improve patient care and outcomes and to achieve performance targets.
Provides leadership for creating a culture of patient safety and works with various constituencies to ensure compliance to the National Patient Safety Goals.
Provides expertise in the interpretation, implementation, and maintenance of standards to match external requirements (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS, Title 22)
Provides mentorship to the quality consultants and other SHC leaders and staff.
Identifies the appropriate use of quality improvement tools and methodologies, such as PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma, and Statistical Process Control Analysis on a hospital wide scale.
Leads multidisciplinary and multidepartment strategic quality initiatives.
Maintains network with affiliate institutions, organizations, and associations and other health care providers to stay in touch with developments and trends in the healthcare market as it relates to best practices.
Determines how industry trends and quality improvement pilots / projects impact SHC and consider involvement in them (e.g. Partnership for Patients).
Option 2: Accreditation, Licensing & Regulatory
Facilitates local, state, and federal clinical regulatory and accreditation activities for Stanford Hospital and Clinics to ensure that clinical services are provided in accordance with established standards.
Coordinates with the Risk Manager investigations for reported events and manages the root cause analysis (RCA) process.
Collaborates with department managers, physicians, and staff to continuously improve operations, increase performance and streamline processes for continuous readiness.
Develops and maintains relationships and effective communication with all levels of the medical staff, managers, and staff in order to facilitate problem identification and resolution; models exemplary customer service standards.
Develops and implements the organization’s continuous survey readiness program.
Option 3: High-Value Care
Conduct review and synthesis of current and emerging evidence-based literature relevant to SHC clinical programs and quality initiatives.
Perform analysis of clinical variations and of current state in outcomes and costs of care, and identify key drivers requiring interventions.
Help translate clinical pathways into Epic order sets and decision support tools in collaboration with nursing, pharmacy and IT teams.
Education Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a work-related field, Master’s degree preferred
Experience Qualifications
Eight (8) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, five (5) years with a Master’s, within a large acute care hospital or health care system in one or more of the following areas:
• Data Based Performance Improvement, including Patient Safety • Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement • Value-Based Care • Regulatory, Accreditation and Licensing • Clinical experience, such as nursing or pharmacy
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of accreditation, regulatory, licensing and other standards, requirements, and guidelines applicable to hospitals, specifically, Joint Commission, CMS Conditions of Participation, Title 22, California Business & Professions code, California Health and Safety Code, California Medical Association-Institute for Medical Quality, National Committee on Quality Assurance
Knowledge of and ability to apply multiple performance improvement methodologies and tools to projects (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, Poka-Yoke, 5S, SIPOC, value stream mapping, process mapping, cause and effect diagrams, prioritization and selection matrix)
Ability to effectively analyze and evaluate data or other information to identify, synthesize findings and prepare recommendations into deliverables, and prioritize areas of opportunity
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
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This is a Stanford Health Care job.
A Brief Overview
The Senior Quality Consultant is the advanced level of professional work involving the performance of a broad range of performing professional administrative, analytical, and consultative duties related to assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating performance improvement and regulatory compliance strategies of Stanford Health Care (SHC) with the goals of maintaining and improving quality of patient care, patient safety, and patient experience while reducing variations and costs of care and ensuring compliance with accreditation, regulatory, and licensing standards, policies, and guidelines applicable to SHC.
Initiatives planned and carried out by the Senior Quality Consultant are directed at connecting two critically important priorities for SHC: a) Helping physicians and other health care providers provide the best possible patient care (effectiveness); and b) simultaneously reducing unnecessary and unsustainable costs to the health care system (efficiency). In collaboration with senior leadership, physicians and multi-disciplinary health care providers, the Senior Quality Consultant identifies, conducts and manages complex analytical projects, plans and executes strategies, plans initiatives and methods that provide a comprehensive approach to promoting a strong patient safety culture and clinical effectiveness through effective identification and analysis of safety data and quality indicators, proactive risk assessment, refinement/redesign of systems and processes, interventions, staff training, and patient and family engagement.
LocationsStanford Health Care
What you will do
Option 1: Performance Improvement
Performs data analysis; creates & interprets data displays, including clinical, cost, and patient satisfaction data. Works collaboratively with Information Technology (IT) Informatics team, Finance, Enterprise Data Warehouse/Clinical Business Analytics, and others to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data that is utilized.
Provides expertise in understanding and using SHC data models & systems, and acts as resource in the interpretation and use of data generated and utilized by the department.
Reviews SHC and Quality, Patient Safety, and Effectiveness Department quality goals to identify opportunities for improvement and to ensure current projects are working to meet organizational goals.
Evaluates data, makes judgments, and recommendations regarding quality improvement work, including but not limited to resource utilization, physician practice patterns, and clinical pathway effectiveness.
Performs, coordinates, and facilitates quality improvement, patient safety activities, and clinical effectiveness initiatives for assigned areas to achieve organization goals, working collaboratively with physicians and staff.
Identifies, designs and implements new processes and clinical care, based on evidence, to continually improve patient care and outcomes and to achieve performance targets.
Provides leadership for creating a culture of patient safety and works with various constituencies to ensure compliance to the National Patient Safety Goals.
Provides expertise in the interpretation, implementation, and maintenance of standards to match external requirements (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS, Title 22)
Provides mentorship to the quality consultants and other SHC leaders and staff.
Identifies the appropriate use of quality improvement tools and methodologies, such as PDCA, Lean, Six Sigma, and Statistical Process Control Analysis on a hospital wide scale.
Leads multidisciplinary and multidepartment strategic quality initiatives.
Maintains network with affiliate institutions, organizations, and associations and other health care providers to stay in touch with developments and trends in the healthcare market as it relates to best practices.
Determines how industry trends and quality improvement pilots / projects impact SHC and consider involvement in them (e.g. Partnership for Patients).
Option 2: Accreditation, Licensing & Regulatory
Facilitates local, state, and federal clinical regulatory and accreditation activities for Stanford Hospital and Clinics to ensure that clinical services are provided in accordance with established standards.
Coordinates with the Risk Manager investigations for reported events and manages the root cause analysis (RCA) process.
Collaborates with department managers, physicians, and staff to continuously improve operations, increase performance and streamline processes for continuous readiness.
Develops and maintains relationships and effective communication with all levels of the medical staff, managers, and staff in order to facilitate problem identification and resolution; models exemplary customer service standards.
Develops and implements the organization’s continuous survey readiness program.
Option 3: High-Value Care
Conduct review and synthesis of current and emerging evidence-based literature relevant to SHC clinical programs and quality initiatives.
Perform analysis of clinical variations and of current state in outcomes and costs of care, and identify key drivers requiring interventions.
Help translate clinical pathways into Epic order sets and decision support tools in collaboration with nursing, pharmacy and IT teams.
Education Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a work-related field, Master’s degree preferred
Experience Qualifications
Eight (8) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, five (5) years with a Master’s, within a large acute care hospital or health care system in one or more of the following areas:
• Data Based Performance Improvement, including Patient Safety • Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement • Value-Based Care • Regulatory, Accreditation and Licensing • Clinical experience, such as nursing or pharmacy
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of accreditation, regulatory, licensing and other standards, requirements, and guidelines applicable to hospitals, specifically, Joint Commission, CMS Conditions of Participation, Title 22, California Business & Professions code, California Health and Safety Code, California Medical Association-Institute for Medical Quality, National Committee on Quality Assurance
Knowledge of and ability to apply multiple performance improvement methodologies and tools to projects (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, FMEA, Poka-Yoke, 5S, SIPOC, value stream mapping, process mapping, cause and effect diagrams, prioritization and selection matrix)
Ability to effectively analyze and evaluate data or other information to identify, synthesize findings and prepare recommendations into deliverables, and prioritize areas of opportunity
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
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