Quality Improvement Specialist, Part time

About Virtua Health

At Virtua Health, we exist for one reason – to better serve you. That means being here for you in all the moments that matter, striving each day to connect you to the care you need. Whether that's wellness and prevention, experienced specialists, life-changing care, or something in-between – we are your partner in health devoted to building a healthier community.  

If you live or work in South Jersey, exceptional care is all around. Our medical and surgical experts are among the best in the country. We assembled more than 14,000 colleagues, including over 2,850 skilled and compassionate doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners equipped with the latest technologies, treatments, and techniques to provide exceptional care close to home. A Magnet-recognized health system ranked by U.S. News and World Report, we've received multiple awards for quality, safety, and outstanding work environment.

In addition to five hospitals, seven emergency departments, seven urgent care centers, and more than 280 other locations, we're committed to the well-being of the community. That means bringing life-changing resources and health services directly into our communities through our Eat Well food access program, telehealth, home health, rehabilitation, mobile screenings, paramedic programs, and convenient online scheduling. We're also affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neurosciences, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for pediatrics.

Job Information

Employment Type: Part time Employment Classification: Regular Time Type: Part time Work Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America) Total Weekly Hours: 32 Additional Locations: Location: 100% Remote

Currently Virtua welcomes candidates for 100% remote positions from: AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, KY, MD, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV only.

Schedule: Remote with regular local meeting attendance.

Summary

Is the primary staff support for medical staff and allied health professional ongoing professional practice evaluation and focused professional practice evaluation (OPPE/FPPE).  Identifies opportunities for improvement, designs monitoring activities, evaluates clinical outcomes, and implements measurable plans for improvement. Collaborates with the Director to establish and maintain the annual quality activity calendar. The Coordinator is also responsible for the investigating and researching episodes that require intensive review, root cause analysis or peer review for the medical staff.

Position Responsibilities

• Is the primary staff support for medical staff and allied health professional for focused professional practice evaluation and in collaboration with the Senior Data Analyst for ongoing professional practice evaluation.  (FPPE/OPPE). 
• Reviews selected clinical outcome indicator data/reports for potential performance improvement review.  (FPPE/OPPE). 
• Identifies trends in core measure and other regulatory data.
• Prepares / reviews charts with medical staff department chair, and Performance Improvement chair.
• Populates and maintains performance dashboards for medical staff departments.  Ensures that dashboards remain up to date with changing Quality and Safety requirements.
• Standardize and coordinate the case review process to ensure reliability
• Refine relevant physician measures for all performance dimensions or general competencies
• Ensure that peer review data is systematically collected and analyzed
• Prioritize use of resources for measuring physician performance.
• Evaluates and analyzes medical records concurrently and/or retrospectively for determined quality indicators and report requests. 
• Manages and trends data collection for an assigned hospital / facility.
• Performs data entry of regulatory or other required information into appropriate databases. 
• Evaluate, manage, and correct error reports within specified timeframes.
• The Outcome Analyst is the primary source to verify diagnoses in the medical record for proper DRG coding.