PrairieCare ยท 8 hours ago
Quality Specialist
PrairieCare is a dedicated organization focused on delivering exceptional mental health services. They are seeking a Quality Improvement Specialist to lead initiatives, measure quality metrics, enhance patient safety, and ensure compliance within their inpatient hospital setting.
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Responsibilities
Lead Quality Improvement Initiatives: Contribute to and spearhead quality improvement priorities within our inpatient hospital setting
Measure Quality Metrics: Identify and measure key quality metrics, ensuring our accreditation readiness and synthesizing patient experience results
Enhance Patient Safety: Review and analyze patient safety events, including incident reporting, root cause analysis, and infection control measures
Educate and Train: Provide ongoing education and training to new and current employees about our quality program, processes, and outcomes
Conduct Needs Assessments: Perform annual needs assessments utilizing data analysis, personal interviews, questionnaires, and surveys to identify the health-related needs of our patients and target service areas in collaboration with hospital leadership
Produce Comprehensive Reports: Create reports detailing identified quality indicators, including flow charts, graphs, and diagrams for the Medical Executive Committee, Safety and Risk Committee, Board of Governors, and other senior leadership activities
Track Improvement Strategies: Target identified indicators with quality improvement strategies and monitor changes over time to ensure effectiveness
Collaborate for Best Practices: Work collaboratively to develop and share best practices aimed at enhancing quality, safety, patient experience, value, and efficiency
Ensure Compliance: Responsible for the analysis and reporting of measures as required by accrediting and regulatory bodies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
Knowledge and skills in quality, risk management, and infection control
Experience in quality improvement and data collection/analysis
Background knowledge in healthcare quality initiatives; knowledge of psychiatric care preferred
Preferred
Degree in Nursing preferred
Benefits
Medical/Dental/Vision
Company paid life insurance
Paid time off including sick time
Voluntary Short term and long-term disability
401K with company match
Flexible spending accounts
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Repayment
Free parking
Free 24/7 Fitness Center
Company
PrairieCare
PrairieCare provides psychiatric care to patients.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-11-30Acquired
Recent News
2025-11-08
2025-09-12
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