Quality Improvement, Staff Specialist- Salem Hospital
Salem Hospital

Job Info

The Quality, Staff Specialist role is the local team member who performs the daily activities for quality performance and improvement at Salem Hospital. This role will report directly to the Sr. Manager of Quality and Clinical Compliance at Salem Hospital and is responsible for the execution of the quality programs for Salem Hospital.

This role will maintain sound organizational relationships and work well within a matrixed health care organization. This role will support the execution of long and short-term goals for the MGB quality and clinical compliance programs.

Because this is a position in an active change management environment, this team member will need to demonstrate flexibility and open mindedness as the contours of this position will actively evolve over time.

Qualifications
• Knowledge of principles of quality measurement, governmental and regulatory quality requirements, process improvement.

• Demonstrated knowledge in executing improvements in clinical care, as well as holding themselves accountable to sustaining improvement over time.

• Ability to explain these domains to others, who may or may not have expertise within rigorous quality improvement.

• Demonstrated ability to execute a local quality performance and improvement portfolio.

• Other areas of knowledge include medical records systems; management information systems; applicable statutes and regulatory agency requirements; problem assessment and problem-solving techniques; health care services.

• Excellent and effective communication skills, both verbal and written, and organizational skills.

• Ability to interact with individuals and groups at any level; good decision-making skills; personnel management skills.

• Excellent organizational skills, ability to work on multiple projects under multiple deadlines; highly energetic, and able to embrace challenges and change.

• Must be a team player and work well with a variety of people in all levels of the organization.

• Uphold Behavioral Standards in day-to-day interactions.

• Undergraduate degree required

• Clinical background preferred but not required