Quality Improvement Coordinator

Where You’ll Work

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St Francis Hospital - Interquest. St. Francis Hospital opened in 2008 to keep pace with the growing needs of the Colorado Springs' community on the north side of the city. St. Francis Hospital features 340-beds and offers a modern Birth Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cancer Center, Emergency Department, Level III Trauma Center, Imaging Services, Acute Inpatient Rehab, Surgical Services and Critical Care Unit. It also serves as southern Colorado's home base for the Flight For Life Colorado air medical transport service. It's an incredible time to join us as we celebrate recognition with Magnet Hospital designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas including Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Quality Improvement Coordinator, you will support physician enterprise quality and performance improvement initiatives, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and the advancement of evidence-based practices.

Every day you will collaborate on implementing quality strategies, monitor performance, and assist in driving initiatives aimed at enhancing patient safety and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards across the Ambulatory Physician Enterprise.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong organizational skills, a foundational understanding of quality improvement and evidence-based practices, and the ability to effectively support initiatives, monitor performance, and contribute to patient safety and regulatory compliance within a physician enterprise.

• Facilitate teams for planning and development of clinical quality initiatives.
• Support development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of clinical quality initiatives.
• Provide reports on major variances, improvement opportunities, monitoring information, and quality indicators.
• Coordinate data submission to registry and regulatory bodies as required.
• Facilitate the integration of consistent quality and lean processes into all planning and problem-solving throughout the organization by promoting organizational learning and systems thinking.
• Collaborate with peers and service lines to determine data and system needs, identifying opportunities for synergy and efficiency.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor's Degree
• Two (2) years clinical, quality and/or relevant healthcare-related experience

Preferred

• Master's Degree
• Certified Professional Health Care Quality
• Experience with performance improvement methodologies, tools, systems including LEAN methodology