Program Manager - AFCH Quality Improvement
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Description: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is in need of Program Manager - AFCH Quality Improvement right now, this position will be situated in Wisconsin. For detail informations about this position opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Under the direction of the Director of Quality and Patient Safety and in direct collaboration with the American Family! Children's Hospital (AFCH) Director of Pediatric Nursing and Patient Care Services, AFCH Vice President, and Medical Director this position is responsible for support and guidance in the development and enhancement of an organized system to monitor, evaluate, and design plans to improve the quality and appropriateness of care delivered at AFCH and areas within UWHC where children are served. The incumbent serves as a change agent to drive improvement activities in real time, and is results and action-oriented with a keen focus on improving patient outcomes with subsequent improvement of operational and financial outcomes. The incumbent advises the clinical and administrative leaders and other staff as indicated regarding effective methods to measure and improve clinical performance, and benchmarks with other pediatric healthcare organizations in the process. Using quality management theory and tools, the incumbent assists in the planning, organizing, coordinating, and faci! litating multidisciplinary teams to measurably improve the pro! cesses and outcomes of care and service provided to pediatric patients at AFCH/UWHC. The incumbent will perform research and literature reviews, and provide consultation to stakeholders to support the development of quality improvement projects including project design, implementation, and evaluation. The incumbent assists with tracking and reporting those measures to the appropriate committees within AFCH (e.g. AFCH Practice Council, Quality and Coordinating Council, IMOC Unit Committees, and Unit Nursing Councils), and UWHC (i.e. Safety, Satisfaction, and Performance Improvement (SSPI) Committee., and assists with reporting data via applicable scorecards and UW Health Website. The incumbent staffs the AFCH Medical staff peer review committees (i.e. pediatric, trauma) and in so doing routinely performs chart review and monitors practice activities as it relates to the peer review process. Peer review data are collected and reported in compliance with the hospital medical s! taff peer review policy for purposes of credentialing and re-appointment. This incumbent also facilitates root cause analysis (RCA) teams and failure modes and effects analyses. The incumbent provides guidance to clinical staff related to the interpretation and application of standards of care as defined by The Joint Commission (TJC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), specialty physician professional organizations (i.e. American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Society for Anesthesiologists), children¿s healthcare organizations (i.e. Children¿s Oncology Group, Children¿s Hospital Association, etc¿), and other regulatory agencies. The incumbent works collaboratively with AFCH clinical leadership to ensure compliance with these standards. The incumbent maintains strict confidentiality as he/she handles a moderate to high level of complex factors in the assessment of the care delivered. The incumbent works collaboratively with a! variety of clinical staff from the multidisciplinary team (i.e. medica! l, pharmacy, nursing, respiratory staff, etc¿) to obtain critical information for the determination of appropriate care. The Program Manager - AFCH Quality Improvement is expected to be an expert at all aspects of the AFCH/UWHC Quality Improvement function and possesses and applies a broad knowledge of principals, practices, and procedures of the Quality Improvement field to complete assignments. Incumbents at the Senior level are typically responsible for the most complex Quality Improvement Assignments and are able to lead as well as actively participate in significant improvement initiatives. The Program Manager - AFCH Quality Improvement provides direct supervision to staff for designated registries (i.e. Vermont Oxford, VPS, and others as identified) and works collaboratively with other registry staff that provides information related to care delivered with AFCH patients. In the direct supervisory role the incumbent ensures the data provided by the data abstractors is! reliable and that improvement projects generated from the registry is coordinated and is in line with the priorities established by the AFCH clinical and administrative leaders. In the collaborative role, the incumbent communicates with the clinical leaders associated with those registries and ensures the data is being used to improve outcomes and is in keeping with the priorities of AFCH clinical and administrative leaders.
1. Bachelors of Science degree in nursing, business, health care or other related field required.2. Masters or Doctorate degree preferred.3. Three (3) years health care related experience required.4. Five (5) years of Quality Improvement related experience required.5. Professional experience within a children¿s hospital preferred. 6. RN License preferred. 7. Leadership skills8. Knowledge of TJC standards and regulatory compliance issues including those specifically related to the care of children and their families9. Experience applying quality ma! nagement/performance improvement and customer service approaches.10. De! monstrated capabilities with Windows based software applications including word processing, spreadsheets and database. Requires some experience with database analysis.11. Knowledge of disease classification systems such as ICD9-CM and professional billing classifications such as CPT-4.12. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.13. Physical Requirements: Sedentary: Ability to lift up to 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.
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