Sr. Quality Specialist, Quality, Full-time, Days, Baptist Beaches

Job Summary

Baptist Health is hiring a Sr. Quality Specialist to join the Quality team.  This position is full-time, in-person opportunity located at Baptist Beaches.

Responsibilities:

Oversees and/or works in tandem with facility-based quality improvement program team and leaders. Establishes facility quality procedures, standards, and specifications; assesses needs and compliance. Advances novice quality team members to proficient quality team leaders through ongoing mentorship, communication, and support. Aligns with the National Association of Healthcare Quality's 8 domains for healthcare quality competency. Actively engages in healthcare quality development through competence and continued learning. Collaborates with Facility Leaders to promote and incorporate healthcare quality objectives into the strategic operating practices through professional communication and relationship building. Interacts and establishes relationships with System Leadership and Boards in partnership with Advanced Quality Team Members. Adopts and utilizes performance improvement frameworks and methodologies to lead projects and change management at the local facility level. Begins leading and/or co-leading projects and/or committees at the healthcare system level. Familiarizes with healthcare processes and initiatives to improve equity in healthcare and the reduction of healthcare disparities. Establishes partnership with Data Intelligence and Quality Improvement Analytics to begin understanding of decision making and future QI initiatives. Promotes a safe healthcare system through detection, mitigation, and reduction of patient harm and participating in the collaborative culture of safety through partnership with System Risk Mgmt.. Integrates compliance and regulatory requirements through preparation and participation in continued readiness activities with System Accreditation Leaders. Fosters a fundamental collaborative environment with System Infection Prevention to improve care and reduce infections within the healthcare system. Establishes an affiliation with the quality improvement and analytics team to support continued quality review and accountability through reporting, analysis, and improvement of contractual requirements.

***Must be a registered nurse.

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Education Required

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Education Preferred

Master's Degree

Experience

• 3-5 Years Clinical Nursing Experience Required
• 1-2 years Healthcare Quality Required

License and Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) Preferred
• Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) Preferred
• Licensed Registered Nurse Required

Location

Location Overview

Baptist Health, founded in 1955, is North Florida’s most comprehensive health care system and the area’s only non-profit, mission-driven, locally governed health care provider. Baptist Health has over 200 points of care throughout the Northeast Florida region, including our six award-winning hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Clay, Baptist Medical Center Nassau and Baptist Medical Center South. The most preferred health care system in the region, Baptist Health also includes 57 primary care offices, as well as home health, behavioral health, pastoral care, rehabilitation services, occupational health and urgent care.