Hello,

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  Please review the following instructions prior to submitting your job application:

• Provide all of your employment history, education, and licenses/certifications/registrations.  You will be unable to modify your application after you have submitted it.
• You must meet all of the job requirements at the time of submitting the application. 
• You can only apply one time to a job requisition. 
• Once you start the application process you cannot save your work. Please ensure you have all required attachment(s) available to complete your application before you begin the process.
• Applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. Once recruitment has closed, applications will no longer be accepted.

After you apply, we will review your qualifications and contact you if your application is among the most highly qualified. Due to the large volume of applications, we are unable to individually respond to all applicants. You may check the status of your application via your Candidate Profile.

Thank you,

Human Resources

Important Applications Instructions:

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience, education and certifications/

license.  You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

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Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of experience in healthcare management, healthcare quality improvement, case management, performance improvement, or direct patient care.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

Valid RN License

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of current theoretical approaches to delivering nursing care and strategies for examining and applying relevant concepts. Knowledge of performance improvement concepts and the ability to participate in developing and implementing strategies to address opportunities for improving the care delivered to patients. Verbal and written communications skills. Leadership and team building skills. Presentation skills. Problem solving ability. Organizational skills. Analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates ongoing clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinates and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and committees to assure that evidence-based clinical quality goals and outcomes are developed and implemented using appropriate standards of care.  Serves as liaison as appropriate
• Educates others on clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Works to ensure integration of clinical quality improvement initiatives into the day-to-day operations.
• Provides feedback to medical staff and administration regarding outcomes from clinical improvement initiatives during and after implementation, and regarding outcomes of performance measures of clinical pathways.
• Serves as a mentor and facilitator to clinical outcome improvement teams. Creates templates for streamlining clinical outcomes improvement team development, pathway development and implementation.
• Serves on at least one nursing council, hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

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