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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. 
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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

Master's degree plus three (3) years of experience in Healthcare Management, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Case Management, Performance Improvement, Direct Patient Care, or related field and two years of experience must have been in a supervisory role.  
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Bachelor's degree plus three (3) years of experience in Healthcare Management, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Case Management, Performance Improvement, Direct Patient Care, or related field, two years of experience must have been in a supervisory role.
 

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:  Valid RN license.

Knowledge, Skills & 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 verbal and written communications skills
leadership and team building skills
 presentation skills
 problem solving ability
organizational skills
 analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Manages ongoing clinical quality improvement initiatives.  Oversees the collection, analysis and interpretation of data relevant to quality performance standards; ensures compliance with TJC standards and other regulatory requirements.
• 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 and provides organizational awareness of performance improvement initiatives and progress; communicates to leadership and clinical staff regarding outcomes of performance improvement measures and initiatives.
• Supervises subordinate staff to include work allocation, evaluation, training, and problem resolution.  Manages staff 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.
• Manages the collection, analysis and interpretation of data relevant to quality performance standards, ensures compliance with TJC standards and other regulatory requirements.
• Establishes effective relationships with physicians and other members of the healthcare team, to facilitate best practice.   Ensures cross functional knowledge sharing and issue resolution.
• Monitor and take action on department performance metrics.  Hold staff accountable for achieving department performance goals.
• 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 bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

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