Quality & Safety Improvement Consultant V, Clinical Quality Consulting

About This Role

This role is responsible for providing expert consultation and education on clinical quality, patient safety, and regulatory compliance within healthcare. The consultant will evaluate, design, develop, and implement evidence-based programs to reduce variation in clinical practice and optimize patient outcomes, serving as a key liaison with government and regulatory agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation and education related to clinical quality, patient safety, accreditation, regulatory and licensing (AR&L), risk management, and infection prevention and control
• Evaluate, design, develop, and implement evidence-based guidelines and programs to reduce variation in clinical practice and optimize patient outcomes
• Collect, analyze, report, and present clinical data for state, federal, and local agencies
• Facilitate education on interpreting compliance methods and regulatory requirements for regional projects
• Monitor, report, and develop mitigation plans for occurrences that may lead to medical center liability
• Support continuous survey readiness programs to maintain compliance with regulatory standards
• Serve as a liaison with applicable government agencies, regulatory agencies, and other organizations
• Develop and implement data collection and analyses to support quality improvement efforts, including advanced statistical analysis
• Support in-depth quality improvement and risk management efforts, including root cause analysis and corrective action plans
• Investigate opportunities to develop and improve quality improvement performance metrics, standards, and methods
• Facilitate the development of quality improvement initiatives by leveraging advanced technology and methodologies (e.g., Lean/Six-Sigma)
• Serve as the subject matter expert for quality improvement processes and regulations for internal and external stakeholders
• Develop stakeholder development and quality performance review processes and related training curricula