RN Quality Improvement Coordinator - Quality Management (Hybrid)
The Cedars‑Sinai Medical Network is seeking a RN Quality Improvement Coordinator to assess, analyze, and recommend quality and clinical performance improvement processes to assure that the highest standards of care can be achieved.
Why work here?
Beyond outstanding benefits, competitive salaries and health and dental insurance we take pride in hiring the best, most passionate employees. Our staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve and we are committed to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care.
What you will be doing in this role
The Quality Improvement Coordinator will:
Assess and prioritize clinical cases for follow‑up or escalation of services and/or care.
Perform daily chart abstraction and present patient cases to a multidisciplinary team with possible care suggestions, then follow through with implementation.
Engage with care managers, social workers, physicians, external vendors and other collaborators to ensure continuity of care and follow‑through on plan of care.
Draft correspondence to patients or external vendors on behalf of the care management team or individual physicians.
Aggregate and clinically analyze quality and value‑metric data in support of Medical Directors/Chairs of the specific departments as requested.
Perform in‑depth analysis of individual cases as well as trend analysis across the entire population of patients as requested.
Create clinical quality and value dashboards and action reports in support of performance improvement activities.
Develop slide decks and other communication tools and make periodic presentations to share trend information with key collaborators as requested.
Lead and facilitate daily and weekly meetings discussing patient care as well as other meetings ad hoc.
Participate in Performance Improvement activities to improve care delivery, clinical outcomes, and clinical efficiency.
Support HEDIS, pay‑for‑performance, ACO and other clinical pay‑for‑performance and pay‑for‑value programs as requested.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
Identify and prioritize clinical cases for follow up/escalation of services and/or care.
Perform daily chart abstraction and present patient cases to a multi‑disciplinary team with possible care suggestions if applicable and follow through with implementation.
Engage with care managers, social workers, physicians, external vendors and other collaborators to ensure continuity of care and follow through on plan of care.
Draft correspondence to patients or external vendors on behalf of the care management team or individual physicians.
Aggregate and clinically analyze quality and value metric data in support of Medical Directors/Chairs of the specific departments as requested.
Perform in-depth analysis of individual cases as well as trend analysis across the entire population of patients as requested.
Create clinical quality and value dashboards and action reports in support of performance improvement activities.
Develop slide decks and other communication tools and make periodic presentations to share trend information with key collaborators as requested.
Lead and facilitate daily and weekly meetings discussing patient care as well as other meetings ad hoc.
Participate in Performance Improvement activities to improve care delivery, clinical outcomes, and clinical efficiency.
Support HEDIS, pay‑for‑performance, ACO and other clinical pay‑for‑performance and pay‑for‑value program as requested.
Qualifications
Education
Associate’s Degree in Nursing required.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
Licenses and Certifications
Valid CA RN License required.
Work Experience
Two (2) years of prior clinical experience in an acute or ambulatory health care setting required.
Two (2) years of experience in support of quality improvement, process improvement or total quality measurement required.
About Us
Cedars‑Sinai is a leader in providing high‑quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars‑Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars‑Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients and demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.