Texas Association for Healthcare Quality
Part-Time Quality Improvement Nurse
Position Available
Dallas, TX, Non-profit organization seeking a part-time QI RN to assist with
quality improvement projects. Requirements: BSN 3-6 yrs related experience,
quality management skills, Nephrology certification, proficient in MS Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. MS Access and bilingual in Spanish desired
but not required. 20 hours/week. No benefits. No relocation reimbursement.
For consideration please email cover letter and resume to bknotek@nw14.esrd.net or fax to 972-503-3219. No phone calls please. EEOC
Posted on: July 11, 2008
Texoma Medical Center in Denison Texas has a new job posting for the Risk Manager that you may be interested in. Here are the requirements: Bachelor of Science in Nursing and current license to practice in Texas, CPR required. Minimum 5 years clinical nursing experience required. Advanced certification in Risk Management and experience in healthcare management, Risk Management, or Quality Management preferred.
If interested, please contact Human Resources at 903-416-4050, email address: jobs@thcs.org, website: www.texomamedicalcenter.net
TMC has broken ground on their new facility June 5th and will have a state of the art hospital ready by 2010.
Posted on: July 11, 2008
Job Title: Specialist, Quality Improvement
Job ID: 116002
Location: Texas Children's Hospital
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: 8a-5p
Salary Grade: 12
About Texas Childrens Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. One of the best pediatric hospitals in the United States, Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research.
Texas Children's is nationally ranked in the top five among children's hospitals by both Child magazine and U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV, premature babies, and cardiogenic and attention-related disorders.
Position Summary
Purpose:
To work as part of the Quality & Outcomes Management (Q&OM) Team to achieve high quality, cost-effective health care throughout the Texas Children's Hospital IDS and maintain necessary accreditation status for the organization (JCAHO, CMS, NCQA, and other agencies, as needed). To facilitate complex, cross-departmental strategic projects including but not limited to: Root Cause Analysis, Intense Analysis, Failure Mode Effect Analysis, and Six Sigma principles. To provide the leadership in developing and maintaining an effective Peer Review process.
Knowledge and Skills:
Required for completely satisfactory performance in this job is:1) a working knowledge of JCAHO standards, CMS requirements;
2) medical staff rules and regulations;
3) utilization management;
4) case management;
5) organizational principles and practices;
6) a working knowledge of FMEA and RCA methods and techniques;
7) basic understanding of ISO 9000 and Six Sigma; and
8) working knowledge of basis statistics.
Also required is the ability to listen and communicate, both verbally and in writing, in the area of quality improvement and health care services. Incumbent must have the ability to take initiative in identifying problems that affect quality, independently problem-solve, cooperatively interact with a variety of people and departments, and work in a team environment.
Formal Education, License and Experience:
The formal education normally associated with completely satisfactory performance in this job is completion of an accredited school of nursing program, registered and currently licensed by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas OR a B.S. or B.A. degree in a related area. . Must have at least (4) years experience in performance improvement, JCAHO accreditation, and project team management and facilitation or related experience. Six sigma knowledge and/or training, highly desirable. CPHQ certification highly recommended.
You may apply online at www.texaschildrens.org
Posted on July 7, 2008
Your choice. The trusted choice.
Choose an exciting career with one of the most advanced and fastest-growing healthcare systems in Central Texas. Scott & White offers competitive salaries, great benefits, technologically advanced work environments and a family friendly staff atmosphere. Expanding our base of three hospitals and more than 24 regional clinics, Scott & White has the following openings:
Quality and Patient Safety Specialist
You will support the achievement of the quality and patient safety priorities through including quality assurance, quality management and quality improvement projects. You will also facilitate team or individual data collection, analysis, reporting, presentation and corrective action determination. Additionally, this position facilitates the medical staff peer review program and compliance with regulatory requirements related to organizational performance improvement.
Requires a Bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, BSN, BSW) in a healthcare related field. Master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MBA, MSN, MSW) or equivalent (e.g., CPA, PE, etc.) is preferred. CPHQ certification or eligibility for certification within 12 months and RN licensure is required. Must have five to seven years’ experience in an acute or post acute setting or office based clinical practice. Project management, knowledge and application of quality tools and methods, working knowledge of key quality and regulatory organizations (JCAHO, IHI, NAHQ, NCQA) and strong speaking and communication skills are required. Quality, management or supervisory experience is preferred
Qualified candidates, please email resume to: smeadows@swmail.org. To learn more about these and other career opportunities, visit us online at: http://jobs.sw.org.
Scott & White is the largest multispecialty academic medical center in Texas, with more than 600 physicians and research scientists caring for patients at the Scott & White Memorial Hospital & Clinic in Temple and 22 regional clinics networked throughout Central Texas. Scott & White is listed among the Thomson 100 Top Hospitals in America* for four consecutive years.
Scott & White is an Equal Opportunity Employer | Tobacco-Free Environment
*2008 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals®
Posted on: July 3, 2008