Quality Improvement Advisor
Company: Sanford Health
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: February 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Careers With Purpose Sanford Health is one of the largest and
fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States.
We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities
to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are
dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad
footprint. Facility: Ann Berdahl Hall Building Location: Sioux
Falls, SD Address: 1503 W 18th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA
Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours:
40.00 Salary Range: 29.00 - 46.50 Department Details Monday through
Friday, no weekends or holidays. Job Summary The Improvement
Advisor works with leadership to organize, assist, and coordinate
planning and implementation of systematic, organization-wide
approaches to improving outcomes. The Improvement Advisor will
support corporate and local strategic plans that achieve high
impact and significant improvements in organizational performance
by providing oversight to performance improvement components and
activities. The advisor must have demonstrated ability in problem
solving, critical thinking, conflict management, and team building
skills in order to ensure a productive work environment and
achievement of goals. The responsibilities of the advisor include
data and project management, analytical reasoning, interpreting and
evaluation of complex information, identifying patterns and
essential issues, while measuring and evaluating the attainment of
results. The advisor is also responsible for utilizing and teaching
process improvement methodologies to support informed decision
making for operational efficiencies and effectiveness that align
with system strategies. Knowledge of and conformance to regulatory
requirements, contractual obligations, and the organizations
policies is essential, along with the ability to maintain
confidentiality of sensitive information. Serves as communication
link and resource person regarding performance improvement and
patient safety for departments and management throughout the
organization. Understands and communicates quality and safety
priorities as they relate to high reliability and value based care.
Analyzes data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement
efforts. Ability to write and verbally communicate in a legible and
understandable manner, have strong computer skills, possess the
ability to make independent and timely decisions when circumstances
warrant, and possess the ability to demonstrate interpersonal
skills, such as interacting effectively with other health care
professionals, physicians, upper-level management, regulatory
agency staff, and the general public. Other desired traits of the
Advisor include familiarity with the basic tools of robust process
improvement, work process redesign, or re-engineering, knowledge of
medicine and medical terminology, and ability to work with minimal
supervision. Occasional evening and weekend hours, and potential
for greater than 40-hour workweek when circumstances warrant.
Qualifications Bachelor's degree required. In lieu of education,
leadership may consider an Associate's degree and 5 years of
applicable experience. If degree is in nursing, graduate from a
nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not
limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE),
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and
National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education
Accreditation (NLN CNEA). Minimum of two years experience in
operational process improvement, clinical, or healthcare management
setting preferred. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Certified
Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or equivalent preferred.
If a licensed registered nurse (RN), currently hold an unencumbered
RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of
nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a
Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state. Obtains and subsequently
maintains required department specific competencies and
certifications. Quality improvement/assurance personnel with
nursing backgrounds can maintain their license without seeking
additional hours based on role's responsibilities. Other
departments may or may not require certifications as directed by
department leadership. Benefits Sanford Health offers an attractive
benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees.
Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health
insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a
401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous
time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more
information about Total Rewards, visit . Sanford is an EEO/AA
Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a
disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with
your online application, please call 1- or send an email to .
Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer
will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening
as a condition of employment. Req Number: R- Job Function: Quality
and Risk Management Featured: No
Keywords: Sanford Health, Sioux Falls , Quality Improvement Advisor, Other , Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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