CLINICAL QUALITY ANALYST (100% FTE, DAYS) - University of Washington

Req #: 240415 Department: HARBORVIEW - QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Posting Date: 11/08/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $6,617 - $10,500 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119\_a11y.pdf) **Harborview Medical Center's Quality Improvement Department** has an outstanding opportunity for a **CLINICAL QUALITY ANALYST** **Work Schedule** + 100% FTE + DAYS - ON SITE **POSITION HIGHLIGHTS** As a unique member of Harborview Medical Center's Clinical Quality Analyst team this role will provide analytics support for HMC's growing Care Management and Utilization Management as well as collaborate with ambulatory stakeholderson priority quality improvement initiatives **DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION** Harborview Medical Center's Clinical Quality Analyst Team **JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** + Ensure abstraction needs are met for assigned programs + Provide expertise for case reviews + Provide leadership and data support for quality improvement efforts related to internal, regulatory, and public reporting of quality and patient safetymeasures + Collaborate with Utilization Management nurses and physicians on improvement efforts around inpatient documentation of care + Monitor, review, and track HMC performance on KPIs for priority initiatives, proactively communicating results and trends to leadership andclinical stakeholders + Participate in core Quality Improvement departmental functions including data queries and analysis, special projects, and formal presentations of data and initiatives **REQUIRMENTS** + BA or BS in Nursing or equivalent, with 1-3 years of clinical experience + The Clinical Quality Analyst must have 3 years of recent experience with quality improvement and/or patient safety activities in an acute care setting. + Demonstrated ability to coordinate information gathering and dissemination within a complex administrative system + Demonstrated ability to prepare and present information and communicate effectively with all levels of the hospital-wide quality improvement team andoutside regulatory agencies + Ability to work effectively and efficiently with several complex data collection and data registry collection systems + Ability to analyze data/care processes for identification of opportunities for improvement in care + Understanding of data validity, chart abstraction and coding issues within the electronic medical record and demonstrated ability to work effectively andefficiently with medical records + Highly self-directed and creative + Equivalent education and experience may substitute for requirements **ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER** As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. **Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/harborview-medical-center)** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community **ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER** UW Medicine is Washington's only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. **Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs)** Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.