Safety Quality and Experience Strategist

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Key Position Details:

Position will be a rotation between home and onsite throughout system.

• 1.0 FTE (80-hours per two-week pay period)
• 8-hour day shifts
• No weekends
• eligible for mileage reimbursement.

Job Description:

Establishes, promotes, and maintains system strategy for identified program and teams within safety, quality and experience. These programs include patient safety and quality, employee safety, infection prevention, accreditation, sterile processing, and patient experience. Works in collaboration with system and regional leaders and teams.

Principle Responsibilities

• Supports system strategy development and performance outcomes improvement.
  • Analyzes and develops performance and improvement strategy for respective program.
  • Anticipates, identifies, mitigates and eliminates barriers to achieving performance results.
  • Develops and implements efficient and effective systemwide project and committee structures to drive improvement.
  • Collaborates with market and clinical program teams to drive improvement.
• Manages large system projects, performance improvement initiatives and supports regulatory requirements.
  • Manages multiple performance improvement initiatives.
  • Uses established performance improvement methodologies to design solutions.
  • Facilitates performance improvement projects.
  • Collects and analyzes data and communicates trends.
  • Supports site and region compliance with state and federal regulatory reporting requirements.
  • Completes process flow analysis with input from key stakeholders.
  • Uses data to identify performance improvement opportunities.
  • Develops key performance indicators and measures.
  • Manages related programs, including analysis and reporting of data and program reviews.
• Conducts training and education.
  • Assists in orientation of new employees and serves as an SME in orientation process.
  • Develops and conducts program specific retreats and team training programs associated with competency development and skill building.
  • Creates, publishes, and promotes standard work guidelines, processes and policies for employees within the programs.
  • Serves as a mentor for system and market program employees as appropriate.
• Contributes to finance planning and budgeting.
  • Supports leaders in managing costs for program (ie, fit testing supplies, safe patient moving equipment, etc.)
  • Participates in budget planning.
  • Assists leadership with capital requests related to program improvements.
  • Maintains safety and regulatory documentation, including accident files and records.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or relevant healthcare field
• 5 to 7 years experience in leading a respective program

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing or relevant healthcare field

Licenses/Certifications

• Current license or registration required if applicable to degree e.g. medical technologist, clinical laboratory scientist, physician or registered nurse required, e.g. Infection Prevention and Control (CIC)

Physical Demands

• Sedentary:
• Lifting weight up to 10 lbs. occasionally, negligible weight frequently

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Benefit Summary

Allina Health believes the best way to provide safe and compassionate care for our patients is by nurturing the passion of those who care for them. That's why we devote extraordinary resources to help you grow and thrive - not only as a professional but also as a whole person. When you join our team, you have access to a wealth of valuable employee benefits that support the total well-being - mind, body, spirit and community - of you and your family members.

Allina Health is all in on your well-being. Because well-being means something different to everyone, our award-winning program provides you with the resources you need to help you navigate your personal journey. This includes up to $100 in well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, and many programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching and tools to support you on your journey.

In addition, Allina Health offers employee resources groups (ERGs) -- voluntary, employee-led groups that serve as a resource for members and organizations by fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace aligned with the organization's mission, values, goals, business practices, and objectives. Allina Health also engages employees in various community involvement and volunteering events.

Benefits include:

• Medical/Dental

• PTO/Time Away

• Retirement Savings Plans

• Life Insurance

• Short-term/Long-term Disability

• Paid Caregiver Leave

• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)

• Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable

• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

• Allina Health is a 501(c)(3) eligible employer

*Benefit eligibility/offerings are determined by FTE and if you are represented by a union.