Performance Improvement Analyst/Abstractor

Performance Improvement Analyst/Abstractor (1907912)

Your Role: Aids and supplements work of internal improvement teams. Serves as a quality improvement resource by collaborating with personnel and departments involved in quality improvement activities. Provides project support and data collection assistance for the improvement of organizational or departmental systems and processes. Assists in the coordination and aggregation of information for use by management in its decision making. Works in collaboration with data analysts, performance improvement engineers, and the quality and patient safety managers.

• Documents and evaluates project outcomes to facilitate organizational memory and knowledge transfer including: User challenges, needs, interests and concerns; Policy and procedure issues; Organizational changes, Useful communications, analysis, presentation techniques; and Best practices and lessons learned
• Under direct supervision, develops deliverables for the evaluation and planning phases of projects, to ensure timely completion of tasks
• Assists in the development of high-level project plan and timelines, as directed
• Identifies, documents and manages project issues and risks and escalates, as appropriate, to achieve timely resolution
• Assists in defining project objectives and success metrics
• Creates appropriate documentation, including project overview, scope, team structure, status reports, issue management reports, change control reports, and meeting notes, as directed, in a timely manner
• Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies including meeting deadlines, when applicable
• Performs chart abstraction activities and provides input to departmental discussions based on data collection
• Maintains awareness of TJC and other internal or external agency requirements for the collection of clinical information
• Participates in improving organizational performance through improvement activities

Bachelor's Degree and five (5) years of experience (or equivalent education and experience)

• Registered Nurse Required

Shift/Work Schedule:

• Part-time/Flexible with opportunity to work remotely

The Department of Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention (QSRP) equips and empowers VUMC faculty and staff to offer care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, and patient-centered. As a member of QSRP, this position will support abstraction of externally reported quality metrics. In addition to abstraction, the individual will aid in process improvement initiatives that supply real time data and allow for actionable process improvement projects within the institution. The position will support the Virtual Pediatric Systems (VPS) registry.

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