Healthcare Quality Improvement Specialist

Quality Improvement Specialist

ABOUT FIVE RIVERS HEALTH CENTERS

Five Rivers Health Centers is an expanding Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing a medical home for low-income patients in Dayton and Xenia, Ohio. We provide quality medical, dental, vision, and behavioral healthcare to over 27,000 patients with more than 90,000 visits annually at our seven convenient locations.

As an FQHC, our growing organization empowers staff to make a difference in the lives of others every day with a commitment to providing quality, cost-effective healthcare for our patients with respect and dignity, without regard for ability to pay.

Position Overview

The Quality Improvement Specialist will support the mission and vision of Five Rivers Health Centers by managing quality improvement efforts and data systems.

General Responsibilities

• Builds collaborative relationships with providers, staff, patients, and external partners to improve quality of care provided across assigned departments and service lines.
• Develops action plans and executes through to completion and sustainability.
• Ensures adherence with patient-centered model of care and associated program requirements.
• Establishes health equity lens for quality efforts.
• Maintains the Azara DRVS system, Epic and Dentrix reporting, and other quality reporting systems.
• Responsible for annual compilation of UDS report and ongoing data hygiene and validation efforts.
• Performs regularly scheduled reporting, trains staff on use of data systems and quality improvement process, develops and maintains system tip sheets, and documents and identifies appropriate workflows for data capture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, public health, statistics, health informatics, or equivalent required.
• 3 years experience in quality improvement or outpatient primary care preferred.
• Excellent data analysis and interpretation skills required.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills required.
• Microsoft Office proficiency required.
• Epic and/or Azara experience preferred.

Benefits

Five Rivers Health Center offers a complete benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts with employer contributions, health reimbursement account, 9 1/2 paid holidays, 20 paid vacation & sick days, employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability & life insurance, wellness incentive, organization incentive, retention bonus, tuition discounts and 401(k) with employer contribution.

EOE/M/F/D/V

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• AD&D insurance
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Wellness program

Work Location: In person