Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager - Full Time, Days, Quality Outcomes, Corporate

Project ManagementUpdated on Nov 9

Full-time$50.15 - $88.28 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Nursing or a healthcare field is required.
Three years of quality improvement or project management experience in a healthcare environment is preferred.
Experience leading and facilitating project teams is preferred.
Three years of clinical experience within an acute care hospital is preferred.
Current New Jersey Registered Nurse licensure is preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate or assist with quality-improvement projects for assigned teams or departments.
Identify potential patient-safety risks and initiatives to improve patient safety.
Provide in-service training in patient-safety principles and practices, quality management, performance-improvement techniques, and organizational operating-procedure standards.
Participate in Shared Governance Councils and Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings, providing guidance and instruction in performance-improvement techniques.
Collect, compile, analyze, and report quality data.
Monitor the effectiveness of and adherence to corrective-action plans, and report findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.
Participate in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards, including those of The Joint Commission, state departments of health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, payers, and other agencies.
Provide support during accreditation and regulatory surveys.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Responsible for evidence-based care and clinical excellence by using the techniques of system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis to increase compliance rates as measured by nationally standardized benchmarks and definitions and corporate requirements. This includes: project management, training, data management, and activities to support regulatory compliance.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Project Management: Facilitates/assists with quality improvement projects for teams and/or departments as assigned. Engages in activities to identify potential patient safety risks and initiatives to improve patient safety.
2. Training: Provides in-service training in patient safety principles/practices, quality management, performance improvement techniques and organizational operating procedure standards. Participates in Shared Governance Councils, Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings providing guidance and instruction in PI Techniques
3. Data Management: Collects, compiles, analyzes and reports quality data. Monitors effectiveness and adherence with corrective action plans and reports findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.
4. Regulatory Compliance: Participates in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards such Joint Commission, State Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, payers and other agencies. Provides support during accreditation/regulatory surveys.
5. Other related duties as assigned.

Required:
1. Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Field.
2. 3 years of quality improvement/project management in a healthcare environment preferred.
3. Experience in leading and facilitating project teams preferred.
4. 3 years of clinical experience within an acute care hospital preferred.
5. Current NJ Registered Nurse Licensure preferred.

Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 50.150000

Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate): 88.280000

Salary Admin Plan: PRO

About the Company

Atlantic Health System

Non-profit healthcare provider with physician network

Atlantic Health System is a large non-profit healthcare network in New Jersey that runs hospitals, outpatient centers, urgent care clinics, and a physician-led group called Atlantic Medical Group with more than 1,000 doctors across 300 locations. It provides a full range of medical services to communities in New Jersey and New York and lets patients manage care through the MyChart portal, which handles medical records, appointments, and bill payments. Its business model puts earnings back into its healthcare services and facilities, reinvesting to improve care access and community health. The system differentiates itself by being a broad, integrated network of facilities and a large physician group under a nonprofit umbrella, offering coordinated care across many sites. Its goal is to improve community health by delivering comprehensive care and continually expanding access to high-quality medical services.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Morristown, NJ
Founded: Not listed

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