What are the responsibilities and job description for the HEALTH EQUITY QUALITY COORDINATOR position at Mountain View Hospital?
Description
Mountain View Hospital is looking for a Health Equity Quality Coordinator to join our team!
Job Summary
The Health Equity Quality Coordinator will be part of a clinical quality reporting team. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by addressing health disparities and promoting equitable access to healthcare. The Health Equity Coordinator engages in strategic planning, data analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and policy advocacy to drive positive change. By working directly with diverse populations and fostering partnerships, they have the chance to create innovative initiatives that address the root causes of health inequities and create a more equitable healthcare system.
The Health Equity Quality Coordinator will also abstract clinical data & review charts in paper and electronic formats; create dashboards/tables/graphs to help illustrate performance and potential Quality Improvement gaps related to disparities in Health Care and Social Drivers of Health (SDOH).
The goal and duties of this position are to assist the Clinical Report Nursing Supervisor in assessing, designating, and leading activities that will promote health equity and collaborate on creating resources for patients requiring health-related social needs. In addition, this position will also assist the team in successfully supporting patient quality and organizational outcomes on all assigned projects, meet deadlines and submission requirements for CMS reporting and support the team effort to continually develop their skills and contribute to improving the quality and safety environment of the appropriate facilities.
Benefits
Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Mountain View Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages. Benefits include:
Duties And Responsibilities
Mountain View Hospital and our 29 affiliate clinics are committed to providing compassionate, cutting edge care to our patients. We serve the entire Snake River Valley – all the way from Pocatello to Rexburg. Our medical capabilities span everything from wound care to urgent care, oncology to neurology, physical therapy to speech therapy, a Level III NICU, robust robotic surgery department and a continuously expanding rural health practice.
Our work environment is mission driven, people-centric and supportive. It is what sets apart and makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference in your community, we invite you to apply.
Qualifications
Education/Certification: preferred but not required any of the following: Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience (nursing, public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, social work, etc).
Experience : Preferred three years or more of experience in the health care industry including but not limited to public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, social work, and or discharge planning. Quality reporting experience and previous experience with clinical processes and patient care a major plus but NOT required. Experience with analytical environments (e.g., data warehouse, business intelligence, SAP, etc. ) Knowledge of process improvement methods (i.e. LEAN, Plan Do Study Act). Strong understanding of healthcare equity and disparities or willingness to learn. Previous experience working in a team centered environment would be largely beneficial to the candidate.
Equipment/Technology: Use of computers and Electronic Health Record software is required. Experience with spreadsheet and database applications like Excel, Business Objects, SQL. Experience with clinical operations, billing and reporting requirements also preferred, but not required.
Language/Communication: Medical record review/abstraction knowledge in multiple specialties . Willingness and ability to manage multiple details with great care and accuracy. Successful track record of achieving results through persuasion and collaboration. Successful track record managing multiple complex projects simultaneously. Must exercise discretion, sound judgment, and the highest professional ethics.
Ability to identify and report trends in data that could indicate a process/procedure change needs to take place. Use of problem solving and planning skills with the Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor, to improve the quality metrics for the hospital(s) as assigned. Dynamic presentation skills and ability to develop clear and presentable documentation required.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to do basic math and understand percentages, graphs, statistics.
Mental Capabilities: Strong attention to detail, problem solving, and organizational skills. Able to define problems, collect data and deal with stressful situations in a tactful professional manner. Knowledge of how to apply analytical methods and data to health care problem spaces
Interpersonal: Experience in meeting facilitation, and/or community relations. Demonstrates evidence of a team player attitude, communication, education, and collaboration skills. Proven ability to assist the team with creative problem solving. Uses a customer service oriented approach with a focus on building relationships with people at all levels of the Organization(s).
Performance: Effective organizational skills with the ability to manage numerous concurrent tasks and priorities in a highly complex environment. Self-directed achiever, who identifies opportunities to drive value and takes the lead.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers and other office equipment. The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend and perform light lifting. This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. This person must have the ability to travel as required to work with different departments of the hospital and Outpatient ASC’s.
Mountain View Hospital is looking for a Health Equity Quality Coordinator to join our team!
Job Summary
The Health Equity Quality Coordinator will be part of a clinical quality reporting team. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact by addressing health disparities and promoting equitable access to healthcare. The Health Equity Coordinator engages in strategic planning, data analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and policy advocacy to drive positive change. By working directly with diverse populations and fostering partnerships, they have the chance to create innovative initiatives that address the root causes of health inequities and create a more equitable healthcare system.
The Health Equity Quality Coordinator will also abstract clinical data & review charts in paper and electronic formats; create dashboards/tables/graphs to help illustrate performance and potential Quality Improvement gaps related to disparities in Health Care and Social Drivers of Health (SDOH).
The goal and duties of this position are to assist the Clinical Report Nursing Supervisor in assessing, designating, and leading activities that will promote health equity and collaborate on creating resources for patients requiring health-related social needs. In addition, this position will also assist the team in successfully supporting patient quality and organizational outcomes on all assigned projects, meet deadlines and submission requirements for CMS reporting and support the team effort to continually develop their skills and contribute to improving the quality and safety environment of the appropriate facilities.
Benefits
Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Mountain View Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages. Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days) and Medical Paid Time Off
- Retirement Plans (401K with up to 6% match)
- Earned Quarterly Bonus Program
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital
Duties And Responsibilities
- Serves as a Health Equity subject matter expert on various health equity initiatives as well as other goals and objectives for Clinical Quality Reporting set by Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor.
- Coordinates with Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor to meet data collection requirements to support timely completion and validation of all public reporting projects for Inpatient and Outpatient Quality Core Measures, CMS, and Commercial Payers.
- Schedules and coordinates stakeholder meetings, including fellow team members as appropriate.
- Monitors, coordinates and communicates the strategic objectives of health equity across the organization to optimize performance/results.
- Works to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, standardization, and health disparity reduction.
- Identifies communications strategies for dissemination of equitable outcomes research and recommendations.
- Partners with diverse teams and leaders across the community on health equity programs and initiatives.
- Manages community outreach and engagement programs and activities, and assists in the development of content and methodologies.
- Aggregates and assists with the analysis of internal and external health equity data.
- Helps build diverse partnerships and collaboration to advance the mission and work of the organization
Mountain View Hospital and our 29 affiliate clinics are committed to providing compassionate, cutting edge care to our patients. We serve the entire Snake River Valley – all the way from Pocatello to Rexburg. Our medical capabilities span everything from wound care to urgent care, oncology to neurology, physical therapy to speech therapy, a Level III NICU, robust robotic surgery department and a continuously expanding rural health practice.
Our work environment is mission driven, people-centric and supportive. It is what sets apart and makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference in your community, we invite you to apply.
Qualifications
Education/Certification: preferred but not required any of the following: Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience (nursing, public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, social work, etc).
Experience : Preferred three years or more of experience in the health care industry including but not limited to public health, epidemiology, healthcare administration, social work, and or discharge planning. Quality reporting experience and previous experience with clinical processes and patient care a major plus but NOT required. Experience with analytical environments (e.g., data warehouse, business intelligence, SAP, etc. ) Knowledge of process improvement methods (i.e. LEAN, Plan Do Study Act). Strong understanding of healthcare equity and disparities or willingness to learn. Previous experience working in a team centered environment would be largely beneficial to the candidate.
Equipment/Technology: Use of computers and Electronic Health Record software is required. Experience with spreadsheet and database applications like Excel, Business Objects, SQL. Experience with clinical operations, billing and reporting requirements also preferred, but not required.
Language/Communication: Medical record review/abstraction knowledge in multiple specialties . Willingness and ability to manage multiple details with great care and accuracy. Successful track record of achieving results through persuasion and collaboration. Successful track record managing multiple complex projects simultaneously. Must exercise discretion, sound judgment, and the highest professional ethics.
Ability to identify and report trends in data that could indicate a process/procedure change needs to take place. Use of problem solving and planning skills with the Clinical Nurse Reporting Supervisor, to improve the quality metrics for the hospital(s) as assigned. Dynamic presentation skills and ability to develop clear and presentable documentation required.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to do basic math and understand percentages, graphs, statistics.
Mental Capabilities: Strong attention to detail, problem solving, and organizational skills. Able to define problems, collect data and deal with stressful situations in a tactful professional manner. Knowledge of how to apply analytical methods and data to health care problem spaces
Interpersonal: Experience in meeting facilitation, and/or community relations. Demonstrates evidence of a team player attitude, communication, education, and collaboration skills. Proven ability to assist the team with creative problem solving. Uses a customer service oriented approach with a focus on building relationships with people at all levels of the Organization(s).
Performance: Effective organizational skills with the ability to manage numerous concurrent tasks and priorities in a highly complex environment. Self-directed achiever, who identifies opportunities to drive value and takes the lead.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers and other office equipment. The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend and perform light lifting. This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. This person must have the ability to travel as required to work with different departments of the hospital and Outpatient ASC’s.
