Job Description

About North Country Healthcare (NCH):

North Country Healthcare is a non-profit affiliation of four medical facilities, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, and Weeks Medical Center, located in the White Mountains Region of New Hampshire. NCH includes numerous physicians and medical providers at multiple locations. This leading comprehensive healthcare network which employs hundreds of highly-trained individuals delivers integrated patient care through three community hospitals, specialty clinics, and home health and hospice services. NCH remains committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

North Country Healthcare is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the Human Resources department at the affiliate to which you are applying.

 

Standard NCH Quality Function

Salaried, exempt

M-F, 8A-5P, (occasional evening/weekend/flex possible)

Reports to Chief Quality Officer

 

Job functions:

* Work with IT to develop metrics/graphs to support hospital operations

* Identify and report upon sources of process variation to support hospital operations

* Owner for all affiliate Quality metrics, including updates, reporting, and tracking

* Facilitate affiliate Quality Board / working group meetings

* Participate in improvement projects as data/variation expert and validation support

* CMS survey preparedness lead for affiliate

o Support other affiliates for CMS survey preparedness

* Data collection and entry for key affiliate/system goals, as needed and supported by the CQO

* Owner for regular data submissions to federal, state, and other government and similar agencies to maintain current and future accreditations and payments, as assigned

 

Education

BA in clinical, medical, or healthcare related field, or equivalent

 

Experience

3 years of hospital Quality experience preferred

Communication, problem solving, statistical and analytical abilities

Organizational skills

Benchmarking, quality or process management and measurement tools

Application Instructions

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