Quality Project Manager - The University of Chicago Medicine

Job Description

Be a part of a world-class academic health-care system at UChicago Medicine as a Quality Project Manager. This position is based on-site at Hyde Park, with remote flexibility.

This is an opportunity to join the Quality Performance Improvement (QPI) team. QPI supports clinically-focused improvement endeavors to understand, improve and sustain high-value, patient-centered care across the community. Under the direction and in support of Clinical Excellence, QPI advances organizational priorities aligned with strategic and annual operating plans, Clinical Excellence Priority Scorecard Measures, and quality goals. In partnership with clinical and operational leaders, QPI team members implement sustainable improvements to ensure UChicago Medicine practices evidence-based care with high reliability, transform health care by testing new ways to deliver value-based care, and solve the challenging problems in healthcare through new innovations. QPI team members skillfully apply methods and tools within the core competencies of quality improvement and process improvement, project management, and group facilitation to achieve project aims aligned with organizational goals. Team members work effectively with diverse roles across the system to identify inefficiencies, develop solutions, and lead improvement initiatives across the system.

Essential Job Functions• Oversee the planning, design, implementation, and completion of small to medium projects with support from supervisor• Executes project plan and provides daily support for moving the project forward on large strategic initiatives with support from supervisor• Uses PDSA framework to guide projects• In partnership with team members, facilitates the use of standard QI and PI tools • Identifies areas where there is a need to distinguish between quality improvement and research, and the potential intersections• Collaborates with clinical leads and team members to develop meeting agendas• Accurately captures and documents key discussions, decisions, and action items• Leads and facilitates project meetings, employing basic facilitation skills (e.g. encouraging participation, using process checks)• Collaborates with data teams within UCM to ensure data and analytics needs of assigned projects are satisfied and garner the most effective clinical monitors and insight to drive improvement, while allowing for efficient analytics processes• Identifies data collection and analysis needs as appropriate when relevant data does not exist electronically

Required Qualifications• Bachelor’s degree in health care, engineering, or performance improvement field or equivalent experience• Possess a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in healthcare, performance improvement, project management, or other advanced position• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of staff, including physicians and administrative staff• Experience facilitating groups with many different stakeholders• Ability to elicit cooperation and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external leaders• Knowledge of performance improvement techniques and methodologies• Ability to independently coordinate projects among many functional units; applying project management experience and knowledge of project management tools and techniques• Ability to plan, lead and execute large scale projects with major impacts on clinical operations and outcomes• Ability to manage, interpret, and present data• Self-motivated: given appropriate direction for goals, must be able to work autonomously in a sometimes ambiguous and changing environment

Preferred Qualifications• Master’s degree in public health, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, or another health care-related field• Possess a minimum of 1-2 years’ Performance Improvement experience in a hospital, or large Health System• Experience with clinical terminology

Position Details• Job Type/FTE: 1.00FTE• Shift: Days • Job Location: Hyde Park • Unit/Department: Office of the CMO • CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities.

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.