Quality & Organizational Excellence Leader - OQE - Infection Prevention

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:

Our Infection Prevention team's mission is to promote a safe and healthy environment through the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in patients and the transmission of infectious diseases among patients, staff, and visitors, and to contribute to infection prevention research to guide evidence-based practices. We approach all infection prevention activities using a multidisciplinary approach through our integrated team that has expertise in hospital epidemiology, infection prevention, quality improvement, informatics, advanced epidemiologic and statistical methods, advanced microbiologic methods, and compliance monitoring and coaching.

We believe success in our mission starts with an amazing team. Infection prevention teammates demonstrate our values every day. We learn a lot from our healthcare personnel, patients and each other and are committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Why work at UNCMC Infection Prevention?

We impact people and care about people everyday

We are committed to an equitable and inclusive workplace We are a community that builds camaraderie across the departments we support

Teammate feedback has led to improved workflows and an inclusive workplace environment

We have FUN - including during and after work-sponsored social events

Job Summary:

In collaboration with the senior quality leader, provides quality and organizational excellence by leading multidisciplinary quality and process improvement initiatives that directly impact infection prevention. Communicates with stakeholders, and stays connected with staff in order to mobilize support and keep infection prevention quality initiatives moving forward.

Responsibilities:

1. Provides quality and organizational excellence by leading quality and process improvement initiatives. Leads multidisciplinary improvement projects.
2. Customer Service-Facilitates workgroups and teams focused on infection prevention initiatives by establishing ground rules, allowing members to share perspectives across disciplines, and working to build group consensus on solution approaches.
3. Measurement & Analysis- Identifies and drives analytic needs for improvement projects and initiatives. Supports leaders in development of problem charter and selection of best approach to solve a particular problem. Mastery of basic quality improvement tools and techniques. Teaches and mentors others on quality improvement tools and processes.
4. Problem Solving & Implementation-Makes decisions based on analyses and data. Challenges project team and their current processes when improvement is needed. Develops interventions and initiatives based on data. Able to resolve conflicts and promote improvement across multiple departments. Strives to implement solutions that span multiple depts/divisions. Identifies methods for solving problems which eliminate steps, speeds processes, and reduces complexity.
5. Project Management-Influences and gains commitment from all members of project team. Able to identify resources necessary to meet project needs (budget, personnel, and leadership). Able to obtain and maintain executive support for project through communication and leadership. Acts as a consultant or mentor to other groups interested in implementing similar solutions.
6. Tools, Methodologies & Technologies-Leads and mentors colleagues regarding tools, methodologies and technologies. Provides cross-functional, cross-business, cross area work.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* If a Bachelor's degree: Three (3) years of experience in quality team facilitation, project management, process improvement or quality data analysis role. Clinical Experience associated with leading quality improvement efforts may be assessed as equivalent to direct quality improvement experience both in determining minimum requirements, as well as level of experience.
* If a Master's degree: One (1) year of experience in quality team facilitation, project management, process improvement or quality data analysis role. Clinical Experience associated with leading quality improvement efforts may be assessed as equivalent to direct quality improvement experience both in determining minimum requirements, as well as level of experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: OQE - Infection Prevention

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$33.37 - $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.