Project Manager - (US-MA-Brighton - 02135)

Minimum Education: None
Jobcode: 44909113
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About us:

Established in 1985, Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England, is a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery network providing community-based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Each member of the Caritas Christi system, while a member of a community of health care providers, has its own rich history of providing outstanding, compassionate care and respect for the dignity of those served.

At the hub of the system's six-hospital network is Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, a tertiary academic teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. The other acute care hospitals in Massachusetts are Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton; Caritas Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood; and Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

Non-acute Caritas Christi facilities, which provide social, educational or health care services, include Caritas Home Care, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice, Caritas Labour College, Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center and Por Cristo, an international volunteer medical services organization.

In addition the system includes Caritas Physician Network, a 400-physician group practice.

Project Manager
Facility: CCHCS - Corporate - Brighton, Brighton MA
Department: Quality and Safety
- Full-time - 40 hrs/wk, Mon - Fri, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Day shift

Job Description:

The corporate quality and safety project manager will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities: Supporting the system-wide quality and safely plan/strategy and implementing the plan in a timely manner and on budget achieving the milestone goals for specific quality and safety initiatives. Leading system collaboratives as the project manager. Initializing project plan, setting goals for teams, recruiting hospital participation as specified by the quality and safety collaborative model plan. Provide technical support to the system hospitals and entities on analysis and interpretation of core measure sets. Standardize for all the system hospitals a process for insuring data submitted for public reporting is accurate, consistent and timely. Support system hospitals in improvement strategies by coordinating hospital process to improve targeted areas when system goals are not met by insuring the model for improvement is active and successful. Acts as a liaison to hospitals to coordinate hospital specific improvement teams. Provide over-site in the implementation of improved systems for tracking, evaluating, and communicating patterns in patient safety for all CCHC hospitals. Support the collection of patient safety data for trends and recommend changes, as appropriate, thereby improving the safety of care at the hospital.



Qualifications:

BS or MS in health care field. 5-10 years experience in a senior clinical leader position with a strong foundation in quality and patient safety. Highly motivational communication skills accompanied by the ability to analyze and present data to influence behavior, stimulate innovation, promote best practices, and drive organizational change. Excellent presentation style, including the ability to present data to clinicians and staff at all levels of the organization. A highly skilled change agent with demonstrable sensitivity to the interpersonal, group dynamic, organizational, political, and perceptual issues associated with change. Results orientation accompanied by the skill set required to conceptualize, implement, and operationalize a user-friendly clinical excellence and patient safety program. Demonstrated ability to create and sustain momentum through relationship building, and collaborative management.



Caritas Christi Health Care is an equal opportunity employer.



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