Comagine Health Hiring For Associate Improvement Advisor at Portland, OR  Full Time

Systemwide Quality Improvement

Remote

134569

Health Care

Entry Level

Full-Time/Regular

2+ to 5 Years

Comagine Health is looking for an Associate Improvement Advisor for our Population Health projects. This role will support the consultation and coaching, education and training, quality improvement and other practice transformation facilitation in collaboration with state departments of health, community partners, healthcare providers and other community partners.

You must reside in ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, or WA to be considered.

If you have a background in systemic quality improvement and public health initiatives, you have likely seen a lot of opportunities in the past few months. Which brings us to why you might take on this challenge. Let’s start with:

Who is Comagine Health?

Comagine Health is a non-profit consulting firm that seeks to improve health and to increase the effectiveness and quality of health care. As a recognized Quality Improvement Organization-Quality Improvement Network (QIO-QIN), we support providers, plans, purchasers, and consumers, and offer services to state and federal agencies and others to help them better manage health care under the existing system and to assess, plan for and implement broader system transformation. We collaborate with academic, government, and nonprofit partners on initiatives funded by NIH, CDC, AHRQ, BJA, SAMHSA, and others.

In short, we are changing healthcare at a fundamental level.

Preferred applicants will have experience with Quality Improvement program development and implementation, population health initiatives in an outpatient care environment, and collaborating with diverse partners to achieve a common aim. You must reside in ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, or WA to be considered.

What you’ll be doing for us:

• Support project lead with the fulfilment of all project requirements and deliverables
• Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of project plans and developing internal processes for tracking progress towards goals
• Track subtasks and other project activities; collects and inputs data and narrative into reports; prepares reports of project progress
• Coordinates meeting logistics, including scheduling, registration, development of supporting materials and agendas for internal and external events.
• Support the development and maintenance of project templates, tools, and other materials (e.g. quality improvement resources, training presentations, meeting materials)
• Assist project team with the design and implementation of interventions, curricula, and processes.
• Assist others when meeting with healthcare providers, community stakeholders, and other external audiences; and/or when delivering technical assistance, training, or other services to clients
• Convene and facilitate meetings for training, education, and coalition-building.
• With adequate support, oversight and training, deliver technical assistance, support, or training in areas of their subject matter expertise, via face-to-face or telephone/videoconference formats, to a variety of stakeholders
• Assist in development of and/or gives formal presentations to providers and other audiences
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Document recruitment efforts, technical assistance, and other activities in CRM or other tracking systems; provides coaching and support as needed to team members regarding documentation of project activities in CRM
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise regarding process improvement methodologies and theories.

What would make you a strong fit for our role:

You must reside in ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, or WA to be considered.

• Experience engaging outpatient care settings in quality improvement initiatives (preferred)
• Excellent understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, and techniques and how to apply them as an independent coach or part of a team
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and videoconferencing (e.g., Zoom)
• Ability to organize and coordinate multiple simultaneous tasks in a team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of quality improvement methods and tools
• Familiarity with health care terminology, clinical and operational workflows
• Proficiency with project management concepts (e.g., project plans)
• Hands-on experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and/or Microsoft Teams (preferred)

Required Experience:

You must reside in ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, or WA to be considered.

• BA/BS in a health care, public health, or related field (equivalent combination of education and/or work experience in related field may be substituted)
• 2+ years of program/project coordination experience
• Prior experience in health care or public health (preferred)
• Candidates must reside in ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, or WA to be considered.
  

This position is a full-time, benefit eligible employment opportunity. Employment with Comagine Health qualifies you for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

Comagine Health’s mission is to work together with our partners to improve health and create a better health care system so that people and communities will flourish. As part of our mission and values, we recognize the importance of having our employees vaccinated against COVID-19- both as a protection for our larger community and to keep our employees and their families safe.

As a federal contractor, and in compliance with Executive Order 14042, Comagine Health requires its employees and contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated. Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a condition of employment at Comagine Health.

• If you are fully vaccinated, you will be required to provide proof of your completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to the first day of your employment. Failure to provide timely proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status may result in your offer of employment being rescinded or your start being delayed.
• If you are unable to be fully vaccinated due to medical condition or religious belief, you will be required to request an exemption upon acceptance of the offer of employment. As a part of this process, you will be required to provide information or documentation about the reason you cannot be vaccinated. If your request for an exemption is not approved, then your offer of employment may be rescinded.