(Archived) Quality Improvement Specialist

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, a nonprofit academic medical center established in 1883, is one of the oldest and most distinguished pediatric hospitals in the United States. We offer comprehensive clinical services, from treatments for rare and complex conditions to well-child care. In the 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report survey of best children’s hospitals, Cincinnati Children’s ranked No. 3 among all Honor Roll hospitals.

The James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence was established in 2010 to dramatically expand Cincinnati Children’s work in transformational improvement. Cincinnati Children’s has long been committed to providing the best outcomes, the safest care for the children and families we serve and applying all that we learn through research to our own frontline work. Ultimately our success is defined by nothing less than being a catalyst for transformation on a global scale.

In support of our institution’s compelling vision “to be the leader in improving child health,” we have created a comprehensive and robust quality improvement infrastructure. This infrastructure has been central to the widespread measurable improvements being achieved across our continuum of care. We also support external collaboratives, learning networks and improvement work in our community and at the regional and national levels in order to expand the impact on improving children’s health more broadly.

We invite you to consider joining our team of talented quality improvement professionals! In these key roles, you will serve as facilitator and coach to a variety of multi-disciplinary improvement teams and you will work collaboratively to build improvement capability across the institution to achieve transformational and sustainable changes in patient outcomes.

Specific responsibilities will require in depth application of improvement science methodologies/tools, strategic planning, project management, team facilitation/education, consulting skills, change management and data measurement/analysis.

This is a highly visible role that requires an individual to be independent yet collaborative with other healthcare professionals and leaders at Cincinnati Children’s and in community and hospital settings regionally and nationally. The successful candidate will be an experienced quality improvement professional who has demonstrated leadership skills and can deal with ambiguity, can be flexible as needed and has a sense of urgency with regards to bringing about change.

Bachelor’s degree in a healthcare related discipline, engineering, business or equivalent. Master’s degree preferred. Minimum 2 - 5 years of experience applying quality improvement methodologies and tools, facilitating small and large group meetings, and coaching and mentoring multidisciplinary improvement teams, or equivalent experience. Proven and measurable results with strategic improvement projects are required. Experience with formal QI methodology such as PI, CQI, Six Sigma, Lean, TQM, or MFI. Experience as a coach with IHI Improvement methodology, remote/virtual team coaching & virtual facilitation experience highly desirable.

CCHMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.