The Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist is responsible for leading clinical innovation and transformation initiatives in collaboration with Aledade market leaders and clinical leads within primary care practices. This role focuses on optimizing clinical and quality outcomes while reducing unnecessary costs for defined patient populations, such as individuals with uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes.
This position requires a strong commitment to Aledade's mission of advancing clinician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) to improve healthcare quality, enhance the patient experience, reduce costs, and promote health equity.
Primary Duties:
- Lead clinical innovation projects and initiatives designed to support partner practices in achieving success in value-based care for targeted patient populations.
- Utilize clinical process measures and outcomes data to develop and execute action plans focused on population health improvement and reducing health disparities.
- Mentor, coach, and collaborate with key practice team members to effectively implement clinical innovation and transformation strategies.
- Provide education and support to both practice and internal team members.
- Champion the development, maintenance, and optimization of resources, tools, and educational materials to support quality improvement in partner practices.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing with the degree from a nursing accredited college or university
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license with 3+ years of registered nursing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years working in value-based care
- Experience with quality improvement
- Experience in a Community Health Center or Primary Care Practice setting
- Strong understanding of value-based care principles, particularly as they relate to population health improvement.
- A solution-oriented individual who can assist in creating tactical clinical innovation then translate those solutions to care teams (including executives, clinicians, practice managers, clinic and system owners, nurses, and all ancillary care team members) to execute towards delivering population health results.
- Excellent communicator who can articulate the impact of clinical innovation and transformation initiatives to Aledade ACO member practices and their key staff (e.g., nurses/other clinicians, care managers, etc.), and internally within the company.
- Ability to use insights from clinical, quality, and cost data to inform clinical innovation and transformation and proactively address opportunities for improvement.
- Ability to work collaboratively across Aledade clinical and non-clinical teams to gain buy-in and implement key clinical innovation initiatives.
- Ability to work with diverse populations with a passion for health equity and eliminating health disparities.
- Skilled at coaching practice staff and internal teams using an evidence-based, data-driven approach to effect the adoption of clinical innovation and transformation.
- Collaborate effectively with clinicians to pinpoint and recommend improvements to clinical workflows.
Who We Are:
Aledade, a public benefit corporation, exists to empower the most transformational part of our health care landscape - independent primary care. We were founded in 2014, and since then, we've become the largest network of independent primary care in the country - helping practices, health centers and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. Additionally, by creating value-based contracts across a wide variety of health plans, we aim to flip the script on the traditional fee-for-service model. Our work strengthens continuity of care, aligns incentives and ensures primary care physicians are paid for what they do best - keeping patients healthy. If you want to help create a health care system that is good for patients, good for practices and good for society - and if you're eager to join a collaborative, inclusive and remote-first culture - you've come to the right place.
What Does This Mean for You?
At Aledade, you will be part of a creative culture that is driven by a passion for tackling complex issues with respect, open-mindedness and a desire to learn. You will collaborate with team members who bring a wide range of experiences, interests, backgrounds, beliefs and achievements to their work - and who are all united by a shared passion for public health and a commitment to the Aledade mission.
In addition to time off to support work-life balance and enjoyment, we offer the following comprehensive benefits package designed for the overall well-being of our team members:
Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles
Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners
Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year)
Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays
12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service
Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program
401(k) with up to 4% match
Stock options
And much more!
At Aledade, we don't just accept differences, we celebrate them! We strive to attract, develop and retain highly qualified individuals representing the diverse communities where we live and work. Aledade is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions at Aledade are based on merit, qualifications, performance and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
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