Summary
Description
The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) is seeking a Quality Improvement Specialist with the passion and skills to deliver high quality coaching and technical assistance to rural healthcare facilities throughout Colorado.
CRHC is a non-profit organization that serves as the State Office of Rural Health and has been serving the state of Colorado since 1991.
CRHC’s mission is to enhance healthcare services in Colorado by providing information, education, linkages, tools and energy toward addressing rural healthcare issues. By joining our dedicated team, you will be helping a diverse and inclusive statewide constituency of rural healthcare facilities and making an impact by improving access to quality healthcare in Colorado.
As one of our Quality Improvement Specialists, you will:
- Plan, coordinate, and deliver coaching and technical assistance for rural healthcare facilities through CRHC’s programs, grants, and fee-for-service activities.
- Apply your knowledge of quality improvement methods within the healthcare setting to assist rural facilities with understanding, interpreting, and implementing change; and identifying opportunities for learning and sharing lessons learned with other participating facilities as applicable.
- Function as a key member of the team, often serving as a mentor to other team members and assisting with refinement of existing programs and development of new programs. This includes applying content knowledge in the areas of chronic disease management; health information technology; coaching for organizational change; quality improvement data analysis skills; and training development and facilitation.
- Connecting and communicating with other related programs to ensure coordinated efforts and working with other team members to develop materials to educate and inform healthcare providers.
- Develop solid working relationships with the organization’s members and key stakeholders.
Benefits
You should have high expectations for Colorado Rural Health Center as an employer!
- Our staff enjoy autonomy to do the work they do best, and you will too. Every day, you should finish your day knowing that you have made a positive difference!
- Colorado Rural Health Center fosters a strength-based culture and focuses on developing your strengths as one of our top priorities. We strongly believe in continuous professional development and work to promote your growth through a variety of professional training resources and opportunities to attend events that cultivate professional development. CRHC is an award-winning place of business, a certified Healthy Workplace, recognized for its culture of workplace and employee wellbeing.
- CRHC offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, 401(k), Disability insurance, generous 20 PTO days initially with incremental increases in year 3, 5 & 9, plus 11 paid holidays per year, wellness program, and a variety of supplemental options including accident, ID theft and legal plans.
- CRHC supports employee professional development by providing discretionary funding to employees to assist in their individual career growth.
- CRHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value an equitable and inclusive workplace and seek candidates with diverse backgrounds and abilities.
- CRHC recognizes that many factors impact the health of individuals and communities, including geography, income, and race. We recognize the existence and power of historical and ongoing systematic structures that have excluded individuals from leading their most healthy lives. We are committed to repairing injustices by championing policies that recognize these inequities and foster community-led solutions. We are actively working to include diverse opinions and perspectives in our decision-making processes and advocacy work and recognize that we all live better lives when everyone has a seat at the table.
How to Apply
If you are truly ready to make an impact on our rural healthcare landscape, we invite to you apply for the Quality Improvement Specialist by submitting your resume and cover letter on Indeed at: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Colorado-Rural-Health-Center/jobs The salary range for this exempt position is commensurate with depth of experience and overall qualifications. CRHC is a Remote-First work environment. This position requires about 30% travel. CRHC employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
