At Children’s, the region’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, our people make us the very best for kids. Come cultivate your passion, purpose and professional development in an environment of excellence and inclusion, where team members are supported and deeply valued. Opportunities for career growth abound as we grow our services and spaces, including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children. Join our highly engaged, caring team—and join us in providing brighter, healthier tomorrows for the children we serve. Children's is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.

A Brief Overview

The Clinical Effectiveness Project Manager is responsible for leading projects that integrate clinical knowledge, performance improvement, and change management methodologies to improve clinical outcomes enterprise-wide. This position will facilitate between clinical leaders and teams to promote the development and utilization of clinical pathways to reduce variations in care and serve as a clinical quality improvement champion to improve clinical outcomes using data.

Essential Functions

• Facilitate Clinical Pathways • Coordinate the Clinical Pathway Committee with the Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer and Clinical Effectiveness Program Manager, as well as a diverse group of clinical leaders to develop, update, and organize Children's Hospital & Medical Center’s clinical pathways and related order sets, policies, and website • Update and maintain standardized format/template for clinical pathways as well as a unified submission and review process • Prioritize clinical pathways based on institutional needs and available resources • Lead pathway development teams in the creation and implementation of new clinical pathways • Lead pathway development teams to review and update existing clinical pathways • Integrate data analysis into the clinical pathway process and ensure all clinical pathways have metrics which include process, outcome, and balance measures • Actively takes a role in the data analysis and performance outcome data associated with clinical pathways across the institution

• Lead Clinical Quality Improvement Projects • Lead working groups to develop, coordinate, implement, and evaluate continuous clinical quality improvement • Develop expert knowledge on quality improvement framework at the microsystem level • Validate and monitor metrics to drive continuous quality improvement • Work with clinicians to increase adoption and promote continuous quality improvement • Coordinate with department and division physician leaders as well as other clinical leaders to identify opportunities to decrease clinical practice variation and improve quality of care • Conduct literature searches of the subject matter both independently and in collaboration with the key clinical stakeholders to foster evidence-informed practice when applicable • Collaborate with clinical informatics and care transformation departments, using available informatic tools/reports/dashboards to monitor quality improvement • Ensures clinical outcome data is routinely shared with clinical stakeholders.

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree In Nursing, Informatics, Healthcare related field from an accredited college or university Required

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience in healthcare-related performance/process improvement or project management Required and

• Minimum three years clinical experience required, preferably in pediatrics Required and

• Experience in people management within a project Required and

• Experience in change management Required

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience with literature searches and grading of clinical evidence

• Strong written, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in presenting communicating, and interacting effectively with medical staff and management at all levels of the organization

• Ability to independently manage multiple projects with general supervision

• Proficiency with Microsoft applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Visio

• Familiarity with data management including interpreting, comprehending, and summarizing statistical and medical data

• EPIC knowledge preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Current and valid license as a Registered Nurse in state of NE/Compact state required if position filled by a nurse Required and

• BCLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association is required if position is filled by a nurse Required and

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification within 1 Year Required and

• CPN - Certified Pediatric Nurse Preferred

Children’s is the very best for kids and the very best for your career! At Children’s, we put YOU first so together, we can improve the life of every child!

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