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Primary Purpose Of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina ( PQCNC ) is leading transformations in the delivery of value based perinatal healthcare in North Carolina and nationally. PQCNC is a statewide organization currently working in 62 North Carolina hospitals with delivery services. Teams in these facilities include family representatives and perinatal medical and nursing providers partnered with payer and state leaders united in our determination to make North Carolina the best place to be born. PQCNC conducts statewide quality improvement initiatives that focus on spreading best practice, partnerships with families and patients, and resource optimization.
PQCNC is seeking an enthusiastic and determined individual with skills that include perinatal health, clinical quality improvement, public health, or medical anthropology expertise to serve as a PQCNC Initiative Manager. This position will be a full time, EHRA non-faculty appointment.
The Initiative Manager will use professional expertise, communication skills and quality expertise to assist in the development, organization, and execution of statewide quality improvement projects that include from 10-60 centers. The Initiative Manager will work in coordination with Lead Clinical Physicians for maternal and newborn projects, the other members of the PQCNC core team and individual initiative Expert Teams. On a day to day basis the Initiative Manager will be supervised by the Program Manager, but this position is under the direct supervision of the PQCNC Director.
This position will be responsible for coaching and facilitating up to 60 hospital and clinic quality improvement teams conducting current PQCNC initiatives. They will support these teams throughout the course of these initiatives. This support will include monthly calls to review current progress, state of current measures, design of small tests of change (PDSAs) to further work towards achieving project aims, and developing methods to assess the impact of these changes and spread them throughout the facility.
Minimum Education And Experience Requirements
Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience
Must have quality improvement training and QI experience.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience
The Initiative Manager will preferably have experience in quality improvement science. Familiarity with the provision of perinatal care, its effective execution in variable clinical environments and the effective engagement and partnership of health care teams with patients and families is desirable. The Initiative Manager will possess the professional expertise, communication skills and quality expertise to assist in the development, organization, and execution of statewide quality improvement projects that include from 10-60 centers. This will require a combination of regular communication with hospital teams across the state via email, phone, web conferencing and in person visits. The applicant will be capable of assessing hospital and clinic performances based on performance data and team input and support hospital teams in achieving the clinical goals of individual initiatives.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
Quick Link https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/282232
Posting Contact Information
Department Contact Name and Title Courtney Lineman, HR Consultant
Department Contact Telephone or Email Courtney_Lineman@med.unc.edu
Office of Human Resources Contact Information
If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu
Please note: The Office of Human Resources will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
Industries
Higher Education
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