<p>Description</p> <p>Quality Improvement Specialist</p> <p>Ready to make a real impact on healthcare quality? At Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, our Quality Improvement Specialist is the driving force behind excellence. This dynamic role blends strategy, leadership, and innovation-collaborating with multiple teams, crafting project plans, setting goals, and steering initiatives that elevate patient care. From analyzing outcomes, identifying barriers and integrating best practices, you'll be at the heart of continuous improvement. You'll work collaboratively to reduce inpatient harm, manage data for designations and CMS programs, and transform insights into actionable strategies-turning challenges into solutions. If you thrive on problem-solving, love building relationships, and want to champion quality across the organization, this is your opportunity to lead change and shape the future of care!</p> <p>Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Covenant Health System and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.</p> <p>Required Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li> <p>College degree -OR- a combination of experience in health care or a related component Coursework/Training and Nursing and/or Quality Improvement Tools and/or Project Management</p> </li><li> <p>4 or more years of experience in healthcare, a related component or quality management including project management responsibilities</p> </li><li> <p>Experience with PC and mainframe systems including abstracting and reporting functions</p> </li><li> <p>Experience in various PC software applications including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, graphic presentation and flowcharting</p> </li></ul> <p>Preferred Qualification:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bachelor's Degree -OR- Master's Degree</p> </li><li> <p>Upon hire: Registered Nurse License or other Healthcare related license or certification in the respective state</p> </li><li> <p>Upon hire: CPHQ certification</p> </li></ul> <p>Why Join Providence?</p> <p>Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.</p> <p>About Providence</p> <p>At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.</p> <p>Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.</p> <p>Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.</p> <p>Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.</p> <p>Requsition ID: 401286 Company: Covenant Jobs Job Category: Clinical Quality Job Function: Quality/Process Improvements Job Schedule: Full time Job Shift: Day Career Track: Business Professional Department: 8000 QUALITY ASSURANCE TX CCH LUBBOCK SOUTH 5 Address: TX Lubbock 3615 19th St Work Location: Covenant Medical Center Workplace Type: On-site Pay Range: $30.59 - $47.49 The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.</p>