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Quality Improvement Specialist

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital

1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63133

Semi-Monthly Salary: $2,301.79 * Annual Salary $55,242.96

Scheduled Hours: 0800-1630 (Saturday/Sunday Off) Work Area: Administration

Position Code: 0410013 Org Code: G8MR

Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital provides specialized care for children and adolescents diagnosed with mental illness. This position reports to the Quality Management department and is responsible for evaluating and assessing current practices to identify treatment alternatives and strategies for the delivery of programs and individualized services, reporting evaluation and assessment findings and preparing corrective action recommendations to management for approval.

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital uses the Sanctuary Model to guide our interactions with our teammates and the care we provide to our consumers in order to promote healing, safety, and nonviolence. This is accomplished by following the Foundation of Sanctuary – The Four Pillars of (1) Trauma Theory, (2) Seven Commitments, (3) S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotion, Loss, and Future), (4) Sanctuary Tool Kit

Responsibilities :

• Review and classify incident reports based on standardized definitions and critical, non-biased evaluation
• Classification of injuries
• Maintain a record of all Special Procedure (Restraint and Seclusion) paperwork, and regularly audit paperwork to ensure it meets CMS and Joint Commission requirements
• Review data monthly, and complete data submissions to outside agencies such as NRI, The Joint Commission and CMS
• Facilitates Quality Council
• Analyzes data and develops reports to relevant facilities or departments based on current needs
• Provides data to leaders through Governing Body (triannual), Scorecard Analysis (quarterly), and discuss the Non-Core Comparative Statistics report (monthly)
• Data abstraction for discharged clients
• Works with leaders to identify trends, draw meaningful conclusions, and develop corrective action plans from data
• Provides support to departments for CIMOR data and questions
• Other duties as assigned
• Required skills: Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint; Desired skills: SQL, Microsoft Access, Tableau

Eligibility :

• Master’s degree and 3 or more years of relevant experience (substitutions may be allowed)
• For internal candidates, no disciplinary action during the previous 12 months

Excellent State of Missouri Benefit Package Including:

• Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance

• Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary)
• Cafeteria Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay, to MOSERS plan and 1% towards Deferred Compensation)
• 13 paid holidays per year
• 10 hours of annual leave accrued per month
• 10 hours of sick leave accrued per month

To Apply:

Apply online at by selecting the Quality Improvement Specialist position located in St. Louis County, MO.

For questions contact the Human Resources Office at: Michael.Tillman@dmh.mo.gov

WHY DMH?

The Missouri Department of Mental Health is dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and public understanding of mental illness and developmental disabilities. By joining our team, YOU can make a difference in the lives of those impacted by a mental illness or developmental disability so they have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, live their lives to the fullest, and be a valued member of their communities.

An Equal Opportunity Employer; services provided on a nondiscriminatory basis

Responsibilities - What you’ll do

Responsibilities:

• Review and classify incident reports based on standardized definitions and critical, non-biased evaluation
• Classification of injuries
• Maintain a record of all Special Procedure (Restraint and Seclusion) paperwork, and regularly audit paperwork to ensure it meets CMS and Joint Commission requirements
• Review data monthly, and complete data submissions to outside agencies such as NRI, The Joint Commission and CMS
• Facilitates Quality Council
• Analyzes data and develops reports to relevant facilities or departments based on current needs
• Provides data to leaders through Governing Body (triannual), Scorecard Analysis (quarterly), and discuss the Non-Core Comparative Statistics report (monthly)
• Data abstraction for discharged clients
• Works with leaders to identify trends, draw meaningful conclusions, and develop corrective action plans from data
• Provides support to departments for CIMOR data and questions
• Other duties as assigned
• Required skills: Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint; Desired skills: SQL, Microsoft Access, Tableau

Qualifications - All you need for success

Eligibility:

• Master’s degree and 3 or more years of relevant experience (substitutions may be allowed)
• For internal candidates, no disciplinary action during the previous 12 months

Job Details - More reasons to love this position

Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact:

To Apply:

Complete a bid Sheet and forward to Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital HR or by emailing Mike Tillman at the address below.
Apply online at by selecting the Quality Improvement Specialist position located in St. Louis County, MO.
For questions contact the Human Resources Office at: Michael.Tillman@dmh.mo.gov

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Weekend work

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