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CHPSO Patient Safety Organization, a division of the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI), was established to harmonize quality improvement and patient safety efforts. CHPSO works toward eliminating preventable patient harm and improving the quality of health care delivery in hospitals. One of the first and largest patient safety organizations in the nation, CHPSO is a trusted leader in the analysis, dissemination and archiving of patient safety information. CHPSO’s initiatives include providing a collaborative and privileged environment where hospitals can share data and best practices, analyzing adverse outcomes and developing corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence, developing educational materials, and serving as a statewide resource for patient-safety initiatives in California.

This position is primarily responsible for member relations to foster statewide collaboration for identifying, reporting, and learning from safety events to create safer health care; analyzing, categorizing, and summarizing qualitative text and quantitative variables from safety reports, adverse events, and related data; and providing informative reports and education to HQI/CHPSO staff and member institutions with the goal of eliminating preventable harm and improving the quality and reliability of health care delivery.

To be successful, you will need to have the following education, skills and talents:

• Experience in an acute healthcare setting is required.
• Experience in informatics is preferred.
• Must be a licensed medical professional – preferably RN or MD.  Advanced degree preferred.
• At least five years of applicable healthcare quality experience such as a quality committee member, involvement in problem solving teams, management of data and use of quality and safety systems is required. Good understanding of and experience with patient safety, risk, and quality concepts.
• Demonstrated extensive applied experience processing and analyzing complex data sets using appropriate statistical, scientific, or professional methodologies using programs and languages such as SQL, SPSS, SAS, Python, or R.
• Advanced skill level in MS Office software programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to transform raw event report data into an accurate and useful format.
• Excellent oral, written, communication and consulting skills including ability to write certain documents including, but not limited to alerts, articles, reports, and research documents.
• Working knowledge of or experience in quality management/performance improvement and familiarity with accreditation standards, event reporting, and CMS regulations.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with end-users in an informative and non- technical manner.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential materials in a professional manner and experience conducting research with protected health data and ensuring compliance with HIPAA, CMIA, HITECH, and other applicable laws
• Understanding and ability to translate safety and reliability science into practical operations design.
• Ability to organize and work on multiple projects.
• Prioritizes and meets deadlines.
• Must have strong analytical and organizational skills, be detail-oriented and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision.
• Must work well as a team member and must demonstrate effectiveness in doing so.
• Knowledge of hospital operations and regulations required.

If this sounds like a good fit with your background and career interests, we’d love to hear from you! To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter (with salary requirement) to https://workforcenow.adp.com/

Because we are a federal contractor, we are required to make sure you know that all qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic, or disability.

Based in Sacramento, the California Hospital Association is the statewide leader representing the interests of more than 400 hospitals and health systems in California.  We collaborate with our members to provide strong and effective representation and advocacy to advance the interests of California hospitals, patients and communities.  CHA is a trusted resource, working with members to achieve legislative, regulatory, and legal accomplishments at the state and federal level.

This position is the CRM ambassador who is primarily responsible for analyzing business processes and implementing highly efficient and detailed CRM Solutions for the California Hospital Associations member engagement efforts. The incumbent will demonstrate:

• Thorough understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE (CRM) and ability to utilize it across the organizations
• Online technology skills and the curiosity/expertise to learn a CRM and participate in the CRM community 
• Skills to analyze complex processes and build end-to-end solutions using D365 Microsoft tools. 
• Desire to be go-to person for users. The candidate should be an advocate for the CRM within the organization and help to appropriately expand its use. 
• Strategic, thoughtful approach to data quality and the drive to maintain a clean, organized and user-friendly CRM. 
• Experience with MSCRM Addons, Easy Territory, and ClickDimensions (preferred)
• Experience with JavaScript, Portals (preferred)

CHA is a terrific work place filled with smart people who are committed to improving the legislative and regulatory environment for California’s hospitals and health care systems. We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, robust wellness program, and great downtown Sacramento location.

If this position sounds like the perfect fit for you, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter to https://workforcenow.adp.com

Because we are a federal contractor, we are required to make sure you know that all qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic, or disability.

The California Hospital Association (CHA) is the statewide leader representing and advocating the interests of hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in California in the legislative and regulatory arenas. We are a terrific group of hard-working professionals on a mission to ensure Californians have equitable access to affordable and high-quality health care.  We also care for our team members by offering a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, as well as a challenging and fun work environment. 

Directly reporting to the Senior Vice President of Data Analytics, this position is primarily responsible for generating complex healthcare data reports and providing fieldwide information and analysis to CHA staff, members, public agencies, regional associations, legislators, the public, the media, and other organizations on a time-sensitive basis. This position is responsible for quality control, accurate research, data gathering, and development of analyses. These products are most often used in education and advocacy efforts. The ability to compile and analyze health care data and reports is critical for success in this position. Our ideal candidate will feel comfortable engaging with some of the state’s top health care policy experts, legislative advocates, and communications professionals to produce high-quality, accurate, and meaningful reports and analyses that show a story behind the numbers. This position must be able to interpret the meaning behind a spreadsheet and go beyond crunching data.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, data analytics, business administration, public health, or other relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in health policy analytics or consulting preferred.
• Advanced skills in MS Office software programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience with database management and data visualization software (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, SmartSheet).
• Strong collaboration skills and being effective at making the best use of available resources and data assets.
• Ability to effectively manage projects, turning concept into reality.
• High degree of initiative, resourcefulness, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with others, verbally and in writing, in an informative and non-technical manner.
• Strategic thinker than can transform concepts into data-driven policy rationale.
• Ability to organize, plan, work independently, handle multiple projects, and work well under time sensitive deadlines.

CHA is a terrific workplace filled with smart people who are committed to improving the legislative and regulatory environment for California’s hospitals and health care systems. We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, robust wellness program, and great downtown Sacramento location.

If this position sounds like the perfect fit for you, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter to https://workforcenow.adp.com

Because we are a federal contractor, we are required to make sure you know that all qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic, or disability.