Improvement Advisor at Comagine Health in Seattle, Washington

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Tracking Code


2021-39




Job Description

Together with our partners, Comagine Health works to improve health and create a better health care system so that people and communities will flourish.

As a trusted, neutral party, we work with our partners to fix key, intractable health and health care delivery problems. In all our engagements and initiatives, we draw upon our deep expertise in quality improvement, care management, health information technology, analytics, and research and evaluation.
Comagine Health is pursuing an opportunity with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to provide technical assistance (virtual and onsite) for adult family homes, assisted living facilities, and supported living providers.

At this time, the expected duration of this position is 12 months with the possibility of an extension. Employment offers for this position are contingent upon the contract award.

We offer competitive pay and this position is benefit eligible! Plus, employment with Comagine Health qualifies if you apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program!

In this proposed role, the Improvement Advisor contributes to achieving Comagine Health's mission and vision through their contributions on one or more project teams. This individual will join teams working on hospital quality initiatives and infection prevention initiatives and requires experience specific to quality improvement in the hospital setting.

What you'll be doing for us:

Consultation and Delivery of Technical Assistance

• Collaborate with internal team members as well as external partners/stakeholders to improve health care delivery systems, processes, and outcomes efficiently and effectively


• Provide coaching on data collection, interpretation, and utilization to drive performance improvement


• Design and implement quality improvement interventions based on evidence-based and best practices


• Contribute to development and maintenance of quality improvement templates, tools, and other materials


• Provide health care consulting and technical assistance via face-to-face, telephone, video conference or other formats to a variety of stakeholders


• Document recruitment, technical assistance, and other activities in CRM and other technology solutions; maintains personal proficiency and supports peers in leveraging system capabilities for contacts, accounts, memberships, and relationships in everyday work


• Partner with team members across projects with the goal of finding synergies between and collaborating across related goals and contracts and meeting the needs of the community

Training and Subject Matter Expertise

• Continually develop basic to intermediate subject matter expertise on relevant topic areas such as practice management, patient safety, population health, etc.


• Design and implement learning collaboratives, learning and action networks, and other broad-scale delivery of quality improvement education and training

Stakeholder Engagement and Convening

• Conduct recruitment for QI initiatives, including outreach to providers and other organizations, creating, and managing recruitment plans and using data to target recruitment efforts


• Convene multiple interdisciplinary stakeholders to build consensus, shared vision, and action plans that contribute to the achievement of bold aims of health care and health improvement and population health initiatives


• Represents Comagine Health to clients and stakeholders, including associations, community partners, etc.


• Convene and facilitate meetings for training, stakeholder engagement, and coalition-building


• Coordinate with stakeholder professional associations, coalitions, community organizations and others to share information about project activity, plan joint initiatives, and leverage opportunities to share resources, best practices, and lessons learned to achieve improvement in health care delivery systems, processes, and outcomes

Project Management

• Track project activities, including executing assigned tasks and/or phases of a project plan; monitor deployment of interventions to ensure program effectiveness, and report on progress to team lead


• As needed, under close oversight of SQI leadership, take on additional project management responsibilities


• Lead a project team and be accountable for the successful performance and meeting of contract deliverables and evaluation measures while utilizing a strategic approach and supporting the creation of well-defined program plans that balance contract deliverables and the true intent of the work to ensure that the mission and vision of Comagine Health are advanced


• Prepare reports of project progress to share with SQI leadership and contract officers/funders

Please note: A successful candidate mustreside in Washington State.

Required Skills

What would make you a strong fit for our role:

• Experience engaging hospitals in quality improvement initiatives (required)


• Excellent understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, and techniques and how to apply them as an independent coach or part of a team


• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)


• Familiarity with videoconference technology (e.g. Zoom)


• Ability to organize and coordinate multiple simultaneous tasks in a team environment


• Excellent oral and written communication skills


• Theoretical and practical knowledge of quality improvement methods and tools


• Familiarity with health care terminology


• Familiarity with health care clinical and operational workflows


• Proficiency with project management concepts (e.g. project plans)


• Familiarity and hands-on experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Microsoft Teams (Preferred)

Core Competencies Include:

• Personal Attribute (Flexibility, Integrity, Work Ethic)


• Relationship Skills (Teamwork, Customer Focus, Sharing Knowledge)


• Operating Skills (Managing Multiple Priorities, Status Reports, Understanding Roles and Responsibilities)


• Strategic Skills (Advocate for Project, Conceptual Thinking,)


• Functional Skills (Presentation Skills, Technical Skills, Managing meetings)


• Personal Development (Ability to learn new skills)

Required Experience

• BA/BS in a health care, public health, or related field (required)


• MA/MS in public health, nursing, health care administration, public policy, or any other related field (preferred)


• Equivalent combination of education and/or work experience in related field may be substituted


• 4 years of experience in health care, including quality improvement in health care settings


• 2 years of project management experience


• Comprehensive understanding of health care reform initiatives/environment

Job Location


Seattle, Washington, United States



Salary Type


Bi-Monthly


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