Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist - Obstetrics

About the job

Job Description

• This is a fully onsite position

Serves as clinical expert liaison for System Hospitals on activities related to core measures including data abstraction and entry, identification of opportunities for improvement, education, and development of related tools. Acts as a resource to sites by providing information and facilitating services.

Job Responsibility

• Abstracts pertinent information from medical records and enters it into the appropriate databases (Premier, Midas, GWTG, etc.).
• Notifies Quality Improvement Specialist when abstraction is completed.
• Follows-up to ensure correction of identified problems/issues.
• Assists in the development and revision of all measure related tools.
• Educates hospital staff in all aspects of core measures.
• Advises others on how best to meet requirements.
• Shares best practices with the hospitals.
• Identifies and reports possible performance improvement, patient safety, and complications.
• Maintains current knowledge of CMS, Joint Commission, Department of Health and GWTG requirements and supporting information system applications as it relates to the various measures.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 2-5 years of technical experience, required.
• One-three (1-3) years clinical experience including general knowledge of QM principles, NYPORTS and JCAHO requirements, preferred.
• 3+ years of OB (L&D) experience, highly preferred.
• Leadership experience, strongly preferred.

*Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 188769
• Job Category: Quality Improvement
• Posting Date: 2026-10-01
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations: 270-05 76th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY, 11040, US ()
• Internal Posting Start Date: 2026-05-15
• Minimum Salary/Range:* 91,400.0000
• Maximum Salary/Range:* 158,100.0000
• Shift: Days
• Shift Begin Time: 8:00 AM
• Shift End Time: 4:00 PM
• Schedule: Full Time