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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.

We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation’s top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.

The Quality Program Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining policies and procedures designed to achieve program goals and objectives; conducting studies and research projects to improve patient safety and quality outcomes; developing and implementing procedures for evaluating the achievement of quality standards; and providing consultative advice and guidance to staff and providers.

This individual will be Children’s Hospital Colorado Children’s Surgery Program Manager (CSPM) as outlined by the 2021 American College of Surgery (ACS) verification requirements. This includes work in collaboration with the ACS Pediatric Surgeon Champion, Medical Director of Children’s Surgery, Medical Director of Children’s Anesthesia and the Chief of Quality and Outcomes for the Children’s Center for Surgery. Duties will include and are not limited to: review of patient outcomes, implementation of quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with surgical team and ensuring appropriate documentation and oversight of ACS related activities.

Department: Perioperative Admin
Hours per week: 40, eligible for benefits
Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

• Licensure(s): Specific license(s) may be required depending on the position.
• Certification(s): Specific certification(s) may be required depending on the position.
• Equivalency: In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, one year of professional experience will serve as an equivalency to one year of education.
• Experience: Five years of experience in developing, implementing, administering, and evaluating programs, to include responsibility for regulatory or quality management.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Nursing, Healthcare, Business, or a directly related field.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

SCOPE & LEVEL

Guidelines: Advanced full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience. Guidelines are generally in the form of stated objectives only with issues and factors largely undefined requiring the employee to exercise creativity and ingenuity in devising criteria, techniques, strategy, and methodologies for approaching assigned functions or projects.

Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.

Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

Communications: Contacts are of a remedial nature involving the resolution of problems and where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.

Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for organizing complex, varied, and simultaneous coordination of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion.:

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Fair

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Fair

Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time

Use of Hands/Feet: Both Feet - Gross Motor Function

Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 10 pounds: Up to 1/3 of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure: Exposure to noise/vibration: Occasional.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Salary Information

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to a best-in-class education benefit with 75+ tuition-free programs to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.