Population Health Nurse Part Time

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

The population health nurse will coordinate and administer the annual Health Partners of New Hampshire Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) quality programs. The role also acts as a liaison helping to facilitate population health initiatives within primary care and specialty practices.

• Experience Minimum Required

• Ability to work in a small team environment as well as collaboratively with multiple outpatient practice staff and providers.

• Must be able to effectively identify opportunities for improvement in clinical and operational performance and work independently on-site with the practice to achieve performance goals.

• 3 years nursing experience in a hospital or outpatient setting

• Experience Preferred/Desired

• RN with 5 years in healthcare environment.

• Experience in care coordination or quality improvement experience, including data management.

• Education Minimum Required

• RN with strong clinical background in outpatient primary and/or specialty care.

• Will consider acute care experience if candidate also has process improvement experience.

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing

• Education Preferred/Desired

• Masters Degree in Nursing or health related field (e.g. MHA, MPH ).

• MBA will also be considered if candidate has required healthcare experience.

• Training Minimum Required

• Recent experience in performance improvement as a team member or facilitator.

• Training Preferred/Desired

• Training in quality/performance improvement strongly desired.

• Credentialed in Quality Improvement, Lean/Six Sigma or equivalents.

• Must have strong skills in data interpretation and translation.

• Special Skills Minimum Required

• Ability to use performance improvement tools to facilitate sustainable improvements in outpatient clinical teams.

• Ability to interact well orally and through written correspondence with all aspects of the organization.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Must be very comfortable working with large data sets.

• Special Skills Preferred/Desired

• Must be comfortable working with large data sets with multiple variables.

• Microsoft Access or SQL is a plus.

• Registered Nurse in New Hampshire

• Licensure and/or Certifications Required

• Licensure and/or Certifications Preferred/Desired

• Clinical nurse specialist