Quality Improvement Specialist Intermediate

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation of being onsite approximately three days per week to support collaboration, relationship-building, and engagement with clinical and operational partners.

Are you ready to make a meaningful, data-driven impact on the lives of children and families? Join us at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, where quality improvement is central to how we deliver exceptional pediatric care.

As a Quality Improvement Specialist, you will support pediatric quality initiatives across clinical, operational, and community settings, with a primary focus on collaborative work such as MI‑CHEC. In this role, you’ll apply improvement science and evidence-based methodologies to analyze performance, measure outcomes, and drive sustainable improvements aligned with organizational priorities, regulatory requirements, and best practices in pediatric health.

You’ll partner closely with clinical leaders, operational teams, and community stakeholders—serving as a trusted liaison and change agent—to advance continuous improvement efforts. Through data analysis, benchmarking, and hands-on collaboration, you’ll help translate insight into action that improves care delivery and outcomes for our pediatric patients.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine analytical rigor, relationship-building, and purpose-driven work—ensuring every child receives the highest standard of care, today and into the future.

Job Summary

The HDVCH Quality Improvement Specialist supports pediatric quality improvement initiatives, with a primary focus on work associated with the MI‑CHEC collaborative. This role partners with clinical, operational, and community stakeholders to advance evidence-based pediatric quality strategies, support data collection and reporting, and facilitate continuous improvement efforts. The specialist contributes QI expertise to MI‑CHEC activities while also providing broader pediatric quality improvement support aligned with organizational priorities, regulatory requirements, and best practices in pediatric health.

Essential Functions

• Support and drive pediatric quality improvement initiatives aligned with organizational priorities, including project management, defined deliverables, milestones, and data‑informed strategies.
• Partner with clinical, operational, and community stakeholders across the Corewell Health System, serving as a liaison and change agent to ensure effective collaboration, coordination, and use of resources.
• Apply improvement science methodologies to continuously assess performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support stakeholders and process owners in prioritizing and implementing sustainable changes.
• Analyze, interpret, and communicate benchmarked quality data and performance trends to identify gaps, monitor progress, and improve pediatric outcomes.
• Contribute quality improvement expertise to regulatory, accreditation, and publicly reported programs, supporting compliance with accreditation standards, including The Joint Commission (TJC).
• Support strategic quality goal setting and alignment of improvement work with organizational priorities and pediatric best practices.
• Facilitate the ongoing development of quality improvement knowledge and capability across the organization through consultation, collaboration, and education.

Qualifications

Required

• Associate's Degree or equivalent in Healthcare related field
• 2 years of relevant experience in Quality improvement, performance improvement, project management or similar role

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Healthcare related field
• 1 year of relevant experience with participation on improvement initiatives
• ​CRT-At least one Certification from preferred list - Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), IHI Open School
• CRT-Professional in Healthcare Quality, Certified (CPHQ) - NAHQ National Association for Healthcare Quality

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health, you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients, members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators, leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.