Healthcare Workforce Program Specialist

As the Healthcare Workforce Program Specialist will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the success of quality improvement initiatives across a designated region, focused on workforce support, including burnout, joy, trauma-informed care, staff shortages, and workplace safety.

You must live in Colorado, Idaho, or Iowa.
Approximate salary for Colorado: $95,000 – $110,000
Essential Functions
• You will support a team of Quality Improvement Advisors (QIAs) to ensure the delivery of effective technical assistance (TA), achievement of project goals, and compliance with deliverables
• You will serve as a subject matter expert in workforce topic areas and work collaboratively with state and regional leadership teams to standardize processes, identify opportunities for improvement, address challenges, and ensure the alignment of interventions with organizational and project-wide goals
• You will also be responsible for partner engagement across the region, including supporting relationships with state, regional and national partners

Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public policy, public health, or a related field, required
• Proven ability to design, implement, and support a regional technical assistance strategy tailored to providers’ unique needs.
• Comprehensive knowledge of workplace safety, workforce well-being, burnout/mental health, and staff recruitment/retention topic areas and hands-on experience in nursing homes, hospitals, and/or clinician offices.
• In-depth understanding of quality measures and QI methodologies in key focus areas, including evidence-based interventions that will improve outcomes and knowledge of barriers and drivers for improvement in key focus areas
• Proven ability to design and deliver effective training programs, workshops, and learning collaboratives to build capacity in quality improvement practices among healthcare professionals

Preferred Skills/Experience:
• Clinical licensure (e.g., RN, LPN, MSW, PharmD).
• Quality and workforce-related certifications/training (e.g., CPHQ, trauma-informed care, well-being, coaching, etc.).
• Master’s degree in public health, quality improvement science, health informatics, or related field.
• Proven experience in supervising and mentoring multidisciplinary teams, including QIFs or equivalent roles.
• Proven ability to manage project timelines, meet deadlines, and produce detailed written reports.
• Experience in translating complex data into actionable insights and meaningful narratives for multidisciplinary teams, including clinical and non-clinical audiences.

COMMITMENT TO SAFETY
As part of our commitment to health and safety, some roles may require additional health protocols (i.e. personal protective equipment or vaccination)

Who We Are:
Telligen is one of the most respected population health management organizations in the country. We work with state and federal government programs, as well as employers and health plans offering clinical, analytical, and technical expertise.

Health has changed a lot through our 50-year history, but what has remained constant is that we care deeply about who we serve and what we do. Our success is built on our ability to adapt, respond to client needs, and offer innovative solutions.

Our business is our people and we’re looking for talented individuals who not only believe in our mission but who are ready to take ownership and make a difference in the lives of people, in the world of health. Learn more about who we are and what we do at www.telligen.com/about-us

Are you Ready?
We’re on a mission to transform lives and economies by improving health and getting there means following through on our values of Ownership, Community, Ingenuity & Integrity.

Ownership: As a 100% employee-owned company, our employee-owners drive our business, our solutions, and share in our success. When employee-owners grow and thrive, we all win.

Community: Putting others first and being a good corporate partner wherever we work, and play makes us who we are. We Show Up. For our clients, for our communities, and for each other.

Ingenuity: We’re a team of passionate professionals driven by hard work and big ideas. We understand that high-value breakthroughs come from taking calculated risks. If it will benefit our clients and advance our mission, we’re all ears. We celebrate free-thinking and challenge the status quo, so brainstorm away!

Integrity: Smiling faces (virtual or in-person) are the norm around here. We enjoy a friendly work environment where everyone is dedicated to mutual trust, respect, and excellence.

Thank you for your interest in Telligen!
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learn more about our mission-driven culture and stay up to speed.

Telligen and our affiliates are Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employers (EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability), and E-Verify Participants.

Telligen will not provide sponsorship for this position. If you will require sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, we cannot consider your application at this time.

Telligen does not accept 3rd party solicitations from outside staffing firms.