Mental Health Quality Improvement Specialist

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging• Autonomy in a warm team environment• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including: • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it! • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching• Company paid life insurance• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Mental Health Quality Improvement Specialist plays a critical role in supporting continuous quality improvement initiatives for the mental health department by conducting thorough chart reviews. This position involves identifying areas for process enhancement, engaging in problem-solving efforts, and ensuring compliance with established standards. The Specialist collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement improvements that drive the effectiveness of mental health services. Additionally, they manage special projects focused on enhancing service delivery within Wellpath’s client contracts. Through these efforts, the Specialist contributes to the overall goal of maintaining high-quality mental health care.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct chart reviews and quality audits to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, identify deficiencies, and contribute to improvement plans.
• Oversee and manage projects aimed at improving patient care, safety, efficiency, and customer service by collaborating with clinical and non-clinical teams.
• Engage with business, program, and clinical teams to analyze data, assess business impact, and drive process improvements using performance metrics and KPIs.
• Build strong client relationships to enhance collaboration, ensure understanding of data, and support ongoing quality initiatives.
• Design and maintain systems for data management, analysis, and reporting, while facilitating fact-based findings and delivering process improvement training to stakeholders.

Additional Details

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Associate’s degree required, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

• 2+ years of Mental Health experience required.
• Corrections / institutional Mental Health experience preferred.
• Prior experience in process improvement or quality management not required.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.