Improvement Advisor- RN
Fargo, North Dakota
Perioperative Care · Quality and Safety
Posted Jul 23
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- OR
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in North Dakota is $32/hr, across 113 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland. The Fargo Quality & Safety team is a collaborative, high-performing group dedicated to improving patient outcomes, advancing safety, and supporting a culture of high reliability. This Improvement Advisor role is ideal for a clinically experienced professional who can bridge the gap between frontline caregivers, physicians, operational leaders, and quality teams.
A key focus of this position will be advancing surgical quality and safety initiatives in partnership with surgeons, perioperative leaders, and clinical teams. The Improvement Advisor works with leadership to organize, assist, and coordinate planning and implementation of systematic, organization-wide approaches to improving outcomes.
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Requirements
- RN License
- Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- RN License
- Associate's degree
- 2 years experience
- CPHQ
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Six Sigma methodology implementation
- Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- Quality assurance experience within healthcare
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
Place
- City
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Rent against this pay
- 19% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $66,998/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% below the national average
$946 median rent against $5,027 a month at $29/hr for 40 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Fargo area index 90.9, where 100 is the national average.
Fargo sits on the Red River along North Dakota's eastern edge, offering a friendly college-town atmosphere backed by steady healthcare demand. The city balances Midwest practicality with cultural amenities from nearby universities, making it an approachable landing spot for nurses seeking reliability over hustle.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the United States, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with 55,000 employees serving over 2 million patients and nearly 415,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North…
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