Healthcare Quality Specialist - Remote Contract
Listing checked September 22, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery
Overview
AfterQuery hires healthcare quality experts to craft the patient safety and quality scenarios that frontier AI labs use to test model judgment. You will work 10 hours per week on a remote, async contract and set your own schedule. The core work involves root cause analysis, quality measures, and accreditation readiness, moving from event report through corrective action plan. You also write reference answers that explain the methodology behind each analysis. Pay is $80.00 to $120.00 per hour through Stripe.
What You'll Do5
- 1Author realistic quality scenarios that begin with an event report and end with a corrective action plan.
- 2Write reference answers that lay out the methodology behind each analysis.
- 3Grade model output for methodological rigor and regulatory accuracy.
- 4Flag analyses that look thorough but would miss the systemic cause.
- 5Record findings and improvement plans in clear written English.
Requirements8
- 1Active clinical license such as RN, LPN, or NP, or a CPHQ certification.
- 2At least 2 years in healthcare quality, patient safety, or performance improvement.
- 3Depth in quality measures, root cause analysis, or accreditation readiness.
- 4Clear written English for documenting findings and improvement plans.
- 5Availability for a minimum of 10 hours per week.
- 6Preferred: CPHQ, CPPS, or Lean Six Sigma certification.
- 7Preferred: Joint Commission, CMS, or state survey experience.
- 8Preferred: HEDIS, star ratings, or registry abstraction experience.
Who Should Apply
The ideal candidate holds an RN, LPN, NP, or CPHQ credential and brings two or more years in healthcare quality, patient safety, or performance improvement. You have worked with quality measures, root cause analysis, or accreditation readiness and can record findings in clear written English. This role fits someone who can commit 10 hours per week on an async, remote contract and wants to shape how AI models reason about patient safety. Candidates who lack a clinical license or CPHQ certification, or who cannot show direct quality improvement work, often score low on fit. The same happens to applicants who write vague improvement plans or miss the systemic cause behind an event.
Salary Insight
Pay ranges from $80.00 to $120.00 per hour, paid by Stripe for the hours you log. That range matches a credentialed quality specialist who can handle root cause analysis and accreditation work with little oversight. Since the contract calls for 10 hours per week, your total earnings depend on the hours you choose. No benefits or full-time status appear in the listing.
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Attach proof of your CPHQ or RN, LPN, or NP license when you apply, then describe one quality scenario you built or analyzed from event report to corrective action plan. Name the quality measures or accreditation standards involved and explain how you traced the systemic cause, because the role grades model output for that level of rigor.
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