Quality Patient Safety Program Manager
About The Position
As our Quality/Patient Safety Program Manager, at Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center you will help the hospital, medical staff, and clinical leadership coordinate and facilitate critical quality management, patient safety, and regulatory performance improvement activities so they can maintain the highest standards of care and ensure compliance. Every day you will serve as the primary clinical resource for organizational performance improvement, driving crucial quality and safety initiatives across all hospital functions. Design, plan, and coordinate Quality Management and Patient Safety activities for assigned hospital departments and medical staff. Proactively facilitate performance improvement teams to address clinical quality, patient safety, and efficiency goals. Ensure strict compliance with regulatory bodies by developing data collection tools, abstracting, and validating all outcome measures. Facilitate key meetings, concisely present complex quality data, and maintain expert knowledge of accreditation and licensing requirements.
Requirements
- Current state license in a clinical field in state of practice. (RN, Licensed Clinical Pharmacist, or other Licensed Clinical Staff)
- at least three (3) years of clinical experience in an acute care setting
- One (1) year healthcare-related quality management/performance improvement experience
- Must be able to perform case reviews for medical staff peer review and medical and/or surgical Registry Abstraction
- Possess expert knowledge of quality management/performance improvement methods, tools, and techniques
- Obtain Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or an equivalent certification (e.g., HCQM, CPQPS) within two (2) years of employment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and facilitate critical quality management, patient safety, and regulatory performance improvement activities
- Serve as the primary clinical resource for organizational performance improvement, driving crucial quality and safety initiatives across all hospital functions
- Design, plan, and coordinate Quality Management and Patient Safety activities for assigned hospital departments and medical staff
- Proactively facilitate performance improvement teams to address clinical quality, patient safety, and efficiency goals
- Ensure strict compliance with regulatory bodies by developing data collection tools, abstracting, and validating all outcome measures
- Facilitate key meetings, concisely present complex quality data, and maintain expert knowledge of accreditation and licensing requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
