Director of Quality Post Acute

Company: Prisma Health Upstate
Location: Greenville
Posted on: October 17, 2020

Job Description:

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Job SummaryThe Director of Post-Acute Quality, Safety and Reliability oversees and coordinates the comprehensive Clinical Quality and quality-related programs for the Post-Acute Division, working collaboratively with the Post-Acute and Quality leadership teams across Prisma Health. The Director provides oversight and ongoing performance monitoring and action planning on key standardized quality and safety metrics. The Director leads the efforts to develop and implement standardized plans, processes, structures, strategies and tools for planning and coordinating the daily operations of the Post-Acute Quality strategy. The position implements standard work to help ensure continual compliance with regulations and standards set for by the Joint Commission and other accrediting bodies. The director supports a comprehensive program to improve patient outcomes and minimize patient harm through the implementation of processes and systems that support a consistent, standardized culture of quality and safety.

The Director, in collaboration with individual post-acute and service linety leaders, oversees the standard work and day-to-day operations of the Post-Acute team, influencing and facilitating the utilization of evidence based practices and aspects of ongoing performance improvement for physicians and team members. The position ensures that communication venues and committee forums are in place to establish mechanisms for accountability, reporting and information sharing. The leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the achievement of clinical improvement goals for the full Post-Acute care continuum of Prisma Health. The position adopts high reliability principles in a data driven culture to elevate clinical quality performance to best in class.

The scope of oversight includes, but is not limited to, the work products / functions of Quality Standards, Patient Safety, Clinical Performance Improvement, Infection Prevention, Accreditation and Regulatory Readiness, Risk Management and local Clinical Data Analytics / Abstraction / Reporting operations.Direct the day-to-day operations and administrative functions in all areas related to Post-Acute clinical quality.

Serve as a liaison to Medical staff / departments for coordination of quality improvement actions involving patient care processes, physician processes, peer review and ongoing care delivery evaluation.

Monitor Post-Acute quality-related performance metrics, looking for opportunities, patterns and trends and appropriately championing teams and driving action plans.

Apply current knowledge of The Joint Commission and other relevant regulatory and reporting standards in establishing and monitoring a state of continual readiness.

Oversee Post-Acute quality-related data collection, aggregation and data entry based on approved criteria and indicators for quality, patient safety, risk management and other areas.

Participate in the scheduled review and evaluation of the Post-Acute quality, safety & performance improvement plan (QAPI) for each individual service-line.

Establish local partnerships with physicians, nurses, and team members and external partners across all markets in efforts to enhance communication around Quality, Safety and Experience-related performance.

Monitor Post-Acute performance in national initiatives such as CMS pay for performance programs and other external designations. Remain current within post-acute healthcare trends, patterns and changing landscape.

Facilitate the standardization of processes, systems and tools to reduce variation and drive improvement, while identifying Post-Acute specific needs.

Serve as the Post-Acute point of contact for Quality and develop expertise and proficiency as a subject matter expert in quality and safety related topics and high reliability.

Minimum Qualifications:

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• Education - Masters degree in a clinical or healthcare related field required (i.e., health care administration, nursing, public health, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, etc.)
• Experience - Minimum of 7 years related experience required (i.e., Quality Standards, Performance Improvement, Patient Safety, Accreditation Readiness, Clinical Data /Analytics and Abstraction, etc). Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience required, preferable in a healthcare, post-acute setting
  
  Required Licensure:
  
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  • South Carolina RN Nursing Licensure
    
    Other Required Skills/Experience:
    
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    • Professional Certification preferred (i.e., CPHRM, CPHQ, CJCP, CPPS, etc. )
    • Group facilitation and public speaking - Required
      
      Work ShiftDay (United States of America)LocationGreenville Memorial Med CampusFacility1001 Corporate Services - UpstateDepartment10209035 Administrative and GeneralShare your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

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