Director-Quality & Safety Integration

Director-Quality & Safety Integration

Job Purpose : Serves as the central point of contact and facility liaison for Quality and Safety initiatives and the Safety Coach Program for the hospital. Facilitates communications between the hospital and PHC Quality and Safety. Represents Quality in hospital operational and quality meetings, safety huddles, accreditation surveys, regulatory investigations and for ISO Compliance. Responsible for leading and driving safety and quality performance improvement initiatives to address trends and deficiencies as identified by the Surveillance and Analysis team and set by PHC QSS. Promotes a culture of continuous improvement through use of Lean methodology, coaching, tools, data analysis, reliability, sustainability and spread. Manages and supports a portfolio of strategic projects using the PHC performance improvement model. Ensures all performance improvement activities are in compliance with regulatory and accreditation bodies.

Qualifications : Minimum education required : Bachelors degree in in business administration, healthcare administration, health information or other related fields. Minimum experience required : Five (5) years of progressive work experience in clinical quality control, performance / operations improvement, project management and analysis or a closely related field, to include, three (3) years of leadership experience required. Minimum licensure / certification required by law : None. Additional qualifications : Certification in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and Infection Prevention preferred. Lean, QPI preferred.