Director, Quality (Temporary)

Director, Quality (Temporary)

Schedule : This position requires a varied, PRN schedule.

Job Location Type : Hybrid. Travel to assignments will be required. Travel will be to any of our acute care hospitals within our 30 states that Lifepoint Health supports.

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier.

How you'll contribute

As a Director, Quality Management PRN, you will be responsible for providing interim leadership and management to Lifepoint Health affiliated organizations. The Interim Director Quality Management is responsible for the operational oversight and direction of assigned LifePoint hospitals / markets and associated quality and clinical operations. The Interim Quality Director works in collaboration with the HSC Regulatory and Accreditation Services, and facility leadership, focused on implementing strategy and initiatives for continued existing Quality Program and develop new programs to respond to the changes in regulation, best practices and meet the demands of Healthcare Reform, Value Based Purchasing and other payment programs.

A Director, Quality PRN who excels in this role :

• Responsible for being the subject matter expert (SME) in Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Management and Survey Readiness for regulatory and accreditation and providing leadership to facilities.
• Plan, support and promote the Quality Management Program at facilities consistent with Company Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Provide support to facilities regarding regulatory, accreditation, quality of care, and patient safety.
• Assume primary responsibility for assimilating, identifying, and disseminating best demonstrated practices across the Company to support key strategic focus areas.
• Collect and interpret data, define issues / problems, and draw valid conclusions.
• Contributes to the development of organizational policies, procedures, business operations, and regulatory requirements related to the Quality Program; this includes but is not limited to TJC, regulatory requirements defined by the state, CMS (Center for Medicare / Medicaid Services) and other organizations.
• Content expert and troubleshoots Quality related issues; as requested serves as the Quality expert with the TJC, Risk, Legal, Audit and Corporate Compliance groups.
• Oversight of the regulatory functions across the organization.
• Supervisors the day-to-day operations of the Quality Program and contributes to workflow analysis and redesign.
• Understands the aspects of the quality program and assists as requested in the training, education, technical assessment of abstraction guidelines / definitions and analytic support for key outcomes.
• Coordinate and communicate with other leaders to within the facilities.
• Support LifePoint hospitals as assigned.
• Responsible for all aspects of the facility's Quality Management Program, including assistance in strategy development, maintenance of key metrics, financial reviews, and growth initiatives and revenue cycle analysis.
• Provide leadership to unit, including daily supervision, performance management, coaching and talent development, with at least weekly communication to HSC VP, Regulatory and Accreditation Services.
• Manage support staff within assigned departments(s). Responsible for performance reviews and other HR related matter.
• Assist hospital with recruitment and onboarding of a permanent director.

What we're looking for

Education : Bachelor degree in healthcare, Nursing or a relevant clinical discipline required, with evidence of additional training in PI and Quality; Masters degree preferred

Experience : Minimum of 5 years in quality director role or similar healthcare setting, with specific leadership experience. Experience with improving quality using data, pulling together and leading quality teams to improve data is preferred. Strong clinical background is preferred.

Licenses / Certifications : CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) or similar certification in quality, preferred

Travel : Willingness to travel to assigned site

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Employment Sponsorship Statement

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship