National Patient Safety Quality Management Director

International SOS Government Medical Services; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a National Patient Safety Quality Management Director to oversee a comprehensive quality and risk management program for medical services. This pivotal role involves ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations, managing staff, and implementing quality assurance initiatives. If you are a passionate leader with a strong background in nursing and risk management, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a vital sector. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing top-notch medical solutions in challenging environments, and help shape the future of patient safety and quality care.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse Program required.
• 5+ years of clinical experience and 3+ years in risk management needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage a comprehensive quality, health, safety, and risk management program.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines for medical units.

Skills

Clinical Experience

Risk Management

Patient Safety

Quality Management

Leadership

Education

Registered Nurse Program

Tools

Electronic Medical Records System

Spreadsheets

Presentation Software

Job description

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Company Description
International SOS delivers customized medical and security risk management and wellbeing solutions to enable our clients to operate safely and effectively in environments far from home. Founded in 1984, we operate in 92 countries providing integrated medical solutions to organizations with international operations. Our innovative technology and medical and security expertise focus on prevention, offering real-time, actionable insights and on-the-ground quality delivery.

Job Description
This Position is Contingent on Contract Award.
The National Patient Safety Quality Management Director (NPSQMD) provides director level management, expertise and oversight of a comprehensive quality, health, safety, and risk management program for the medical services contract and medical units for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Border Patrol Station Medical Units, and Office of Field Operations Ports of Entry Medical Units.

The National Patient Safety Quality Management Director is responsible for ensuring successful completion of administrative and program management tasks in accordance with the policies and protocols listed in the Statement of Work (SOW) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directives for the delivery of healthcare services to persons in custody.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for the creation and management of a comprehensive quality, health, safety, and risk management program.
• Ensures the medical units’ obligations under prevailing state and federal guidelines pertaining to quality, health, and safety are met.
• Creates and manages a proactive standardized Risk Management Plan that fully addresses risk and incident management across all medical units, and adheres to DHS, CBP, federal, and state (if applicable) policies and guidelines.
• Supervises and manages the duties and activities of the Patient Safety Risk Manager (PSRM) at each sector/region.
• Creates, implements, and executes a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Plan to include process and outcome initiatives, training, monitoring, evaluation, and quarterly summary reports to promote a safe work environment, and quality patient care.
• Collaboratively oversees and manages the identification and review of all incidents, to include Medical Sentinel Events.
• Works collaboratively with the National Medical Director on the completion of Root Cause Analyses of all medical sentinel events.
• Develops and maintains a tracking system for all incidents, noting trending, and any significant findings in a quarterly summary as part of the Medical Quality Management.
• Creates and implements Standard Operating Procedures and Policies for the medical units.
• Collaboratively leads the National Medical Quality Management meetings.
• Initiates and maintains compliance with DHS and CBP policies.
• Monitors staff compliance with policies and procedures.
• Oversees compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).
• Oversees all support staff competency testing and training completion.
• Performs annual inspection of each medical unit.
• Coordinates and/or develops on-going quality assurance activities for medical services.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and privacy of medical records.
• Utilizes the electronic medical records system for any patient documentation.
• Assures a safe and clean working environment.
• Completes all annual training as directed.
• May be required to travel to CBP headquarters for meetings.
• Will effectively create spreadsheets, diagrams, presentations, and other forms of training or reporting.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse Program located in any United States jurisdiction.
• Candidates must have a current, active, valid, and unencumbered license, registration, or certification to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by any United States jurisdiction.
• Must have a minimum of five years of clinical experience in direct patient care as a registered nurse and at least three years of experience in risk management, patient safety, and quality management.

Additional Information
Pay range is based on several factors and may vary in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographical market data.

International SOS Government Medical Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.