Quality Advisor

Good Samaritan Society; Aberdeen (SD); On-site; USD 42,705 - 68,191; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Generous time off package

Job summary

Good Samaritan Society in Aberdeen, SD, seeks a Quality and Risk Manager to oversee quality improvement, regulatory compliance, and infection prevention initiatives. The role demands strong analytical skills and at least two years of healthcare experience.

Applicants are expected to have a Bachelor's degree, with opportunities for those possessing an Associate’s degree coupled with relevant experience. The position offers an appealing benefits package and a competitive salary range of $31.00 - $49.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, or Associate’s degree with 5 years of applicable experience.
• Minimum of two years' experience in healthcare or nursing.
• Certification in quality or infection prevention preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Support strategic plans to enhance healthcare outcomes.
• Analyze data to identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Process improvement

Regulatory compliance

Infection prevention

Analytical reasoning

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate’s degree with 5 years of experience

Tools

Healthcare regulations knowledge

Quality improvement tools

Job description

Careers With Purpose

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

Facility: Aberdeen Medical Center
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Address: 2905 3rd Ave SE, Aberdeen, SD 57401, USA
Shift: Day
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 40.00
Salary Range: $31.00 - $49.50

Job Summary

Collaborates with leadership to organize, evaluate, assist, and coordinate planning and implementation of systematic, organization-wide approaches to improving outcomes, ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies, and/or achieving infection prevention program goals. Supports corporate and local strategic plans that achieve high impact and significant improvements in organizational performance by providing oversight to performance improvement, regulatory compliance components and activities, and/or infection prevention and control. Demonstrates the ability in problem solving, critical thinking, conflict management, and team building skills in order to ensure a productive work environment and achievement of goals.

Responsible for utilizing and teaching process improvements as it relates to quality performance, regulatory compliance, or infection prevention. Supports informed decision making for operational efficiencies that align with system strategies for improving patient/resident experience and outcomes and reducing patient safety and regulatory risk. Supports process change from education through sustainability. Serves as communication link and resource for performance improvement, infection prevention surveillance and reporting, healthcare regulations, and patient safety for departments and management throughout the organization. The responsibilities include data and project management, analytical reasoning, interpreting and evaluation of complex information, identifying patterns and essential issues, while measuring and evaluating the attainment of results.

Knowledge of and conformance to regulatory requirements, evidence-based practices, contractual obligations, and the organizations policies is essential, along with the ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information. Understands and communicates quality and safety priorities as they relate to high reliability and value based care. Analyzes data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement efforts. Ability to write and verbally communicate in a legible and understandable manner, have strong computer skills, possess the ability to make independent and timely decisions when circumstances warrant. Obtains familiarity with basic process improvement tools and healthcare and medical terminology. Demonstrate interpersonal skills, such as interacting effectively with other health care professionals, physicians, upper-level management, regulatory agency staff, and the general public.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required. In lieu of education, leadership may consider an Associate’s degree and 5 years of applicable experience. If degree is in nursing, graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).

Minimum of two years of experience in clinical, nursing, healthcare safety, process improvement, infection prevention, accreditation or healthcare management setting required.

Certification in regulatory accreditation, patient safety, quality specialty (Lean Six Sigma or Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality) or Infection Prevention and Control (CIC®)equivalent preferred.

If a licensed registered nurse (RN), currently hold an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications. Quality improvement/assurance personnel with nursing backgrounds can maintain their license without seeking additional hours based on role’s responsibilities. Other departments may or may not require certifications as directed by department leadership.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to [e-mail].

Sanford has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Req Number: R-0264160
Job Function: Quality and Risk Management
Featured: No