Quality Safety Manager I

C002 Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA); United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University of South Carolina seeks a Quality/Safety Manager for the Digestive Health, Endocrine, and Metabolism ICCE. Reports to the System QAPI Director; leads all QAPI/safety activities; collects and analyzes quality data; collaborates with stakeholders to disseminate information; benchmarks performance and leads multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes.

The role requires a health-related bachelor’s degree with 5+ years in quality/improvement or a master’s with 3+ years healthcare

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field and minimum of five years of quality/improvement experience, or a master’s degree and three years healthcare experience with quality knowledge.
• Certification as Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality or Patient Safety preferred.
• Computer/Internet skills and familiarity with MS Office products essential.
• LEAN/Six Sigma experience and Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead all QAPI and regulatory/accreditation activities for the DHEM ICCE.
• Collect, analyze, and disseminate quality data to relevant stakeholders and governance groups.
• Benchmark performance and drive multidisciplinary improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with operational leaders and risk management to review and action patient safety events.
• Present performance data to oversight and governance groups.

Skills

Quality data analysis

LEAN/Six Sigma

EPIC EMR

Just Culture

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field

Master’s degree in a health-related field

Tools

Epic EMR

MS Office

Job description

Job Description Summary The Quality/Safety Manager for the Digestive Health, Endocrine, and Metabolism (DHEM) ICCE reports to the System QAPI Director and works collaboratively with the DHEM ICCE Leadership at MUSC. Under limited supervision, the Quality/Safety Manager provides full support to the QAPI/safety program for their respective ICCE. This includes collecting relevant quality data, analyzing and assessing data, working with relevant stakeholders on disseminating data and information, benchmarking performance, and leading multidisciplinary teams to improve performance based on goals. This position collects and presents performance to relevant oversight and governance groups. This position leads and oversees all QAPI and regulatory/accreditation activities for the DHEM ICCE. The Quality/Safety manager also monitors and collates patient safety events in collaboration with the operational leaders and works with the Risk management department to facilitate event reviews and appropriate after review actions.

Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC002352 SYS - QAPI Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade Health-29 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift

Job Description The Quality/Safety Manager for the Digestive Health, Endocrine, and Metabolism (DHEM) ICCE reports to the System QAPI Director and works collaboratively with the DHEM ICCE Leadership at MUSC. Under limited supervision, the Quality/Safety Manager provides full support to the QAPI/safety program for their respective ICCE. This includes collecting relevant quality data, analyzing and assessing data, working with relevant stakeholders on disseminating data and information, benchmarking performance, and leading multidisciplinary teams to improve performance based on goals. This position collects and presents performance to relevant oversight and governance groups. This position leads and oversees all QAPI and regulatory/accreditation activities for the DHEM ICCE. The Quality/Safety manager also monitors and collates patient safety events in collaboration with the operational leaders and works with the Risk management department to facilitate event reviews and appropriate after review actions.

Additional Job Description

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field and a minimum of five (5) years of experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement or a master’s degree in a health-related field and 3 years of healthcare experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement.
• Certification as Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality or Patient Safety preferred.
• Computer/Internet skills and familiarity with MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.) essential.
• Experience with LEAN/Six Sigma and certification in Six Sigma preferred.
• Experience with Just Culture required, certification preferred.
• Experience with Epic EMR preferred.
• Experience within the Digestive Health, Endocrinology, or Metabolic Health medical field preferred.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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