Regional Quality & Safety Specialist

Envision Radiology; Colorado Springs (CO); Remote; USD 68,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Envision Radiology is seeking a Regional Quality & Safety Specialist to ensure compliance with regulatory standards across various centers. This role involves developing training materials, conducting audits, and maintaining safety protocols. Ideal candidates will have experience in safety programs and strong communication skills, ready to make an impact in quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Two plus years’ experience with safety programs and training facilitation.
• Ability to navigate multiple computer screens and browsers quickly and accurately.
• Strong communication skills & professional demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Maintains Quality and Safety standards for 15-20 centers.
• Develops training materials for compliance and quality initiatives.
• Conducts audits to assess compliance with regulations.

Skills

Detail oriented

Self-motivated

Problem solving

Communication skills

Job description

Envision Radiology is adding a Regional Quality & Safety Specialist to the team!
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |Position Pay Range: $68,100 - $85,150
Open to AL, AZ, CO, FL, ID, LA, MO, NE, NC, OK, TX, UT, VA & WI Markets.

Summary/Objective

This position provides day-to-day technical and administrative support for a specified region of operations. The Regional Safety Specialist is responsible for maintaining the Quality and Safety standards for 15-20 centers in their specified region, and ensuring each location is always inspection-ready.

Summary/Objective:

Operates as a Subject Matter Expert supporting all staff questions/issues surrounding ACR, CMS, OSHA, FDA and other federal and state regulatory agency requirements for radiation and MRI safety.

Develops training materials, reviews program policies and monitors adherence to the Quality & Safety program communicating expectations and providing training on Quality & Safety initiatives to regional staff during onboarding and annually thereafter.

Observes, monitors and analyzes KPIs for identification of improvement opportunities and collaborates with operational leadership (Managers, Directors and Vice Presidents) to develop corrective action plans.

Investigates clinical incidents and other adverse events, assisting with coaching, conducting remedial training and reporting to the appropriate agencies, to include manufacturers and MAUDE database, as needed to prevent repetitive outcomes.

Manages all Q&S related tasks for new center openings by initiating ACR, state, CLIA applications, creating OSHA and SDS binders and training new center staff on Quality & Safety policies and processes.

Directs physicist acceptance testing for all new and existing equipment across all modalities and annual inspections for equipment and reading workstations for all facilities through collaboration with Area Managers, Lead Personnel, Development Department Managers and Certified Medical Physicists.

Manages radiation protection program ensuring employee radiation exposure As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), monitoring dose reports, investigating over exposures and consulting with Certified Medical Physicists.

Regularly visits centers to establish a trusting/reporting culture and conducts mock audits to assess compliance with state, federal and regulatory agency requirements, to include: ACR, OSHA, FDA, Medicare and HIPAA; and communicates results to the Quality & Safety Committee.

Leads Radiation Safety Protection Committee for region reviewing CT and Fluoroscopic exam protocols and serves as Radiation Safety Officer if required by state in assigned region.

Responsible for responding to center ACR failures/notices and all inspection violations/discrepancies found during ACR, state and other regulatory agency inspections/audits.

Other duties as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

Technical Capacity.

Communication Proficiency.

Problem Solving/Analysis.

Thoroughness.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervision responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates remotely and is expected to work from a professional home office or other location environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, printers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to talk and hear.

Travel

Center visits are expected regularly requiring moderate travel for this position.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

• Two plus years’ experience with safety programs and training facilitation
• Detail oriented, self-motivated, a problem solver and a team player
• Ability to navigate multiple computer screens and browsers quickly and accurately
• Ability to excel in a very fast-pace team environment
• Ability to continuously “exceed” company and customer expectation
• Strong communication skills & professional demeanor

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None required for this position.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Other duties may be assigned as needed by supervision.

OSHA Exposure Rating: 1

It is reasonably anticipated NO employees in this job classification will have occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids.

Envision Radiology is an equal opportunity employer (M/F/D/V). We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

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