Regulatory Consultant

Banner Health; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Banner Health in Mesa, Arizona is seeking a Regulatory Consultant to support regulatory compliance, patient safety and quality across east valley acute care facilities. Expect on-site work with minimal travel and opportunities to influence enterprise-wide compliance.

The role involves education, rounds, data review and virtual meetings from home as needed. The schedule is 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday with no weekends or holidays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor7s degree in nursing or other healthcare related field required.
• Strong knowledge of regulations and standards in hospital/regulatory compliance.
• Ability to lead and facilitate interdisciplinary teams; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate regulatory programs for preparedness and accreditation in one or more facilities.
• Conduct observations, tracers, tours and document reviews to ensure regulatory compliance and provide reports with recommendations.
• Educate facility teams on periodic performance reviews, metrics and corrective action plans for non-compliance.
• Respond to surveys and notices, coordinate post-survey activities and ensure readiness system-wide.
• Provide guidance during life safety, environment of care and infection control events and evaluate impacts on standards.
• Report compliance trends to senior leadership and participate in regulatory meetings; monitor actions and improvements.
• Serve as subject matter expert on regulatory standards and educate leaders and staff on changes; chair or co-chair committees as appointed.
• Maintain regulatory expertise through study, workshops and professional networks; participate in system-wide regulatory activities.

Education

Bachelor7s degree in nursing or other healthcare related field

Job description

Primary City/State:

Mesa, Arizona

Department Name:

Regulatory Readiness-Corp

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Risk, Quality and Safety

Innovation and highly trained staff. Banner Health recently earned Great Place To Work® Certification™. This recognition reflects our investment in workplace excellence and the happiness, satisfaction, wellbeing and fulfilment of our team members. Find out how we’re constantly improving to make Banner Health the best place to work and receive care.

As a Regulatory Consultant with Banner Health, your focus will be on supporting regulatory compliance, patient safety and quality care across several east valley acute care facilities. This role requires minimal travel but allows the opportunity to visit many Banner sites and play an enterprise-level role in organizational success. You will provide on-site support during state surveys, perform mock surveys to continuously assess compliance and coach staff and conduct rounds and team member education, while attending virtual meetings, data review and other tasks remotely from home.

The schedule for this position is 8AM - 4:30PM, Monday - Friday, no weekends, or holidays.

Within Banner Health Corporate, you will have the opportunity to apply your unique experience and expertise in support of a nationally-recognized healthcare leader. We offer stimulating and rewarding careers in a wide array of disciplines. Whether your background is in Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Managed Care Programs or Public Relations, you'll find many options for contributing to our award‑winning patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position plans, coordinates, implements and evaluates facility(ies)/entity(ies) and regulatory programs for preparedness and accreditation/certification/licensure requirements. This position acts as a subject matter expert to leadership, staff and system teams/work groups as related to regulatory requirements to ensure standards are met. Work processed by the incumbent is confidential and protected from discovery by subpoena pursuant to state, department of health services, the Joint Commission and CMS regulations.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Responsible for the implementation of regulatory requirements using standardized regulatory processes in one or more facilities/entities. Prepares facilities/entities for surveys by evaluating standardized infection prevention/control and Environment of Care (EOC)/Life Safety (LSC) regulatory processes. Reviews, evaluates and assists in the development and implementation of of facility/entity policies, procedures and guidelines as they relate to regulatory compliance. Makes recommendations on all facility matters related to compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, national/ state/local regulations and/or professional standards.

2. Conducts observations, tracers, building tours, document reviews and interviews to ascertain facility compliance with standards, rules and regulations. Documents findings and provides facility with reports and recommendations for change. Completes and updates the Joint Commission application.

3. Provides direction and education to facility functional team leads on completion of the Periodic Performance Review, standardized metrics and action plans for resolution of identified non-compliance with regulations and standards. Provides tools for ongoing measurement and reporting of compliance with regulatory standards. Supports development and monitors completion of facility plans of correction. Oversees and assists functional teams and department managers in the development of corrective actions.

4. Responds to notices of surveyor arrival at facilities by directing survey management activities, clarification of standards, support and assistance to the senior leadership team. Initiates and directs post survey activities to ensure the facility meets regulatory process requirements. Schedules and participates in unannounced corporate surveys system-wide. Works with facility leadership and staff to prepare for survey readiness. Identifies and coordinates compliance activities of regulatory content experts such as infection control and EOC/LS specialists.

5. Provides support and guidance to responders to life safety, environment of care, emergency management and infection control events. Evaluates events to ensure standards and regulatory requirements are not compromised.

6. Reports to senior leadership on compliance trends and recommends improvement strategies. Presents data and reports deficiencies identified during internal observations/tracers, and the status of implementation of action plans to senior leadership and at facility regulatory meetings. Reports facility survey readiness status on an ongoing basis. Updates senior leadership on system regulatory compliance trends and certification/accreditation bodies most frequently scored standards.

7. Serves as a subject matter expert on internal and external regulatory standards. Provides education to address regulatory changes and gaps in regulatory compliance. Provides guidance to leaders and staff to ensure they understand regulatory requirements. Serves on assigned committees, as chair or co-chair as appointed. Schedules and maintains regulatory meetings, updating the committees on current and future plans and procedures, capabilities and actions. Chairs the facility function team and is actively involved in the regulatory workgroup.

8. Maintains regulatory expertise through independent study as well as attending education workshops, tracking and reviewing regulatory changes, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

9. This position has multi-facility responsibility, as well as involvement in system-wide regulatory activities. This position functions very autonomously and is responsible for education of leaders and staff system-wide on regulatory issues. Internal customers include: leaders, physicians and employees. External customers include: public regulatory bodies, surveyors and the community.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Requires knowledge as typically obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in nursing or other healthcare related field.

Requires a strong knowledge of regulations and standards within area of focus as typically attained with five years relevant experience in a hospital setting, plus three years regulatory experience. Requires the ability to manage programs, projects and databases. Requires demonstrated excellence in interpersonal and written communication skills. Must possess demonstrated flexibility in responding to the needs of multiple constituencies with a service oriented philosophy. Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate interdisciplinary teams. Requires ability to perform complex statistical analysis and highly developed problem solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Prior experience with in a surveyor role and experience in process improvement, regulatory/accreditation programs, data management and analysis, including graphic development and presentations is also preferred. For clinical assignments, current clinical license/certification preferred. For life safety and environment of care assignments, Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Health Care Safety Professional (CHCSP) or similar certification preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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