Quality Risk Management Specialist

Main Function

Contributes to the fulfillment of the organization’s mission and philosophy by assisting in the analysis, implementation, and evaluation of the quality program. Responsible for the progress and maintenance of organization-wide performance-improvement, risk management, and infection control programs.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Philosophy

· Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives

· Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures

· Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business conduct

· Conducts self as a positive role model and team member

· Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties

2. General

· Participate in facility committees, meetings, in-services, and activities

· Punctual and comply with attendance guidelines

· Gets along well with all employees and respects the rights of other employees

· Demonstrate resourcefulness, independent thinking and seeks additional challenges and opportunities. Seeks to create new methods, techniques and processes.

3. Communication

· Communicates effectively and professionally with vendors, physicians, coworkers, patients and visitors

· Interact with others in a positive, professional, respectful, and considerate manner

· Checks and responds to emails in a timely and efficient manner

4. Financial practices

· Use facility resources appropriately and avoid wasteful practices

· Reports on wasteful practices

· Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements

5. Compliance program

· Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the organization’s adopted compliance program

· Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures

6. Safety/risk-management program

· Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities

· Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to the safety officer or other designated person

· Complete annual education requirements

7. Professional competence

· Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences

· Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff

· Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations

· Seeking new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities

· Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

8. Regulatory

· Remains current on all applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, professional standards and accreditation standards

· Submits required reports on a timely basis

· Develops, interprets and recommends implementation of policies, procedures, regulations, programs and recommended practices to ensure requirements are met

9. CQI/Performance-improvement program

· Assists in the development and implementation of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program

· Maintains and updates organization-wide performance-improvement programs, policies, and procedures

· Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures

· Contributes to the performance-improvement process and identifies his or her role and contributions upon supervisor's request

· Organizes and participates in committees, educational programs, and performance-improvement activities

· Contributes to the evaluation of the performance-improvement program and recommends appropriate revisions, if applicable

· Develop effective data collection, organization, and evaluation systems for monitoring the quality of patient care

· Summarizes collected data and reports findings and recommendations in a timely manner to the performance-improvement committee

· Coordinates performance-improvement activities and communicates outcomes to appropriate committees and individuals

· Assists in the evaluation of patients, and medical staff grievances to identify ways to improve patient care and performance standards

· Identifies resources required for the performance-improvement program and submits resource requests to the governing body

· Assists in identifying important indicators, establishing thresholds, and setting timeframe for evaluation

· Maintains performance-improvement status log

· Serves as an educational resource for performance improvement and keeps facility current on state and federal rules and regulations and accrediting-body requirements

· Maintains performance-improvement records in a confidential and organized manner

10. Infection Control

· Be familiar with facility policies and procedures

· Surveillance, prevention, and control of infection

· Identify and reduce risk of acquiring and transmitting infections among patients, employees, physicians and other independent practitioners, contract workers, students and visitors

· Coordinate infection control programs and educate staff

· Oversees and coordinates with Inservice Coordinator annual evaluation of TB on all employees

· Maintain record of exposures, infections tracking and trending, quarterly documentation and reporting to quality Committee and the Governing Board

· Ensures that all personnel/employees comply with infection control policies in conjunction with the Director of Nursing

· Continual monitoring of high risk and problem prone areas.

· Work with staff/employees to analyze the patterns and trends to identify and determine whether a problem or opportunity for improvement exists

Responsibility for Assets

1. Responsible for performance-improvement program reference materials

2. Responsible for all performance-improvement program records/documentation

Required

1. RN degree

2. BLS/ACLS/PALS

3. Training/experience in performance-improvement/risk-management; certification preferred

4. Training/experience in project coordination and completion

5. Training/experience in healthcare

6. Strong ethical and moral character references

7. Language skills adequate for high-level written and interpersonal communication

Preferred

1. Bachelor’s Degree

**ANDREWS IS A TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE**

The Andrews Institute ASC (AIASC) is committed to promoting health, wellness, and disease prevention and to providing a safe, clean and healthy environment to Workforce Members, patients, and visitors. The use of tobacco and tobacco products is a known and established hazard to the health and well-being of tobacco users and can also directly impact nonusers. In addition, the use of tobacco and tobacco products has been shown to decrease employee productivity and efficiency and increase absenteeism. In recognition of these factors, the Andrews Institute ASC will no longer hire tobacco users.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Gulf Breeze, FL 32561: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70,000 - $85,000