What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Quality Management position at Kindred Healthcare Inc.?
What makesKindred Healthcarea great place to work? Our people, of course! Ourcliniciansanswer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people. In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize theirjobeffectiveness, experience, and satisfaction.This is who we are.
Who are you?To succeed in our high-energy, high-reward environment, ourcliniciansprovide compassionatecritical careand deliver exceptionalpatient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.
As our most acute level of care,Kindred’stransitional care hospitals offer the samecritical carepatients receive in a traditionalhospitalorintensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period. Ourcliniciansplay a vital role in the recovery process forchronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.
As aDirector Quality Managementyou will:
Responsible for planning and implementing the performance improvement program to meet the needs of the hospital.
Provides education to medical staff, hospital staff, and Governing Body.
Facilitates performance improvement activities, and CQI activities throughout the hospital.
Acts as resource person to administrative team, department managers, and medical staff.
Performs clinical risk management functions.
Assists department managers with preparation for medical staff committees.
Oversight responsibility for all regulatory body surveys, such as, JCAHO, State Licensing Review, HCFA (CMS) Validation surveys.
Maintains oversight responsibility for all performance improvement activities conducted throughout the hospital.
As aDirector Quality Managementyou will have:
Bachelor’s degree.
Certified Professional Healthcare Quality / CPHQ certification preferred.
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience in Quality and/or Risk Management in a hospital setting.
