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Director, Clinical Risk & Quality Improvement

Experience
10+ yrs
Location
Sunnyvale, TX
Job type
Full-Time
Salary
$110,000–$130,000 / year
Posted
today

About the role

The Director, Clinical Risk & Quality Improvement leads hospital-wide quality improvement, patient safety, clinical outcomes, risk management, and accreditation and regulatory compliance activities. This senior hospital administration role requires 10 years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse, at least 2 years of Quality/Risk Management experience, a BSN, and current Registered Nurse licensure in Texas.

Key Responsibilities

  • Implement and oversee all aspects of the hospital's quality improvement program, coordinating patient safety data reporting, analysis, and clinical outcomes with regional quality direction.
  • Lead an integrated approach to quality, patient safety, occurrence reporting, analysis, and clinical outcomes across the facility.
  • Develop, implement, and manage the hospital's Accreditation/Regulatory Compliance Program with authority and responsibility for regulatory readiness.
  • Provide leadership to the hospital management team by promoting regulatory compliance, safety, and the delivery of safe patient care.
  • Coordinate facility activities across clinical excellence and patient safety, process improvement and outcomes management, and regulatory readiness.
  • Serve as a senior resource for clinical quality, patient safety, regulatory matters, quality improvement issues, and accreditation-related activities.
  • Initiate, coordinate, and manage investigational and evaluation activities associated with professional and general liability occurrences and claim pre-litigation files.
  • Negotiate resolution with authority from BSW-Sunnyvale and the Corporate Risk Management team.
  • Conduct basic and complex preventative risk management assessments of processes, procedures, and programs.
  • Provide in-service education, consultation, liaison activities, and on-call emergency assistance to providers while completing established position competencies.

Required Qualifications

  • 10 years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse.
  • At least 2 years of experience in Quality/Risk Management.
  • BSN required.
  • Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas.
  • Experience with quality improvement, patient safety, patient safety data reporting, data analysis, and clinical outcomes.
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance, performance improvement, core measures, accreditation, occurrence reporting, process improvement, outcomes management, and regulatory readiness.
  • Experience with clinical quality, investigational activities, evaluation activities, professional liability occurrences, general liability occurrences, and claim pre-litigation files.
  • Experience providing preventative risk management assessment, in-service education, consultation, liaison activities, and on-call emergency assistance.


Skills

  • Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient Safety Data Reporting
  • Data Analysis
  • Clinical Outcomes
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Performance Improvement
  • Core Measures
  • Accreditation
  • Risk Management
  • Occurrence Reporting
  • Process Improvement
  • Outcomes Management
  • Regulatory Readiness
  • Clinical Quality
  • Investigational Activities
  • Evaluation Activities
  • Professional Liability Occurrences
  • General Liability Occurrences
  • Claim Pre-Litigation Files
  • Preventative Risk Management Assessment
  • Safe Patient Care

Education

Required

  • BSN

Certifications

Required

  • Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas

Selection process

  1. Step 1

    Submitted

    Someone who fits the role and has told you they are interested, with their resume.

  2. Step 2

    Client interviews

  3. Step 3

    Selected

    If they qualify and are selected, your payout is due.