Director of Quality & Risk Management (DQM)

Landmark Management Services of Florida, LLC • Athens, GA

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About The Position

We are seeking a highly qualified Director of Quality Risk Management (DQM) to join our leadership team at Landmark Hospital of Athens, a long term acute / critical care hospital. As the Director of DQM, you will be responsible for ensuring that our organization complies with all regulatory requirements and industry standards. You will lead the development and implementation of risk management strategies, policies, and procedures to minimize potential risks and ensure the safety of our patients and staff. Additionally, you will oversee the quality improvement program, including data analysis, performance improvement initiatives, and staff education and training. This role has a HUGE impact on the quality and consistency of patient care, and also ensuring our staff are efficiently operating in a well trained and compliant environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, nursing, or related field.
• Alternatively, 2 year Associate degree with 5+ years of relevant experience in Quality, Risk or Infection Control
• 3+ years of experience in quality, infection control or risk management in a healthcare setting.
• Active clinical license (such as RN or RT)
• CIHQ IC or CIQH-HACP-CMS certification or equivalent (or commitment to obtain within 2 years)
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Investigation and root-cause analysis
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and implement effective solutions.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR) and other healthcare technology.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing patient safety initiatives
• Assuring success of continuous quality enhancement initiatives inter-and intra-departmentally
• Developing a proactive risk management program, and overseeing an effective infection prevention and control and employee health program
• Appropriate use of quality tools (root cause analysis failure mode effects analysis, statistical process control and other statistical methods) to guide process improvement
• Help problem-solve and benchmark appropriately to ensure a highly reliable organization
• Planning development implementation administration evaluation and continual enhancement of policies procedures and practices for each functional area
• Assures compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards and ensures they are continually upheld

Benefits

• Medical, Vision and Dental Health insurance with Aetna
• Paid time off (4+ weeks a year!)
• Disability insurance – Short-term and Long-term policies provided by Landmark, with buyup options available
• Flexible spending and Health Saving account
• Life insurance – The company paid $25K and additional voluntary life available
• Matching 401K
• Tuition reimbursement up to $15K after 1st year of employment)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees