Manager of Quality

Houston Methodist • Baytown, TX

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About The Position

At Houston Methodist, the Manager Quality position is responsible for providing direct supervision of performance improvement staff and oversight of quality initiatives in collaboration with medical staff, hospital staff, and leadership. This position serves as mentor, coach, or direct management of interdisciplinary processes to facilitate improvement efforts relevant to clinical care. The Manager Quality position facilitates and directs implementation of evidence-based practice using data and performance improvement methodologies and oversees the review, analysis, and integration of data in workflow design to support organizational mission and goals. This position facilitates data analysis and reporting to improve clinical outcomes. The manager position responsibilities include managing the daily work activities of the work unit/department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency while assisting management in accomplishing strategic and operational objectives. In addition, this position provides guidance to staff and is responsible for staffing, budget compliance, contributing to staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and assisting in the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also implements training, monitoring and operations initiatives that assure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/ government regulations.

Requirements

• Master's degree in allied health, healthcare administration, business administration or a clinical discipline.
• Three years of progressively responsible staff experience within hospital quality/performance improvement/project management.
• Two years of management experience preferred.
• Two years of experience with decision support, clinical database development or research preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision of performance improvement staff and oversight of quality initiatives.
• Mentors, coaches, or directly manages interdisciplinary processes to facilitate improvement efforts.
• Facilitates and directs implementation of evidence-based practice using data and performance improvement methodologies.
• Oversees the review, analysis, and integration of data in workflow design.
• Facilitates data analysis and reporting to improve clinical outcomes.
• Manages daily work activities of the work unit/department staff.
• Ensures quality, productivity, functional excellence, and efficiency.
• Provides guidance to staff and is responsible for staffing and budget compliance.
• Contributes to staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment.
• Implements training, monitoring, and operations initiatives for compliance.
• Plans and organizes day-to-day Quality department operations.
• Sets priorities and functional standards for staff.
• Drives department service standards and activities.
• Ensures a safe and effective working environment.
• Monitors and revises the Quality department safety plan.
• Assists in the development of department budget and manages department expenses.
• Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: Master's degree