Patient Safety Clinical Quality Program Director

Elevance Health • Louisville, KY

27d • Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for developing a national patient safety quality improvement strategy for all lines of business.

Requirements

• Requires a BS in health administration, nursing or a related clinical field; 5 years of health care quality or data analysis experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred
• Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
• PMP Preferred
• Experience with CMS Patient Safety programs (HAC Reduction, PSI), Conditions of Participation) preferred
• Knowledge of AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators preferred
• Familiarity with Leapfrog Group safety measures and value-based purchasing programs preferred
• Strong skills in data-driven quality improvement, trend analysis, and translating safety data into system-level action

Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise-wide quality strategy meetings.
• Develops and facilitates the integration of a national quality plan.
• Identifies and integrates best practices into state programs.
• Develops performance improvement plans and oversees the clinical patient safety quality improvement activities/projects.
• Participates in the development, management, review and reporting of program outcomes for clinical patient safety quality programs.
• Assures compliance with corporate Quality Improvement work plans.
• Ensures research program documentation meets regulatory and Accreditation Standards.
• Assures accurate and complete quantitative analysis of clinical data.
• Leads department projects and mentors staff.
• Prepares and presents program documents to senior management.

Benefits

• We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees