Vermont Rural Healthcare Quality, Compliance and Risk Leadership Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services • Vermont, VT

1d • Remote

About The Position

Rural Staffing Services (RSS) is partnering with rural healthcare organizations across Vermont to identify experienced leaders in quality, compliance, risk, patient safety, infection prevention, and regulatory readiness. These opportunities are crucial for protecting patients, employees, and the long-term stability of organizations. The strongest leaders understand that quality and compliance are about more than just policies and audits; they are about empowering staff, building trust, improving outcomes, and ensuring the organization's continued service to its community. These roles are vital in rural settings where one well-designed initiative can significantly impact the entire organization, offering a chance to create meaningful improvements, support employees, enhance patient safety, and safeguard community healthcare access.

Requirements

• Progressive experience in healthcare quality, compliance, risk, patient safety, infection prevention, or regulatory affairs
• Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, officer, supervisor, or comparable professional
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, quality improvement, and risk-management practices
• Experience with audits, investigations, corrective-action plans, or survey readiness
• Strong analytical, communication, education, and problem-solving skills
• The ability to work collaboratively across clinical and operational departments
• Experience within rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, long-term care organizations, or community healthcare settings
• Relevant education, licensure, or certification based on the position
• A practical, fair, and relationship-focused leadership style

Nice To Haves

• Credentials such as CPHQ, CHC, CHPC, CPPS, CIC, ARM, RN, or another quality, compliance, risk, privacy, safety, or clinical credential may be required or preferred for some opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership for quality, compliance, risk, patient safety, infection prevention, or regulatory programs
• Supporting a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Monitoring quality indicators, patient outcomes, incidents, and performance trends
• Leading investigations, root-cause analyses, and corrective-action planning
• Developing and maintaining policies, procedures, and compliance programs
• Supporting regulatory surveys, accreditation visits, audits, and readiness activities
• Managing risk identification, reporting, mitigation, and follow-up
• Supporting infection prevention and employee or patient-safety initiatives
• Educating employees and leaders on quality, compliance, privacy, and regulatory expectations
• Partnering with clinical, operational, HR, finance, and executive teams
• Preparing reports and recommendations for executive leadership and governing boards
• Tracking improvement plans and helping departments sustain progress
• Supporting grievance, complaint, incident, and event-review processes
• Helping the organization respond to changing regulations and standards
• Building systems that are practical, consistent, and understandable for employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed