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Job Description :

Job title: Director of Quality/Risk

Location: Ottumwa, IA

Full Time

Salary $150,000/yr + relocation assiatnece + benefits

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES –

The Director of Quality/Risk is responsible for governing the facilities regulatory compliance programs and takes the lead role in planning, organizing, and managing effective quality/performance improvement and risk management functions for all departments and divisions of ORHC. Elements include; safe environment, clinical standards, infection prevention, patient advocacy, clinical education, professional, property, and general liability, clinical standards, and on-going systematic performance improvement programs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

· Maintains strict confidentiality, privacy, compliance, regulatory, accrediting standards, and code of conduct.

· Demonstrate leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

· Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

· Ability to lead quality and risk programs, plans, committees in establishment of quality/performance improvement priorities and work with directors/managers to develop quality initiatives.

· Basic analytical knowledge and skill needed to facilitate the quality, risk, education, infection prevention programs with directors/managers in establishing ways to measure performance and progress towards desired improvement goals.

· Must be well organized and able to set priorities, have good presentation skills, strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with the others, peers, senior leaders, medical staff, and Board members.

· Must have knowledge of state and federal regulations, (federal law, DEA, OSHA, CMS, OIG, etc.) and expert knowledge of The Joint Commission standards and accrediting, licensure, verification, certification for programs of the facility (CAP, CARF, AAAHC, ACHC as applicable).

EDUCATION

· Master’s degree in Nursing other healthcare related fields required.

· Clinical degree (RN) required.

· Certification in Patient Safety (CPPS) within one year of hire.

· Certification in Quality Management preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years of leadership and/or management experience in a healthcare setting in nursing, risk, and/or quality improvement.

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE

· RN licensure in the state of Iowa. CPPS within one year of hire and CPHQ certification preferred.