Facility
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
Location
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Department
Quality & Patient Safety
Job Family
Professional
Work Shift
Days (United States of America)
Summary
Responsible for ensuring that the health system meets quality standards and regulatory requirements. This involves analyzing clinical processes, implementing quality improvement initiatives, auditing records, training staff on best practices, and ensuring compliance with health and safety guidelines to improve patient care and integrity.
Major Job Functions :
The following is a summary of the major essential functions of this job. The incumbent may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.
- Analyze clinical processes to identify areas for improvement and implementing quality initiatives to enhance patient care
- Audit records, conduct site audits, and verify compliance with regulatory guidelines and industry standards
- Ensure the accuracy and reliability of data by identifying and correcting discrepancies
- Train staff on best practices and ensure adherence to quality and safety protocols
- Develop quality metrics and prepare reports on quality performance
- Assist in monitoring quality improvement initiatives
- Investigate and monitor incident reports, patient care issues, and complaints / grievances and provide follow up obtained from key stakeholders
- Assist with reviewing Patient Safety Events
- Demonstrate knowledge of current Joint Commission and CMS standards
- Assist with the tri-annual Joint Commission, CMS, and DHSR surveys
- Participate in departmental planning and development
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications :
Education and Formal Training
Bachelor's degree requiredWork Experience
7 years of clinical experience in quality related area requiredKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Verbal and written communicationOrganizational skillsCapacity to relate to people from various professional and nonprofessional backgroundsUnderstanding of quality planning, cost of quality, and importance of documentationExperience working with teams to include team building techniques and understanding team roles and responsibilitiesAbility to collect, aggregate and review dataPhysical Requirements
Ability to move throughout the Health SystemVisual acuity for reviewing data and reports and observing process flowsAudiological acuity for monitoring group discussions and interactionsVerbal ability is required to effectively express ideas and views to staff.Cape Fear Valley Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / Disability / Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity