Director of Quality Management

Company: Cornerstone Specialty Hospital
Location: Harlingen
Posted on: January 13, 2021

Job Description:

About UsCornerstone Healthcare Group, based in Dallas, Texas, was founded in 1990 and provides excellent healthcare services to our patients, residents and their families.Our employees make a difference, join us so you can too! We pride ourselves on our quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence. We treat each employee, patient and resident like we would a member of our own family, and measure our success by the direct impact we have on improving the quality of life for our employees, patients and residents.QualificationsEducation and/or Experience:* Minimum of a RN or related healthcare related degree.* Minimum five (5) years clinical experience in an acute-care facility, two (2) years management experience.* Two (2) years in Performance Improvement in acute care facility.Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:Current nursing license in good standing for state of employment. Current certification in Healthcare Quality preferred.ResponsibilitiesThe Director, Quality Management (DQM) is accountable for the development, management and coordination of the Hospital-Wide Performance Improvement and Safety Program to include Risk Management, Infection Control/Employee Health and Staff Education for the hospital with a patient population experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions with rehabilitation and wound care needs.The Director, Quality Management (DQM) duties include:* Management of services delivered by the QM Department (Quality, PI, Infection Control, EOC Safety, Patient Safety, Regulatory and Accreditation Surveys) based on the hospital mission, vision and facility goals.* Identifing cost effective systems needed to support the business of the department relative to business trends, resource availability and change in customer groups and needs.* Establishes effective working relationships through collaboration and coordination of programs and processes with physicians and other hospital employees.* Identifies and remedies operational problems while continuously searching for performance improvement of systems and operations.* Maintains effective communication.* Develops and recommends policies, procedures and/or programs and processes to improve or enhance the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of outcomes.* The fundamental components of the program include measuring performance through data collection, assessing current performance ad improving performance.* responsible for the coordination of the hospital's accreditation, certificationand licensure processes.* Supervises the ClinicalQuality Coordinator, the Data Analyst(s), Infection Control Employee Health/Worker's Compensation Nurse,and the RiskManager/Compliance Officer/Patient Safety Officer.* Perform additional duties as assigned

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