Director of Performance Improvement & Risk Management
- Employer
- Capstone Search Group
- Location
- Athens, Georgia (US)
- Salary
- Not specified
- Posted
- Jul 16, 2019
- Closes
- Jul 25, 2019
- Ref
- SAD7734
- Category
- Health and Medical , Legal / Compliance, Risk Management
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Executive
About the Role
Beautiful growing, 80+ bed inpatient psychiatric hospital seeks talented professional who has experience within risk management and performance improvement in a psychiatric hospital setting. Reporting to the facility CEO, the Director of Performance Improvement (PI)/Risk Management assists the leadership, medical staff and Quality Council in designing, planning, implementing and overseeing a comprehensive and integrated program for the entire psychiatric hospital.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervising and supporting performance improvement activities on a daily basis and assure that action is taken as needed and as authorized by organization policies and procedures
- Advise and assist all departments/services and committees accountable for performance improvement activities
- Review all incident reports, patient/physician surveys and patient complaints to determine the presence or absence of patterns and/or trends or opportunities for improvement in patient care outcomes, as well as the appropriateness of corrective action
- Assist with Joint Commission, CMS, OSHA, and state surveys
- Responsible to notify administration and corporate compliance of all investigative requests, questionnaires, audit requests and all other official communication from outside agencies
- Responsible to keep Administration and Corporate Compliance aware of all compliance issues
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field preferred
- 2-3 years’ minimum experience in a behavioral health setting involving quality improvement, risk management, and performance improvement
- For-profit experience
- Previous Director of PI/Risk Management experience in a psychiatric hospital