Quality Safety Manager I

Job Description Summary

The Quality/Safety Manager for the Digestive Health, Endocrine, and Metabolism (DHEM) ICCE reports to the System QAPI Director and works collaboratively with the DHEM ICCE Leadership at MUSC. Under limited supervision, the Quality/Safety Manager provides f ull support to the QAPI/saf ety program f or their respective ICCE. This includes collecting relevant quality data, analyzing and assessing data, working with relevant stakeholders on disseminating data and inf ormation, benchmarking performance, and leading multidisciplinary teams to improve perf ormance based on goals. This position collects and presents performance to relevant oversight and governance groups. This position leads and oversees all QAPI and regulatory/accreditation activities for the DHEM ICCE. The Quality/Safety manager also monitors and collates patient safety events in collaboration with the operational leaders and works with the Risk management department to f acilitate event reviews and appropriate after review actions.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC002352 SYS - QAPI

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-29

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

TheQuality/SafetyManagerfor the Digestive Health, Endocrine, and Metabolism (DHEM)ICCEreportstotheSystemQAPIDirector andworks collaborativelywiththeDHEM ICCELeadershipatMUSC.Underlimitedsupervision,theQuality/SafetyManagerprovidesfullsupport totheQAPI/safetyprogramfortheirrespective ICCE. This includescollecting relevantqualitydata, analyzing andassessing data, working with relevantstakeholders ondisseminatingdataand information,benchmarking performance,andleadingmultidisciplinaryteams to improve performance based on goals.Thispositioncollectsandpresentsperformance torelevantoversightandgovernancegroups.This positionleadsandoversees allQAPIandregulatory/accreditationactivities for the DHEM ICCE.TheQuality/Safetymanageralso monitorsandcollatespatientsafetyeventsincollaborationwiththeoperationalleadersandworkswiththe Risk management department to facilitate event reviews and appropriate afterreview actions.

Additional Job Description

Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field and a minimum of five (5) years of experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement or a master’s degree in a health-related field and 3 years of healthcare experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement. Certificationas CertifiedProfessionalinHealthcareQualityorPatientSafetypreferred.Computer/Internetskillsandfamiliarity withMSOfficeproducts (Word,Excel,PowerPoint, Access,etc.)essential. Experience withLEAN/SixSigma and certification in SixSigma preferred.Experience with Just Culture required, certification preferred.Experience withEpicEMRpreferred. ExperiencewithintheDigestive Health, Endocrinology, or Metabolic Healthmedicalfieldpreferred.

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