Director Quality Safety - HCA Healthcare

Description

Introduction

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Director Quality Safety with Chippenham Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Benefits

Chippenham Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Would you like to unlock your potential with a leading healthcare provider dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues? Join the Chippenham Hospital family! We will give you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are looking for an enthusiastic Director Quality Safety to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Director of Quality and Safety acts as principal quality leader. Actively collaborates with the vice president of quality and compliance and Chief Medical Officer for Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals to assure standard practices across both hospitals. Leads cross campus quality activities as directed, and expands oversight in absence of VP. Role is directly involved in activities that forward the organization meeting or exceeding organizational quality goals (process measures, outcomes, efficiency, service).

• Leads Quality and Compliance Department staff, as members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, to best support successful execution of performance improvement plans. Focuses on professional growth and development of highly engaged Quality and Compliance team to maximize organizational contributions.
• In collaboration with interdisciplinary hospital and physician leadership, staff and the Clinical Forum coordinates (plans, implements and monitors) a comprehensive, effective performance improvement program. Mentors colleagues regarding useful performance improvement and/or process change strategies.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary performance improvement initiatives using appropriate techniques and tools to evaluate and improve effectiveness of hospital care delivery systems. Acts as a catalyst to implement and sustain changes for improvement. Champions continual improvement, adjusting goals to remain competitive in comparison to local and national performance.
• Fosters culture of safety and continuous quality improvement acting as a resource for hospital and physician leadership and staff. Encourages hospital and medical staff involvement in problem identification and resolution. Supports transparency congruent with peer review and Patient Safety Organization, including participation in disclosure of hospital events.
• Continually updates and shares knowledge of evolving healthcare quality environment including pay for performance programs and associated best practices. Strong verbal and written communication using multiple formats. Abstracts, formats and communicates data from internal and external sources to a variety of audiences. Demonstrates in-depth data analysis, process evaluation and redesign, and valid measure of success.
• Partners with hospital and physician leadership and staff to remain survey ready, based on standards and guidelines defined by state and national accreditation and regulatory agencies. Adept in authoring and executing acceptable project and/or action plans. Identifies opportunities to highlight hospital signature services in positive manner.

Experience & Education:

• Required - 3 years acute care quality leadership experience
• Preferred - Clinical practice (nursing, pharmacy, therapy) for 3 or more years.
• Required - Bachelor's degree in healthcare related field
• Preferred - Master's degree in healthcare related field.

CJW Medical Center is comprised of Chippenham Hospital and Johnston-Willis Hospital. We have served the greater Richmond Virginia area for over 100 years. Our campuses offer services in orthopedics, joint care, behavioral health, cancer care, and neurology. We have been recognized as a top performer on Key Quality Measures. Our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our Director Quality Safety opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.