Quality Assurance Coordinator Position Available In Davidson, Tennessee

Quality Assurance Coordinator 3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 421 Ocala Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 The Quality Assurance/Continuous Quality Improvement (QA/CQI) Coordinator is committed to maintaining and improving ongoing quality assurance and quality improvement programs to ensure care delivered to residents and their families is of high quality and consistent with the mission of the organization. This entails the monitoring and evaluation of the quality and appropriateness of care rendered to all residents. When opportunities to improve care and services are identified through a data driven quality measurement process, improvement actions will be taken to ensure that quality of care and services is supported. The QA/CQI Coordinator is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to promote the well being of each individual in all dimensions: physical, mental, psychosocial and spiritual.

Major Responsibilities:

The QA/CQI Coordinator facilitates and guides the efforts of the interdisciplinary team to achieve the following objectives: 1. Assure the provision of high quality resident care and services through utilization of criteria-based quality improvement methodology, which objectively and systematically monitors and evaluates the quality and appropriateness of resident / care and services on an ongoing basis. 2. Assure effective and efficient use of facilities and services through the use of an ongoing monitoring, evaluation and intervention. 3. Provide a means for prompt identification of potentially high-risk problems and timely communication to individuals responsible for immediate evaluation and intervention. 4. Identity and correct resident care and service concerns and process by assessing the root cause and scope of the concern(s) and by the implementation of actions to resolve the identified concerns, or by the identification of opportunities to improve care and services. 5. Ensure communication and reporting of continuous quality improvement/performance improvement activities and opportunities to the medical director, all staff and the governing body. 6. Provide self-appraisal of all departments to assure a level of excellence that meets professional standards and maximum compliance to standards as established by federal, state agencies and professional licensing boards. This would include, but is not limited to, resident/ care and services provided by the organizations interdisciplinary team and contracted service providers. 7. Evaluate services, systems and processes, and revise or establish policies and procedures to enhance the organizations ability to provide quality care. 8. Assure the quality of care and services is monitored and evaluated in at least the following areas: Abuse, neglect and misappropriation of funds Contracted Physician Services o Podiatry o Wound care o Hospice o Psychiatric Services o Dental o Optometry Corporate Compliance Drug Usage/Pharmaceutical /Services o Medication Errors Environmental and laundry services Equipment Management (medical and non medical) Ethics Findings from resident/ family councils related to resident/ care and services Human Resources o Employee satisfaction o Recruitment and retention Imaging Services Incidents/Occurrences o Elopements o Accidents and injuries Infection Control Interdisciplinary planning of care Laboratory Services Medical Care Medical Records o Integrity and security o HIPAA Nursing Care (includes Rehabilitation/Restorative Nursing Care) o Weight management o Skin and wound management o Hydration management Nutritional Services Oral Health Physician, physician extender, professional and non professional credentialing Policies and procedures Quality Measures Regulatory Compliance Rehabilitation Resident/ Activities Resident/, Family, Physician, Staff, Community satisfaction

Respiratory Health Qualifications :

Active TN RN or

LPN EXPERIENCE

in Quality Assurance is a

MUST Salary and Benefits:

Salary is based on experience Medical, Dental, Vision Plum Benefits An Equal Opportunity Employer