Vice President Quality and Risk Management

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Department:
Quality Management

The Vice President of Quality and Risk Management will provide leadership in the development, implementation and management of the quality, patient safety, licensing/regulatory, risk management, and infection control programs forthe organization in collaboration with the leaders of the various programs.The Vice President of Quality and Risk Management will focus on the improvement of the quality and safety of care provided to patients, ensure processes to improve the monitoring and control of risk, and provide leadership to hospital and medical staff leaders to continually meet the highest standards of quality and accreditation for the hospital and medical staff.

The Vice President of Quality and Risk Management will connect organizational objectives for quality, risk reduction, and patient safety with performance improvement activities to improve clinical outcomes and provide effective reporting to senior leaders, the medical and nursing staff, and the board.



* Working with the Risk Manager, oversees the proactive risk management program in order to reduce the economic impact of indemnity and expense payments related to claims.

Oversees Risk Manager's investigation and analysis of actual and potential risks; assesses liability and probability of legal action; and recommends appropriate actions to minimize organizational risks.



* Assumes a senior leadership role in collaboration with the Risk Manager in the formulation of a risk management policy and the formulation/updating of the organizational risk management plans and risk policies and procedures.



* Provides leadership and direction regarding departmental performance by completing evaluations, maintaining staff competency and development, adequate staffing, and assures all work in specified areas is completed while maintaining a high level of quality.



* Oversees the investigations of sentinel and other high risk events and root cause and/or proactive risk reduction criticality analyses conducted by the Patient Safety Manager/staff.


* In collaboration with the Director of Quality and Patient Safety, oversees public reporting for all required and voluntary reporting to federal and state regulatory and accrediting agencies.

Ensure accurate and timely completion of all data abstraction/data entry for all required and voluntary reporting to federal and state regulatory and accrediting agencies.


* In collaboration with the Director of Quality and Patient Safety coordinates activities of the Quality and Safety Committee and develops a comprehensive patient safety plan.


* Develop system wide dashboards which incorporate KPIs for quality, safety, and risk


* Works collaboratively with the organization's insurance carrier to develop processes that favorably affect the cost o...