Mgr Quality Care Mgmt

Overview

Manager, Quality & Care Management

Full Time, 80 Hours per pay period, Day shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 444-bed hospital recognized for pairing clinical expertise with advanced medical technology to deliver exceptional care. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, we provide leading-edge treatment for stroke recovery. Our facility also offers specialized services in bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive spine procedures, and advanced orthopedic care.

Fort Sanders Regional is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s largest nonprofit health system and a Becker’s “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare.” Covenant Health includes nine hospitals and nearly 150 service locations, offering employees a comprehensive benefits package with tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs.

Position Summary:

Responsible for the planning, organization, management, and evaluation of operations of quality, care management, infection prevention, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, and medical staff services of assigned facilities. Responsible for the coordination of care and outcomes of clinical and operational metrics for all patients through the continuum of care. Knowledgeable in quality improvement principles, regulatory, and Care Management standards. The manager is responsible for budget management, staffing, hiring, discipline, and performance management for applicable departments.

The Quality Manager/Care Manager is responsible for collaborating with appropriate enterprise leaders when applicable.

When the Quality Manager does not have oversight of Care Management, those applicable accountabilities and performance criteria are non-applicable.

• Develops department budgets that reflect effective management of resources to provide services.
• In collaboration with enterprise leadership, facility leadership, and medical staff, assists in the development of strategic initiatives for the department and facility.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary groups and leaders to identify and monitor key processes and patient outcomes. Uses various data sources, including but not limited to, publicly reported data to inform which processes and outcomes to monitor. Facilitates effective communication of results to medical staff and other key stakeholders.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement using Covenant performance improvement methodologies to implement corrective action plans and evaluate results for desired outcomes.
• Manages Care Management functions to ensure the coordination of care for patients so they move seamlessly through the continuum of care.
• Stays abreast of regulatory, licensing, and certification (Joint Commission, CMS, Leapfrog, State, etc.) standards to ensure processes are in place to achieve desired outcomes.
• Collaborates with the Peer Review/PQPR medical staff chair to operationalize assessments of peer review triggers and functions of the facility medical staff.
• Collaborates with clinical and medical staff to implement processes, as needed, to ensure financial and length of stay metrics are assessed and communicated to applicable medical staff and organizational leaders.
• Operationalizes a Care Management Model to ensure timely and effective throughput through the continuum of care. Serves as a coach, mentor, and role model for all team members.
• Oversees activities of medical staff credentialing, FPPE/OPPE, and departmental organization including, but not limited to, facilitating applicable medical committee meetings to ensure effective patient safety and regulatory compliance.
liCollaborates with enterprise infection prevention management and local leaders to assess and support the infection prevention strategies as needed.
• Oversees survey action plans and ongoing assessments of regulatory readiness for all accreditation, certification, and state surveys.
• Collaborates with nursing, medical staff, and other disciplines to assess and improve outcomes related to performance with various measures associated with publicly reported entities.
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