QUALITY AND SAFETY Specialist
Apply today to join one of the fastest growing venture-backed healthcare startups! Be a part of a high performing team that is innovating healthcare. This is a highly competitive position, and is a dream job for the right candidate.
OFFOR Health/SmileMD enables safe and accessible surgical care by delivering comprehensive in-office healthcare services, equipment, and personnel. The primary goal of our company is to increase access to high quality care through our distributed service model. To that end, you will have a vital role in helping to continue to shape our innovative model that makes an impact on thousands of lives.
We are looking for a Quality and Safety Specialist for our Worthington, Ohio office. This role will drive all clinical process improvement and patient safety initiatives throughout the organization. The Quality and Safety Specialist executes all quality efforts designed to improve clinical performance and maintains compliance with OFFOR Health's policies and procedures. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, innovative, startup environment.
You will be presented with multiple competing tasks, and no day will be the same. You will be required to bring ideas to the table and execute successfully at a rapid pace.
If a startup environment, ability to have a significant impact, and a chance to accelerate growth for OFFOR Health is for you, please apply below.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Works closely with providers, clinicians, and organizational leadership to facilitate a commitment to clinical quality and patient safety
- Builds out and performs the day-to-day management of the company-wide incident reporting system, including timely review, analysis, and closure of incidents
- Identifies opportunities for improvement in quality assurance and compliance, and initiates solutions
- Liaison for regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies
- Coordinates training and education programs to improve the quality of patient care
- Collaborates with leadership to develop and implement the organization's quality and patient safety plan
- Improves safety and quality of care by implementing a safety management plan
- Collaborates with leadership to ensure that a process is in place to measure, assess, and improve clinical performance
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- High degree of professionalism and the ability to communicate with a wide variety of clinical team members
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Maintains confidentiality of all patient and employee information
- Advanced knowledge of healthcare regulatory policies (HIPPA, OSHA, etc.)
- Complies with all organizational policies
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field required
- 2+ years in a non-hospital healthcare environment preferred
- 2+ years in a compliance, quality, or risk management role preferred
JOB TYPE:
FULL-TIME BENEFITS
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401k Plan
- Paid Time Off
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Short-term/Long-term Disability