Director, Quality

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Facility: Broadway Clinic

Location: Fargo, ND

Address: 737 Broadway N, Fargo, ND 58102, USA

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40.00

Job Summary

Provide oversight of quality, performance improvement, and patient safety activities. Develop the vision and strategic plan for quality, safety and continuous improvement across the Enterprise. Responsibilities include: budget management, allocation of appropriate resources and staffing, action plans, issue resolution, program development, education and mentorship of regional staff. Consults with senior leaders and frontline staff regarding error prevention strategies, advises on policies to encourage a culture of safety and design programs to deploy best practices in regard to increased error reporting and error reduction across the organization. Accountable to develop programmatic planning and project coordination to achieve the strategic goals of Sanford pertaining to quality, performance improvement and patient safety. Demonstrates the ability to analyze and synthesize complex or diverse information. Works well in group problem solving situations. Exhibits strong communication and presentation skills, and shows the ability to manage and coordinate project team activities. Effectively influences actions and opinions of others. Demonstrates understanding of clinical presentations of disease processes across the age spectrum. Demonstrates the ability to write clearly and concisely, communicating complex concepts accurately. Effectively presents information in a variety of venues and organizes communication systems necessary to achieve goals. Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Maintains an understanding of clinical presentations of disease processes across the age spectrum is necessary.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in nursing, public health, pharmacy, health administration, or other healthcare related field is required. Master's degree preferred.

Minimum of three years quality improvement experience required. Prior leadership/management experience is preferred.

Certifications in quality, patient safety, LEAN/Six-Sigma, project management or other applicable improvement methodologies is preferred.

Benefits

Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .

Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Req Number: R-0180334

Job Function: Quality and Risk Management

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