Quality Improvement Director - Healthcare jobs in Tanner, AL

Definition:

The Quality Improvement RN reviews OASIS and Plans of Care to assures accurate assessments, effective plans of care and positive patient outcomes in the home setting.

Line of Authority:

Director of HomeCare Services

Qualifications:

1. Registered Nurse licensed in a provider state.

Performance Requirements:

1. Ability to learn, absorb, and apply professional training and to impart that knowledge to others; follow physician’s orders and keep records in prescribed manner.
2. Ability to organize work procedures, assume responsibility and tactfully communicate.
3. Ability to speak in a clear, concise voice in order to communicate and to educate staff.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Is responsible for accurate reliable complete assessments as well as the development of effective plans of care by the RNs and therapists in the agency.
2. Is responsible for correct and educated coding according to official guidelines and as approved by the assessing clinician.
3. Aggregates and reports compliance monitors and aberrancies and assists with requests from legal department, insurances and intermediaries.
4. Orients and educates staff to proper and legal documentation and the performance improvement process; reports aberrant and non-compliant occurrences.
5. Assists leadership with internal surveys to ensure adherence to company policy, state and federal guidelines, and appropriateness of patient care.
6. Performs other duties, as required to support agency operations, in a helpful and caring manner.