Staffing Development Coordinator

Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your position is to plan, organize, develop, coordinate, and direct the Facility’s Quality Assessment and Assurance Program in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, and as may be directed by the Administrator, to assure that the highest degree of quality resident care and safety can be maintained at all times.

As Quality Assurance you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is an essential function of the position.

• Plan, organize, and direct quality assurance programs and activities.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, coordinate, and direct the quality assurance and assessment program designed to enhance the quality of resident care, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern nursing care facilities.
• Evaluate programs and make changes, as necessary, to improve programs and assure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Communicate revised plans and changes to Facility management to maintain awareness.
• Coordinate concurrent review studies performed within the quality assurance program and prepare resulting reports, as required.
• Establish and maintain tracking systems for recommendations of groups involved in quality assurance.
• Develop and implement appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
• Maintain an adequate liaison with families and residents.
• Schedule committee meetings and notify members of such meetings.
• Assist in developing follow-up procedures for monitoring identified problem areas.
• Maintain a reference library of written quality assessment and assurance material, laws, etc., necessary for complying with current standards and regulations and that will provide assistance in maintaining quality resident care.
• Make written and oral reports and recommendations to the Administrator, as necessary or required, concerning the operation of the quality assessment and assurance program.
• Assume the authority, responsibility, and accountability of directing the quality assessment and assurance department.
• Assist in developing yearly evaluation schedules for departmental studies.
• Assist in identifying and classifying procedures in which potential exposure to blood or body fluids may occur. Update as necessary.
• Maintain committee minutes of meetings.
• Participate in Facility surveys, as necessary or as may be directed.
• Work with the Facility’s risk manager in reviewing policies and procedures, survey reports, etc., to ensure protocols are in place to aid in loss prevention.

• Serve as chairperson of the Quality Assessment & Assurance Committee.
• Meet with the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee monthly to review all assessment tools designed, all data collections reports, and all activities regarding quality assurance as carried out by departments, services, or committees that have a direct impact on resident care and safety.
• Attend various committees of the Facility (i.e., Pharmacy Committee, Safety Committee, Resident Care Policy Committee, etc.) as deemed appropriate, and as appointed by the Administrator.
• Assist other committees and departments in the development of monitoring tools, criteria and standards, assessment methodologies, and the evaluation and selection of priority concerns affecting resident care and safety.
• Serve as liaison among committees and/or departments to focus on quality assurance in the ongoing operation of the Facility.
• Implement recommendations from the Quality Assessment & Assurance Committee as they relate to the quality assurance program.

• Develop and participate in programs designed for in-service…