Director of Quality, Risk Management Infection Control

Pay Competitive

Location:

Phoenix, Arizona

Employment Type:

Full-Time

• Req#: 2609

HEALING THE BODY AND MIND….

Founded fifteen (15) years ago, Neuro Psychiatric Hospitals is the largest hospital system in the nation providing care to patients with both neurological and medical needs. We are unique in that we serve a population which others have previously been unable to, largely due to the patient’s underlying medical issues. Our facilities maintain an inter-disciplinary focus using a multi-specialty approach for both neuropsychiatric and complex medical care issues.

This proven approach provides unrivaled quality care for all of our patients. We have multiple locations throughout the United States and are continuing to add locations to ensure better access to our unique model of care.

Neuro Psychiatric Hospitals is looking for a Director of Quality, Risk Management, & Infection Control at our Phoenix location. NPH is the national leader in providing medical and neurobehavioral care to patients in acute psychiatric distress. You will be joining a team of rock star staff who provide exceptional, patient-centered care and understand our patients are always our number one priority!

The Director of Quality, Risk Management, & Infection Control supports the implementation and monitoring of the quality assurance measurements and audits, and assists in improving patient safety processes throughout the hospital through coordinating and engaging in activities to proactively promote implementation of evidence-based best practices and resolve deficiencies. Plans, develops, and directs system infection prevention activities and protocols across Neuro Psychiatric Hospitals;

monitors and analyzes the effectiveness of NPH’s infection control program, acts as the NPH liaison for regional and national infection prevention programs; helps to prepare NPH facilities for surveys and inspections of infection prevention and surveillance measures by accrediting and licensing agencies. The Clinical Quality and Infection Control Specialist will evaluate quality of patient care and patient outcomes as they relate to healthcare-associated infections;

collects, prepares, and analyzes healthcare-associated infection data; presents infection data and makes recommendations for actions; monitors employees’ compliance in use of barriers and infection prevention measures; prepares and presents educational offerings for the staff; serves as a resource to all departments and personnel.

• Competitive pay rates
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• NPH 401(k) plan with up to 4% Company match
• Generous PTO and Time Off Policy
• Special tuition offers through Capella University
• Work/life balance with great professional growth opportunities

• Implements and monitors quality and infection control goals and objectives to measure the organization’s processes and outcomes while administering programs that focus on improved outcomes of patient care or patient safety.
• Interacts with physicians, nurses, department managers, supervisors, and any/all other staff members to provide resource information, and identify new opportunities to improve service and reduce costs.
• Generates effective quality and infection control related policies and procedures for the department and hospital that ensures compliance with JC, OSHA, CDC, CMS and other county, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Prepares reports, presentations and statistical data that go to the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee Meetings, Infection Control Committee Meetings, facility's administration and other committees as needed. Analyzes data to identify trends and resource utilization for use in optimizing compliance.
• Assists with the annual assessment of the quality and infection control programs from the prior year activities.
• Investigates incidents within the facility and coordinates with the Corporate Compliance to complete the root cause analysis and develop action plans to prevent incidents…