Location:
Avera McKennan Hospital
Worker Type:
Regular
Work Shift:
Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)
Position Highlights
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief OverviewResponsible for ensuring that the cleanliness standards meet organizational and industry expectations. Responsible for implementing quality control measures and continuously improving quality standards. This position works collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders identifies opportunities and helps manage resources.
What you will do
- Coordinates Quality Program for assigned area.
- Actively develops and carries out the activities outlined in a Quality Improvement Work plan. Including but not limited to development of system performance improvement that result in the system meeting or exceeding outlined thresholds.
- Proactively monitors and reports on the progress for all activities.
- Maintains a high level of interaction with leadership and stakeholders in compiling reporting analyzing and disseminating quality metrics to identify quality opportunities and adjustments needed in daily expectations.
- Promotes philosophy of continuous quality improvement to identify problems analyze variations and implement change.
- Provides oversight to activities related to accreditation including continued education sharing equipment and chemical training coaching and standard operating procedure involvement.
- Provides oversight to activities related to detailed assessment transparent reporting and stakeholder check ins on a consistent cadence.
- Readily supports electronic system and processes to increase healthcare outcomes determined by analytic and process development.
- Serves as a resource to and developer of performance improvement programs in Avera facilities.
- Responsibilities include interviewing hiring developing training and retaining employees; planning assigning and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Essential QualificationsThe individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- 46 years facility services supervision or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Benefits You Need & Then Some
Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying parttime and fulltime employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
Free health insurance options for fulltime single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan
Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
Career development guided by handson training and mentorship
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please callor send an email to .
Required Experience:
Manager