Quality Safety Manager I

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The Quality/Safety Manager for the Digestive Health Endocrine and Metabolism (DHEM) ICCE reports to the System QAPI Director and works collaboratively with the DHEM ICCE Leadership at MUSC. Under limited supervision the Quality/Safety Manager provides f ull support to the QAPI/saf ety program f or their respective ICCE. This includes collecting relevant quality data analyzing and assessing data working with relevant stakeholders on disseminating data and inf ormation benchmarking performance and leading multidisciplinary teams to improve perf ormance based on goals. This position collects and presents performance to relevant oversight and governance groups. This position leads and oversees all QAPI and regulatory/accreditation activities for the DHEM ICCE. The Quality/Safety manager also monitors and collates patient safety events in collaboration with the operational leaders and works with the Risk management department to f acilitate event reviews and appropriate after review actions.

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Bachelors degree in a health-related field and a minimum of five (5) years of experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement or a masters degree in a health-related field and 3 years of healthcare experience with strong knowledge in quality and performance improvement. Certif ication as Certif ied Prof essional in Healthcare Quality or Patient Saf ety preferred. Computer/Internet skills and familiarity with MS Off ice products (Word Excel PowerPoint Access etc.) essential. Experience with LEAN/Six Sigma and certif ication in Six Sigma preferred. Experience with Just Culture required certif ication pref erred. Experience with Epic EMR pref erred. Experience within the Digestive Health Endocrinology or Metabolic Health medical field preferred.

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