Director of Risk and Quality Management Behavioral Health
League, TX - USA
Job Summary
Description
Devereux Texas League City TX
Compensation: $80000 $91000 per year
Devereux Texas is seeking a Director of Risk and Quality Management to serve as a key member of the Texas Leadership Team and a vital contributor to national risk and quality initiatives.
This highly impactful onsite role ensures safe highquality services for children and adolescents across our programsincluding the Autism Intensive Residential Program and other structured therapeutic services on our 49acre League City campus.
In this position you will partner closely with Texas and national leaders to advance proactive risk mitigation regulatory compliance highreliability systems and a culture of continuous improvement.
Why Join Devereux
- Make an impact on safety quality and risk reduction for one of Texas premier youth treatment providers.
- Collaborate nationally with leaders across Devereux to advance safety compliance and organizational excellence.
- Influence strategy by providing data-driven insights to both Texas and national leadership.
- Benefit eligibility begins the first day of the first pay period after 30 days of employment.
- Competitive Compensation with Time off benefits starting on day one!
- Excellent health benefits effective30 days after employment Click to learn more!
- Tuition and student loan assistance through our ASCEND Program. Learn more HERE!
The Director of Risk and Quality Management leads performance improvement and ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards Praesidium accreditation and all federal state and local regulations. The role supports the Director of Operations with regulatory and contractual compliance and plays a key part in risk management through internal investigations and systemic safety improvements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Risk Management & Safety: Lead incident response and investigations; oversee emergency preparedness infection prevention and environmental safety; use data to drive corrective actions.
- Quality Improvement: Manage quality dashboards and audits; conduct rootcause analyses; support evidencebased improvement efforts.
- Regulatory & Accreditation Compliance: Ensure readiness for licensing Joint Commission Texas Joint Commission Texas Health and Human Services Commission Standards Medicaid and Praesidium reviews; interpret requirements; support overall compliance.
- Leadership & Collaboration: Serve on the Texas Senior Management Team; partner with national quality and safety leaders; provide coaching and training across departments
About Devereux Texas:
Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelors degree in nursing health care social work education law or related field; Masters degree preferred.
- Must obtain and maintain licensure as Texas Child Care Administrator.
- At least two years experience in quality improvement and/or risk management preferably in the healthcare field.
- Proficient computer skills.
- Valid driver license must be maintained.
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
Company Overview
Company Overview
Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.
Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.
With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.
Our Culture Our Expectations
At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.
We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.
What Devereux Offers You
In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;
- Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.
- Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
- Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
- Employee assistance / work-life balance program.
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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE
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About Company
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is one of the largest and most advanced behavioral healthcare organizations in the country. We are a national nonprofit partner for individuals, families, schools and communities, serving many of the most vulnerable members of our society in areas o ... View more