Senior Manager, Quality and Safety
Jamaica Plain, MA - USA
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The Senior Manager Quality and Safety is responsible for leading the local execution of Mass General Brigham Community Division strategy infrastructure processes and performance improvement efforts across patient safety risk management quality and clinical compliance.This role oversees and supports the implementation of standardized best practices safety and quality programs regulatory readiness activities and performance improvement initiatives that advance safe reliable high-quality care.
The Senior Manager serves as a key local administrative leader and partners closely with system and site leadership clinical teams the local ACMO risk/safety leaders infection prevention compliance legal data and analytics teams and other stakeholders to execute both short- and long-term goals for Quality Patient Safety Risk Management and Clinical Compliance programs.
This position is responsible for translating system strategy into local execution while also providing strong bidirectional communication between the site and system teams regarding local risks emerging trends operational needs performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
Because this is a leadership role in an active change-management environment the Senior Manager must demonstrate flexibility sound judgment collaboration and openness as the scope and needs of the role continue to evolve over time.
Qualifications
- Execute MGB Community Division strategy for patient safety risk management quality and clinical compliance at the local site ensuring alignment with standardized system processes priorities policies and performance expectations.
- Support the buildout of local safety quality risk and compliance infrastructure including standardization in training workflows governance reporting structures and response processes that are in line with MGB.
- Collaborate with system and site leadership to execute long- and short-term goals for Quality Patient Safety Risk Management and Clinical Compliance programs.
- Provide essential input to MGB leadership regarding strategy infrastructure policy development performance improvement plans and local operational needs to support high-quality care delivery.
- Execute MGB patient safety plans including safety event reporting event analysis mitigation planning and follow-up on safety-related concerns.
- Implement standardized risk management strategies policies and procedures ensuring that risk management activities align with and strengthen the organizations approach to patient safety.
- Implement and support use of the systemwide safety event reporting system.
- Support systemwide and local safety events including recalls shortages and other issues that may impact patient safety.
- Partner with site Risk/Safety/PFR leaders and clinical teams to develop prospective solutions and performance improvement actions in response to safety events.
- Leads the development and delivery of patient safety and risk management training using cultureofsafety data safety event trends and systemwide priorities to promote continuous improvement staff engagement and safe reliable care practices across all departments.
- Completes within three (3) months of hire High Reliability Organization (HRO) training including Level 3 Fact Gatherer and Process Facilitator and integrates HRO principles into oversight of safety event analysis improvement strategy and organizational learning.
- Serve as the local administrative leader responsible for executing quality performance and improvement programs at the site.
- Ensure adherence to MGB standardized processes for quality measurement prioritized quality goals quality strategy and performance improvement activities.
- Provide proactive and reactive quality performance improvement planning in partnership with local clinical teams department leaders and floor-based teams.
- Lead the planning implementation and evaluation of process changes and performance improvement activities.
- Effectively communicate goals strategic priorities accountability expectations and improvement plans to clinicians and operational leaders engaging them as partners in achieving quality and safety outcomes.
- Serve as the senior local site manager responsible for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) planning documentation and updates for board quality committee and/or patient care assessment committee needs.
- Serve as the senior local administrative manager responsible for clinical compliance activities including tracer activity site preparedness monitoring and adherence to standardized compliance processes.
- Build and support the local implementation of the MGB clinical compliance program ensuring standardized processes staff training procedures and governance are in place.
- Monitor institutional compliance with Joint Commission standards and other applicable regulations and advise system leadership regarding areas requiring improvement.
- Lead or support proactive and reactive clinical compliance activities including risk assessments improvement plans regulatory interpretation and implementation of needed process changes.
- Serve as the senior clinical compliance manager responsible for management and performance during expected and unexpected regulatory visits including but not limited to The Joint Commission DPH DMH and CMS.
- Oversee submission of required documentation and reports to relevant accrediting and regulatory bodies including DPH DMH TJC BORIM and MedSUN and complete submissions directly when front-line support is not available.
- Liaise with system and site teams clinicians corporate compliance and the Office of General Counsel regarding compliance issues regulatory requirements site visits and areas of overlap.
- Partner with MGB data and analytics teams to ensure reporting to CMS other regulatory bodies private payer contracting entities external benchmarking organizations and quality/safety reporting programs is timely and accurate.
- Understand data provided by system teams and use knowledge of local practices and culture to identify opportunities for improvement emerging risks and areas requiring local or system-level attention.
- Advise in the development of local and system-level dashboards related to quality performance clinical compliance patient safety and improvement priorities.
- Analyze trends and emerging risks communicate findings to local teams and system leaders and support improvement planning based on available data.
- Prepare reports and presentations as needed for site leadership system leadership regulatory bodies committees and other stakeholders.
- Partner with the local ACMO and clinical teams to implement system goals site-level improvements and accountability processes.
- Liaise with infection prevention and control teams to monitor performance respond to data and support actions to reduce risk of infections to patients.
- Maintain strong organizational relationships and work effectively within a matrixed healthcare environment.
- Provide strong bidirectional communication between the system and site including distribution of pertinent data analytics priorities concerns and operational feedback.
- Ensure recommended improvements are implemented and partner with local leadership to support accountability.
- Manage supervise and support assigned quality safety risk and/or compliance staff including recruitment interviewing training orientation remediation and performance evaluation.
- Establish development plans for staff and support ongoing professional growth role clarity and accountability.
- Manage departmental operations and budget responsibilities as assigned including fiscal planning and budgetary recommendations.
- Oversee local training and educational programs related to quality safety risk and clinical compliance as needed.
- Perform all other duties as assigned and requested.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
- Bachelors degree required in a related field.
- Masters degree preferred in Nursing Public Health Business Administration Public Administration Health Services Administration Patient Safety Leadership or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in quality clinical compliance patient safety risk management performance improvement or a related healthcare leadership function required.
- Minimum of 35 years of experience managing teams required.
- Experience working in a large matrixed healthcare organization preferred.
- Strong leadership collaboration and relationship-building skills in a matrixed healthcare environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change support standardization and implement system strategy at the local level.
- Strong verbal and written communication presentation project management and process improvement skills.
- Ability to use data analytics local knowledge and performance trends to identify risks improvement opportunities and areas requiring escalation.
- Ability to effectively and persuasively communicate goals expectations accountability processes and improvement plans to clinical and operational partners.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word Excel PowerPoint and Access.
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$99465.60 - $144643.20/AnnualGrade
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At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
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