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Quality/Risk Specialist II - Behavioral Health/Addiction Services
Shift: M-F 8am-4:30pm
Responsibilities:
- Under minimal direction, the Quality/Risk Specialist (QRS) II supports the effective surveillance, analysis, and prevention of events which may injure patients, lead to malpractice claims, and cause loss to the health care system.
- The QRS II collaborates with multidisciplinary health care teams to reduce and prevent adverse medical outcomes, minimize the risk of injury to patients, staff and visitors, and control any associated liability.
- The QRS II will be involved in sentinel event investigations, safety event investigation and trend analysis, risk management program development, educational in-services and process improvement projects.
- This position will cover addiction services - 4 locations
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Master's degree in healthcare related field or JD, with 3-5 years experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree would be considered with minimum of 5 years of experience.
- Experience required includes risk and safety event management, multidisciplinary process improvement experience as a team leader or project facilitator at business unit or System level, and experience designing and implementing process improvements at the business unit or System level to facilitate compliance with Joint Commission, CMS and other regulatory bodies.
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