Title: Clinical Quality and Patient Safety Manager - PO
Location: Midtown
Org Unit: Patient Safety
Work Days:
Weekly Hours: 35.00
Exemption Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $122,900.00 - $147,800.00

• As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 - Salary range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices

Position Summary
Under guidance, directs, plans, and executes ongoing clinical quality improvement projects designed to achieve goals in patient safety and clinical quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Generates, implements and supervises quality improvement initiatives with the goal of ensuring that there is quantifiable improvement as a result of the initiative.
• Analyzes quality data, interprets and explains results to physicians and relevant clinicians regarding the impact on legal and practice management concerns.
• Prepares standard scheduled reports and maintains a catalog of reports for distribution.
• Coordinates projects to minimize duplication of efforts across the institution.
• Manages the schedule of projects aggressively in order to meet target deadlines.
• Tracks issues as they arise and ensures resolution.
• Utilizes existing databases and/or develops and maintains new databases related to quality initiatives.
• Provides educational support and communication regarding clinical quality improvement, accreditation and progress of relevant quality initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory (federal, state and local) and institutional policies.
• Provides stakeholders with the status updates, issues, key activities and any changes to the scope of the overall project.

Education

• Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing or related field

Experience
Master’s degree preferred.
Current NYS licensure/certification relevant to role is required.
Approximately 5 years of experience in clinical quality program coordination including quality measurement techniques and report writing
Approximately 2 years of project management experience.
Approximately 2 years of experience with registration and billing systems.
Approximately 2 years of experience with an ambulatory or hospital clinical information systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of an institution.

Licenses and Certifications

• Current NYS licensure/certification relevant to role is required.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands
Standard office work
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• Generates, implements and supervises quality improvement initiatives with the goal of ensuring that there is quantifiable improvement as a result of the initiative.
• Analyzes quality data, interprets and explains results to physicians and relevant clinicians regarding the impact on legal and practice management concerns.
• Prepares standard scheduled reports and maintains a catalog of reports for distribution.
• Coordinates projects to minimize duplication of efforts across the institution.
• Manages the schedule of projects aggressively in order to meet target deadlines.
• Tracks issues as they arise and ensures resolution.
• Utilizes existing databases and/or develops and maintains new databases related to quality initiatives.
• Provides educational support and communication regarding clinical quality improvement, accreditation and progress of relevant quality initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory (federal, state and local) and institutional policies.
• Provides stakeholders with the status updates, issues, key activities and any changes to the scope of the overall project