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Position Title: Director of Quality

Organization: Health Career Destinations
Web Site: http://www.healthcareerdestinations.com
Organization Type: Community Hospital/Medical Center
Organization Size: Not Specified
Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Length of Position: permanent basis

Position Description:
Full service, quality driven, 100 bed acute care hospital on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Hospital has expansion plans to add 40 more beds in 2009. Great opportunity for an experienced Quality professional to join an outstanding organization and make a difference! CEO has strong commitment to employee and customer satisfaction -- great place to work. Position reports to the VP of Quality & Risk Management with responsibility for managing the Quality Dept with 3-4 RN direct reports. Seeking self-directed candidate with excellent organization, prioritization, and collaboration skills. Must have experience and knowledge of performance improvement methodology and experience in measuring patient satisfaction and quality data. Seeking candidates with minimum of 5 years experience in an acute care hospital setting with minimum of 3 years experience working directly in the quality dept. Bachelors degree in nursing or related healthcare field, must be a Certified Healthcare Professional in Quality or preparing to take the exam no later than Jan/09.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Degree Required: Bachelor's
Discipline Required: Other: Nursing
Degree Preferred: Master's
Discipline Preferred: Healthcare Administration

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Major Work Experience:
• Nursing Services, 5 years
• Quality Assurance/Utilization, 3 years

Other Requirements:
• CHPQ or prepared to take exam by Jan/09

SEND OR FAX RESUME TO:
Address: Health Career Destinations
10097 Cleary Blvd
Plantation, FL USA 33324

Contact Name: Gina Kleino, RN, BSN
Contact Title: President / Search Consultant
Phone: (888) 671-5935
Fax: (954) 636-3531
E-mail: gkleino@healthcareerdestinations.com
Submit Resume: info@healthcareerdestinations.com

Posted on: August 26, 2008


A Magnet Hospital in Central New Jersey has an excited opening for an Assistant Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety. The hospital is seeking a dynamic, articulate individual to join their Senior Management team to direct quality and patient safety initiatives. The AVP will oversee PI, Infection Control, JCAHO, and regulatory reporting activities.

The AVP Quality and Patient Safety critical core competencies are:

  • The ability to capture relevant data
  • Measuring results
  • Implementing plans
  • Demonstrating improvements
  • Reporting results to internal and external stakeholders

Requirements:

  • Clinical background in an acute care setting and experience with quality initiatives
  • Master's Degree in a related field
  • CPHQ certification preferred
  • Excellent communication skills required
  • Strong analytical aptitude with the ability to translate findings into action
  • In-depth knowledge of quality challenges facing healthcare nationally and regionally - CMS, P4P, Core Measures, 5 million lives campaign
  • Excellent Management Skills

If you are interested in learning more about this position please feel
free to call or email at 800-787-9669 or jstenberg@rsirecruit.com!

Johanna Stenberg
Recruitment Specialists, Inc. (RSI)
Executive Health Recruiter
P: 800-787-9669
Email: jstenberg@rsirecruit.com

Posted on: August 20, 2008


Vice President, Quality and Medical Management

Located just northwest of Charlotte, Carolinas Medical Center - Lincoln offers a great work environment and excellent benefits and compensation package. If you'd like to be a part of our success, we invite you to explore this outstanding opportunity.

An opportunity exists for a Vice President, Quality and Medical Management to oversee the quality and medical management division, which includes health information services, case management, medical staff services, quality management, risk management, and patient safety. Will also coordinate all accreditation surveys.

Qualified candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree; certification/licensure in a health related field; and RHIA, RHIT, RN, or other health related discipline. Master's degree and CPHQ desired.

To apply online, please visit: www.cmc-lincoln.org or call
(704) 732-5514.

Carolinas Medical Center - Lincoln

Posted on: August 15, 2008


Data Abstraction Specialists – Quality Measures & CathPCI Registry Abstractors

Company Profile
Data Abstraction Specialists provides remote registry abstraction support services for hospitals nationwide. Abstraction services include Quality Measures, NCDR, STS and Cancer Registries at this time with additional registries targeted for the future. DAS assists facilities in meeting CMS and JCAHO measurement specifications for performance monitoring through the utilization of professional abstracting personnel for data collection and data entry into the hospital's existing measurement system or tool. We are currently seeking part and full-time experienced abstractors to provide remote abstraction services.

Experience
Abstractors will be responsible for clinical review and data abstraction of patient records for quality and regulatory processes such as medical staff peer review, public reporting measures and other hospital-specific data needs. Abstractors must be a clinical RN with a minimum of 3 years experience in clinical review and data abstraction. Ideal candidates will be self-starters with strong time management skills. We are particularly seeking candidates for our Quality Assurance and Project Leader teams. These candidates are required to have 5 years experience in all Quality Measures and/or NCDR Registries.

Abstractors work from home – therefore suitable home work environment is required.

For more details, please visit www.daspecialists.com and review 'Career Opportunities”

Contact
Pamela Rottman
protttman@daspecialists.com

Posted on: July 29, 2008

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