Physician (Director, Quality Management) - Phoenix, United States - Department Of Health And Human Services

Description

Summary

This position will serve as the Director, Office of Quality Management for the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service. The incumbent will ensure quality of care and facilitate performance improvement at the Public Health Service hospitals, critical access hospitals, health centers, regional treatment centers, and clinics of the Phoenix Area. The Director will also serve as a part time direct care Physician.

Duties

• Works closely with the Chief Medical Officer on matters of organized medical staff functions, medical staff leadership, and appropriate Area Wide policy.
• Supports and leads an area-wide approach to patient safety and risk management, utilizing contemporary approaches to system-level safety culture, as well as root cause analysis and review, including potentially compensable events and medical errors. Supports and leads the effort to utilize error tracking and reduction of hospital acquired injuries and infections.
• Assists and guides the staffs of the Phoenix Area IHS health facilities toward a process establishing, maintaining and/or improving systems of professional standards review, retrospective and concurrent patient care evaluation activities, utilization review and overall quality assurance programs.
• The Director identifies developmental and training needs of employees and provides or makes provision for such development and training. They make decisions on work problems presented by subordinates.
• The incumbent serves as a physician in a clinic setting at sites as directed by the Chief Medical Officer.