Overview:

Since 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been dedicated to leading health care in this region by enriching the lives of patients through the highest quality of care. We seek to continue our tradition of success and innovation with individuals dedicated to delivering the highest level of expertise and quality. Together we can continue to grow and support the legacy of CHI St. Alexius Health for many years to come.

CHI St. Alexius Health is a regional health network with a tertiary hospital in Bismarck, the system also consists of critical access hospitals (CAHs) in Carrington, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Garrison, Turtle Lake, Washburn and Williston and numerous clinics and outpatient services.  CHI St. Alexius Health manages four CAHs in North Dakota - Elgin, Linton, and Wishek, as well as Mobridge Regional Medical Center in Mobridge, S.D. CHI St. Alexius Health offers a comprehensive line of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including: a Level II Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, home health and hospice services, durable medical equipment services, a fitness and human performance center and ancillary services throughout western and central North Dakota.

CHI St. Alexius Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit Health is committed to creating healthier communities, delivering exceptional patient care, and ensuring every person has access to quality health care.

CHI St. Alexius also provides you with the quality care you provide to others. We care about our employees well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family: 

Care@Work program supporting any child care, pet care, or adult dependent needs 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family 

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance 

Flexible spending accounts 

Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft 

Adoption Assistance 

Paid Time Off (PTO) 

Tuition Assistance for career growth and development 

Matching Retirement Programs 

Wellness Program

Responsibilities:

CHI ST. Alexius is looking for a Full Time Quality and Patient Safety Program Manager to join the team!

The primary function of the Quality/Patient Safety Program Manager is to support, coordinate, and facilitate the quality  management (QM), patient safety (PS) and regulatory performance improvement (PI) activities for the hospital and  medical staff. This role also serves as a resource to employees, management, nursing directors, senior management,  councils, physicians and teams on quality management activities and will handle patient sensitive and confidential  hospital information.  

What You'll Do:

Assists in the design, planning, implementation and coordination of Quality Management, Patient Safety and  Performance Improvement activities for assigned hospital and medical staff departments, committees, divisions, service  lines and functions. Proactively coordinates and facilitates performance improvement teams to support key initiatives,  including but not limited to, activities focused on clinical quality improvement, patient safety and risk reduction, patient  experience, efficiency, FMEAS, and root cause analyses and medical staff improvement (e.g. OPPE, FPPE). 

Participates in an integral role to ensure compliance with CMS HIQRP/HOQRP, TJC, Leapfrog, etc., data collection and  reporting of process and outcome measures. Facilitates development and implementation of data collection tools and  processes including the ability to: identify data elements needed to complete appropriate measurement, perform data  collection and abstraction per specifications, and validate data prior to submission or preview reports prior to  publication. 

Facilitates meetings, presents data and reports, identifies key findings and assists with action plans and implementation. 

Maintains current knowledge of accreditation and licensing requirements and must be a resource to staff on these  regulations in order to improve management of outcomes and ensure compliance. Assists with regulatory readiness and  survey preparation activities including mock survey tracers. 

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or five (5) years of related job or industry  experience in lieu of degree. 

 One (1) year healthcare-related quality management/performance improvement experience (e.g., chart  audit, PI team member, etc.) and three (3) years clinical  experience in an acute care setting.

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), or Healthcare  Quality and Management Certification (HCQM), or Certificate of  Professional Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (CPQPS) within 2  years of employment is required.