Mgr Accreditation and Licensure (Columbia County)

Wellstar Health Systems, Inc.

Grovetown, GA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accreditation Standards, Administrative Management, Analysis Skills, Business Administration, Business Development, Clinical Nursing, Coaching, Communication Skills, Content Management Systems (CMS), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disease, Facilities Planning, Federal Laws and Regulations, Healthcare, Home Care, Hospice Care, Hospital, Hospital Administration, Identify Issues, Interpersonal Skills, Interpret Regulations, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Nursing, OSHA, Outpatient Care, Patient Safety, People Management, Process Improvement, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting Skills, Risk Analysis, Safety/Work Safety, Sales, State Laws and Regulations, System Integration (SI), Systems Administration/Management, Team Building, The Joint Commission (TJC), Time Management, Training/Teaching, Trend Analysis, Web/Electronic Surveys
LOCATION
Grovetown, GA
POSTED
4 days ago

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Posting
 
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

A Brief Overview
 
Under the leadership of the Director of Quality and Safety, the Manager of Accreditation and Licensure is an expert on The Joint Commission (TJC), CMS and other pertinent accreditation standards and must be able to independently lead all accreditation and licensure efforts. The Manager of Accreditation and Licensure is also responsible for continuous survey readiness including establishing mechanisms for proactive identification and correction of regulatory issues for hospital, outpatient departments, home care, and hospice (as applicable). In addition, this role develops and delivers educational training and coaching to facilitate the understanding of accreditation standards and requirements.

What you will do
 
  • Continuous Readiness Program.
    • a. Coordinates and facilitates survey activity including, but not limited to Joint Commission Accreditation, CMS and State regulatory surveys. Provides consultative support for disease specific certification surveys.
    • b. Coordinates and oversees the use of tracer and mock surveys through utilizing electronic database to provide leadership trends of the findings.
    • c. Assures tracers and mock surveys are conducted as required with timely reporting and support to hospital departments and managers. Participates in system-wide mock survey activities.
    • d. Provide reports resulting from mock surveys and tracers by standards and elements of performance.
    • e. Routinely reviews regulatory and accreditation standards. Supports function area leaders, medical staff and others to ensure compliance by providing education and assisting with proactive identification of non-compliant practices.
    • f. Identifies high risk areas for regulatory compliance and facilitates education and process improvement efforts to create alignment and compliance.
    • g. Accountable for ensuring that action plans are developed to address deficiencies identified by regulatory agencies are fully executed by required deadliness and that actions are monitored for effectiveness and sustained improvement.
    • h. Communicates survey readiness success and potential barriers with Administrative, Hospital, and Physician Leaders.
    • i. Review accreditation applications annually and as needed.
    40%
  • Compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies.
    • a. Monitors pertinent state and federal regulations, standards, and guideline.
    • b. Ensures changes in TJC and CMS standards and National Patient Safety Goals including monitoring
    • c. requirements are communicated with the appropriate department manager on a timely basis.
    • d. Responsible for Continuous Readiness for Regulatory Surveys and interpretation.
    • e. Maintains compliance with TJC, OSHA, CMS, NCCHC and all other appropriate standards or agencies.
    • f. Serves as a task force leader for project implementation for key initiatives and programs.
    • g. Monitors and analyzes current activities to determine business development value.
    30%
  • Education and Program Leadership
    • a. Develops, plan and implement key accreditation initiatives as defined by the organization.
    • b. Adheres to the general facility and system standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships, and team building.
    • c. Manages and provides guidance for Continuous Survey Readiness
    10%
  • Committee Oversight Participation
    • a. Collects, analyzes, recommends, and presents accreditation data and analysis of trends to hospital committees as appropriate.
    • b. Provides input into the design of an effective Accreditation plan through participation with hospital leadership and as an active part of the System Accreditation Committee. Serves as a liaison, ensuring coordination and consistency between the facility plan and WellStar Health System’s Program for Continuous Survey Readiness. Reviews and analyzes annually.
    10%
  • Data Collection and Analysis
    • a. Uses available Accreditation Management software to collect data to provide reports for the hospital
    • b. and outpatient department.
    • c. Provides support for data collection and analysis, including the ongoing systematic screening of data sources and special studies to evaluate survey readiness.
    • d. Correlates data from various mock survey, tracer and official survey activities to include problem identification, investigation and resolution, as well as monitoring and trending patterns.
    10%
Qualifications
  • Bachelors Nursing Required and(
  • Bachelors Other Required or
  • Masters Business Administration/Management Preferred or
  • Masters Other Preferred or)
  • Education clarification: Bachelor's in Nursing or healthcare related field required. MBA or Master's in healthcare related field preferred.
  • Minimum 2 years in healthcare, nursing or clinical practice Required
  • Minimum 2 years of experience with hospital accreditation and licensure programs (e.g. The Joint Commission, CMS) Required
  • CJCP - Cert Joint Commission Prof
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    About the Company

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    Wellstar Health Systems, Inc.

    As the largest healthcare system in the suburbs of Atlanta, WellStar serves more than a million patients a year within our hospitals, health parks, urgent care centers, and medical practices in NW Atlanta. We are a leading not-for-profit health system with state-of-the-art medical technology and a world-class employee family. Onsite concierge services, pension plans and job sharing are just the start of our innovative vision of a ‘Work Life Well Lived!’

    COMPANY SIZE
    10,000 employees or more
    INDUSTRY
    Healthcare Services
    FOUNDED
    1997
    WEBSITE
    http://www.wellstarcareers.org/index.asp