Canyon Vista Medical Center - sierra Vista, AZ
Director of patient safety And Quality
Job Summary
director of patient safety & quality
We are looking for a registered nurse to step into the role of Quality and Patient Safety Director at a 106 bed hospital in Arizona. You will manage the daily activities of the quality and patient safety departments, and ensure regulatory compliance and accreditation. You will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with hospital leadership, medical staff, and the hospital service center.
canyon vista medical center
Located in the beautiful high desert of southeastern Arizona, Canyon Vista Medical Center commits to serve residents in Sierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, Cochise County – a population of more than 131,000 people, and our surrounding communities. We’re comfortably nestled in the San Pedro River Valley, 75 miles southeast of Tucson.
Canyon Vista Medical Center was founded in 1963 as Western Baptist Osteopathic Hospital on what was then the eastern edge of Sierra Vista. Growth and advancing technology dictated building our new 177,000 square foot hospital at 5700 E Hwy 90.
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Leapfrog Hospital Safety Scores
canyon vista medical center
| Measure | The Hospital’s Score | Worst Performing Hospital | Avg. Performing Hospital | Best Performing Hospital | Data Source | Time Period Covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dangerous object left in patient’s body What’s This? | 0.000 | 0.373 | 0.02 | 0.000 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Air or gas bubble in the blood What’s This? | 0.000 | 0.642 | .0016 | 0.000 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Patient falls and injuries What’s This? | 0.691 | 2.075 | 0.42 | 0.000 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Infection in the blood What’s This? | 1.336 | 4.620 | 1.05 | 0.000 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 10/01/2019 – 12/31/2019 and 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Infection in the urinary tract What’s This? | 0.403 | 3.337 | 0.85 | 0.000 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 10/01/2019 – 12/31/2019 and 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Surgical site infection after colon surgery What’s This? | Not Available | 2.765 | 0.79 | 0.000 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 10/01/2019 – 12/31/2019 and 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| MRSA Infection What’s This? | Not Available | 4.033 | 1.03 | 0.000 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 10/01/2019 – 12/31/2019 and 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| C. diff. Infection What’s This? | 0.185 | 1.783 | 0.52 | 0.000 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 10/01/2019 – 12/31/2019 and 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Death from treatable serious complications What’s This? | 147.57 | 206.08 | 159.68 | 95.65 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Harmful Events What’s This? | 0.88 | 3.34 | 1.00 | 0.60 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Dangerous bed sores What’s This? * | 0.30 | 8.78 | 0.58 | 0.04 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Collapsed lung What’s This? * | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.12 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Falls causing broken hips What’s This? * | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.07 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Blood Leakage What’s This? * | 2.41 | 5.58 | 2.54 | 1.26 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Kidney injury after surgery What’s This? * | 1.40 | 3.45 | 1.42 | 0.58 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Serious breathing problem What’s This? * | 4.56 | 17.09 | 5.18 | 1.66 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Dangerous blood clot What’s This? * | 3.25 | 8.41 | 3.61 | 1.65 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Sepsis infection after surgery What’s This? * | 5.11 | 9.73 | 4.96 | 2.31 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Surgical wound splits open What’s This? * | 0.84 | 1.54 | 0.86 | 0.57 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| Accidental cuts and tears What’s This? * | 1.10 | 3.97 | 1.21 | 0.37 | CMS | 07/01/2018 – 12/31/2019 |
| * This measure is a part of the Harmful Events Composite and is not used for scoring. | ||||||
Process measures include the management structures and procedures a hospital has in place to protect patients from errors, accidents, and injuries.
| Measure | The Hospital’s Score | Worst Performing Hospital | Avg. Performing Hospital | Best Performing Hospital | Data Source | Time Period Covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors order medications through a computer What’s This? | 100 | 5 | 86.60 | 100 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Safe medication administration What’s This? | 75 | 5 | 84.18 | 100 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Specially trained doctors care for ICU patients What’s This? | 5 | 5 | 64.46 | 100 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Effective leadership to prevent errors What’s This? | 120.00 | 46.15 | 117.09 | 120.00 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Staff work together to prevent errors What’s This? | 120.00 | 0.00 | 116.88 | 120.00 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Enough qualified nurses What’s This? | 100.00 | 0.00 | 98.36 | 100.00 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Handwashing What’s This? | 100 | 15 | 76.22 | 100 | 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey | 2021 |
| Communication with nurses What’s This? | 90 | 75 | 90.25 | 96 | CMS | 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Communication with doctors What’s This? | 90 | 77 | 90.18 | 97 | CMS | 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Responsiveness of hospital staff What’s This? | 81 | 63 | 82.17 | 93 | CMS | 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Communication about medicines What’s This? | 74 | 57 | 75.24 | 89 | CMS | 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
| Communication about discharge What’s This? | 87 | 65 | 85.73 | 95 | CMS | 07/01/2020 – 03/31/2021 |
Official job description
canyon vista medical center- Director of patient safety & QUALITY
Position Summary/Description:
The Patient Safety and Quality works collaboratively with the senior leadership team, department directors, and medical staff to lead, develop and oversee a best-in-class hospital quality and safety program and to ensure regulatory compliance and accreditation.
Job Duties
Leadership
1. Participate in hospital activities as a member of the leadership team.
2. Role model for compliant behavior consistent with the mission, vision, and values of LifePoint and the hospital.
3. Oversee the direct operations of the Quality Department, including Risk, Infection Prevention, Patient Satisfaction and Trauma Coordination.
4. Motivate, mentor, develop and evaluate staff in the Quality Department.
5. Promotes a culture of safety, high-reliability, patient and staff engagement, and performance excellence.
6. Regularly communicate quality, performance improvement, regulatory compliance and safety activities to the medical staff, executive team, hospital leaders and Board of Trustees
7. Lead the development of hospital policies and procedures related to quality improvement and patient safety.
8. Develop long-range goals, annual objectives and strategies for areas of responsibility.
9. Aid in the organization and implementation of the hospital and Board safety and quality committees and key strategic patient safety and quality initiatives
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
1. In collaboration with hospital leadership, medical staff, and the Hospital Service Center (HSC) participate in the development, monitoring, reporting and improvement of activities related to hospital quality and safety in order to achieve organizational targets and goals.
2. Collaborate with hospital and physician leaders to envision, develop, and implement the organization’s comprehensive safety and quality program.
3. Oversees reporting and communication of quality improvement initiatives, quality and patient safety awareness, safety culture survey administration, and recognition programs. (Including reports for Medical Staff Committees, Board of Trustees, MOR, etc)
4. Participates in root cause analyses and failure modes and effects analyses and debriefings.
5. Takes a lead role in the LeapFrog Survey, Culture of Safety Survey, and implementation/monitoring of the National Quality Program.
6. Ensures timely submission of Quality data to the HSC, LeapFrog, Quality Net, HIIN, NHSN, National Quality Program and other required agencies.
7. Advanced Process Improvement Knowledge and Experience
Regulatory Readiness
1. Directs and coordinates accreditation strategies to ensure compliance with State, Joint Commission and Medicare Conditions of Participation.
2. In collaboration with Compliance, Risk Management, and Legal, oversee the investigation and reporting of events as required by regulatory agencies and serves as a physician liaison in PI efforts related to medical safety.
3. Coordinate and oversee data collection and analysis, reporting, improvement activities and follow-up related to serious safety events via the Patient Safety Organization.
4. Devise, implement and coordinate a plan for JC tracer activities.
Position Requirements:
Complies with legal, hospital and departmental policies, procedures and position requirements. Must have an active RN License (AZ within 60 days of hire). Must have an associate degree in Nursing, bachelor degree preferred.
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