Assistant Manager, Regulatory and Patient Safety Quality Assurance Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt)(Non-Union) at University of Southern California

The Assistant Manager for Regulatory and Patient Safety provides advanced support for day-to-day administrative and operational activities of the patient safety program and the Medical Centers survey readiness for Joint Commission California Department of Public Health Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other accreditation or regulatory agencies. The individual is responsible for working with the Director and the Associate Administrator to ensure effective efficient and compliant employee relationships customer service performance improvement compliance with regulatory guidelines and maintaining intra- and interdepartmental communication. This includes assessing and making recommendations to streamline workflows for continuous addition this individual facilitates root cause analysis (RCA) failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) safety event investigations and corrective action planning and implementation. The role also serves as a project manager to facilitate coordinate document and independently manage multiple projects and processes.Essential Duties:Manages day-to-day operational and tactical activities of a project.Develops and delivers progress reports proposals requirements documentation and presentations.Diagnoses task/procedural change issues and helps to resolve the problem.Proactively manages changes in project scope identifies any potential crisis or issues and devises contingency plans to mitigate concerns.Leads development of processes and maintenance of survey including maximizing the information collected during tracers to proactively improve systems and processes and mitigate risks to patient safety accreditation and compliance.Determines the content of status reports and frequency of delivery; analyzes results of the progress reports and troubleshoot problem areas.Defines project success criteria communicating that throughout the project team.Reviews deliverables prepared by the project team.Understands how to communicate difficult and sensitive information tactfully.Leads safety event analyses and proactive risk assessments in collaboration with key stakeholders by conducting systematic and thorough assessment developing and implementing relevant action plans and evaluating and monitoring for effectiveness.Performs other duties as assigned or requested.Required Qualifications:Req Bachelors Degree Health-Related Professions Degree in nursing healthcare administration or related fieldReq 4 years Minimum of four (4) years of experience in an acute care hospital settingReq 2 years Minimum of two years of experience in patient safety risk management regulatory/accreditation quality management performance improvement and/or management consulting.Req Strong ability to manage teams of individuals with diverse backgrounds and education/training towards a common objective.Req Demonstrate skill and sound knowledge of patient safety principles and concepts.Req Working knowledge of Joint Commission accreditation standards California Title 22 regulations and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conditions of participation.Req Facilitate working sessions with large cross-functional multidisciplinary teams.Req Develop and deliver committee reports.Req Possess excellent project management skills.Req Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint)Preferred Qualifications:Pref Knowledge of statistical analysis and reporting practices pertaining to quality improvement and programRequired Licenses/Certifications: Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing) California Registered Nursing license.Req Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality - CPHQ (NAHQ) Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CCPS) or Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) certification within 2 years of hire.Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)The annual base salary range for this position is $121680.00 - $200772.00. When extending an offer of employment the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position the candidates work experience education/training key skills internal peer equity federal state and local laws contractual stipulations grant funding as well as external market and organizational considerations. USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at or by email at. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law. 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