Quality Assurance Director

Description

Responsible for directing the overall medical quality programs for a healthcare organization. Develops and implements medical quality policies, procedures, and projects. Coordinates and directs programs designed to assess and review the quality of patient care provided. This is not a TQM or CQI position. This is a non-MD position. Typically reports to Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.