Director of Quality and Patient Safety - Behavioral Health

Job description

Director of Quality and Patient Safety - Behavioral Health | Summit Healthcare Mgmt | Nashville, Tennessee About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Director of Quality & Patient Safety leads and coordinates quality and performance improvement, regulatory compliance, and patient safety efforts across multiple behavioral healthcare sites. This role ensures that all programs operate within federal, state, and accreditation standards, while driving a culture of continuous improvement, clinical excellence, and risk reduction. Roles and Responsibilities: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Identifies, assesses, and prioritizes facilities in the areas of quality, risk, and patient safety. - Completes onsite visits to each assigned facility routinely a minimum of once per quarter and more frequently for higher risk, problem prone facilities. - Conducts weekly calls with each assigned facility for communication and collaboration, and to review Smart Sheets, - Completes required reports such as Weekly Risk Report, Facility Smart Sheets, and other internal documents as requested. - Attends and participates in scheduled weekly, biweekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings on camera or in-person. - Become familia...