Banner Health · 11 hours ago
Senior Quality Safety & Infection Program Manager
Page, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expBanner Health is a nationally-recognized healthcare leader seeking a Senior Quality Safety & Infection Program Manager. This role involves overseeing quality, infection prevention, and patient safety initiatives, managing performance improvement projects, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to enhance clinical outcomes.
Health CareInsuranceNon Profit
Responsibilities
Responsible for oversight and assessment of clinical performance data, infection prevention data, and care delivery practices. Collaborates with administrators, physicians, clinical leaders and staff to identify improvement opportunities utilizing quantitative techniques, knowledge of health care operations and systems thinking. Obtains and uses literature, evidence-based practice and benchmark data whenever possible
Conducts focused surveillance for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), detects and records HAIs on a systematic and current basis, analyzes HAIs and prepares reports for the Infection Control Committee of the facility or ambulatory setting. Reports communicable diseases as required by regulation
Improves clinical performance identifies causes of variation, serves as a subject matter expert and supports implementation of systems and processes to facilitate effective clinical practice. Leverages results from clinical performance, infection prevention, peer review, regulatory, patient safety and others to align performance improvement opportunities with system and local teams
Facilitates prioritization of improvement activities with system and entity leadership, based on current risk assessment and performance. Conducts collection, aggregation and analysis of data, i.e. clinical performance, surveillance, etc. Initiates epidemiological investigations of significant clusters of infections and single cases of unusual infection. Coordination and dissemination of information to support administrative and clinical decision making. Collaborates with the appropriate process owner(s) to identify opportunities for improvement
Establishes and oversees the development and implementation of annual quality plans with administrative, service line and process owners. Strategizes with entity leadership to plan and coordinate local Quality Councils
Manages and coaches performance improvement activities and oversees projects in collaboration with project leaders and administrators. Serves as a subject matter expert and/or facilitates improvement teams to plan, implement, and coordinate entity activities to maximize clinical and operational outcomes. Participates on improvement teams, guiding teams on system defined improvement methodologies and processes
Reviews and assists with implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines as they relate to infection prevention. Conducts infection prevention education and in-service programs to departments, including orientation for new employees. Conducts construction, renovation, environmental, and infection prevention rounds, ensuring compliance with system policy and national and/or professional standards for a safe environment
Achieves and maintains professional competencies in assessment, performance improvement, surveillance, infection prevention, change/project management, and patient safety. Competency and expertise are obtained through independent study, internal development courses, attending education workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, board certification, and participating in professional organizations. Serves as a consultant and subject matter expert for physicians, nurses, department managers, supervisors, and other professional and non- professional staff members
Responsibility for Quality Improvement (QI), Infection Prevention (IP) and Patient Safety at a single entity and additionally is involved in system-level IP, QI and patient safety activities. Internal customers include all assigned entity administrators, physicians, staff, volunteers and corporate administrators, leadership team and staff. External customers include public health agencies, general public, accreditation and regulatory organizations, payers, patients and physicians
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in nursing or other healthcare related field
Or a Bachelor's degree with five years of healthcare related experience
RN license in state worked OR a clinical background with current license/certification or equivalent experience
Senior Quality Safety & Infection Program Manager will be expected to achieve Certification of Infection Control (CIC) after completing 4 years in the position and attaining Infection Prevention work experience
Infection Prevention Team members working primarily in an acute or ambulatory job location will be expected to maintain an active Basic Life Skills certification
Must have a proficiency level typically attained with five years experience in Quality Management/Performance Improvement
Requires at least two years management experience or demonstrated leadership abilities through successful large scale projects
Must possess demonstrated flexibility in responding to the needs of multiple constituencies with a service-oriented philosophy
Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate multi-disciplinary teams
Must possess demonstrated skill in problem analysis, project management, conflict resolution and oral and written presentations
Requires ability to balance and manage multiple projects
Preferred
BSN/Master's degree in nursing or Master's in other healthcare related field
Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC) training course or equivalent
Certifications: CIC, CPHQ, CPPS or other relevant certifications
Computer skills, research and basic statistical knowledge
Benefits
Health and financial security options
Company
Banner Health
Banner Health operates as a nonprofit health care system in the United States. The company offers hospital care, home care, hospice care,
10001+ employees
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2025 (76)
2024 (70)
2023 (35)
2022 (47)
2021 (51)
2020 (29)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation
2025-10-24Grant
Leadership Team
Andy Kramer Petersen
President & CEO Banner Health Foundation
Brian P. Kellar
Chief Executive Officer
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