Accreditation Program Specialist Senior
| Company | Allina Health |
|---|---|
| Location | Northfield, MN, USA, Shakopee, MN, USA, Mankato, MN, USA |
| Salary | $43.65 – $60.4 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Care Administration, Engineering or other health care related field required
- 2+ years experience in accreditation, certification, or regulatory required (actively leading survey readiness or formal accreditation/regulatory role)
- 5+ years healthcare experience in related field
Responsibilities
- Develops and implements processes to meet accreditation, certification, and regulatory standards, reduces duplication of efforts and gain efficiency in the program.
- Leads development of site accreditation, certification, and regulatory processes including internal surveys, application updating, system contracts, and internal tracers.
- Establishes a sustainable approach to regulatory compliance.
- Serves as lead surveyor during internal surveys.
- Serves as survey leader during external surveys.
- Collaborates with and provides expert level guidance and support to business unit leadership, clinical and departmental teams in functional area.
- Incorporates HRO principles and improvement tools into regulatory/accreditation project implementation and sustainment.
- Serves as consultant and key content expert for clinical and operational team members.
- Provides expert advice in complex situations, and is a key leader in decision-making.
- Leading system and site policy and procedure development, revision and implementation to ensure alignment to accreditation, certification, and regulatory requirements.
- Identifies existing and needed regulatory processes and procedures, and ensure accreditation expertise/perspective is included in clinical and operational policies.
- Leads teams to develop or revise policies and procedures.
- Collaborates with key leaders to reliably implement policies and procedures in alignment with safety & quality principles and practices.
- Possesses and provides expert level knowledge in accreditation, certification and regulatory tasks and addresses problems.
- Establishes and facilitates relationship with accrediting body and department of health surveyors and key contacts.
- Serves as a key content and subject matter expert and primary contact for business unit and across the system as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Health Care Administration, Engineering or other health care related field required