WellSpan Health

Accreditation and Licensure Specialist - Day - Accreditation and Licensure WSRH

Location: WellSpan Health, York, PA

Schedule: Full Time

Hours: M-F Day

Full time: 40 hours/week

General Summary

Provides direction and leadership to the organization by coordinating activities designed to achieve and maintain compliance with the CMS Conditions of Participation, PA Department of Health, The Joint Commission and DNV accreditation as it applies, in both inpatient and outpatient hospital licensed entities. Independently performs a variety of audits, analysis of the data as well as ensure compliance with regulatory audits. Serves as the back-up for on-site surveys and works with others to facilitate system process and outcome improvements and shared communications with spread of best practices.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains responsibility for ensuring that all Federal/State/Accreditation Standards related to licensure are being met.

• Works closely with the Director to help coordinate survey follow-up activities, including plans of action, monitoring systems, clarifications and challenges.

• Schedules and coordinates survey related activities including but not limited to agendas, site visits and educational opportunities.

• Educates others in interpretation of standards and assists as needed in planning improvement/compliance. Facilitates the integration of new accreditation, certification and regulatory requirements.

• Manages and assigns all mock tracers for the off-site locations as well as analyzing the data, develops and monitors action plans as well as reports results.

• Performs structured monthly audits of medical records. Reviews records for completeness, accuracy, legibility and other indicators as indicated.

• Compiles data for and prepares regularly scheduled or special reports, analyses and statements, after regulatory accreditation or certification surveys

• Analyzes data for significant trends or occurrences. Presents data to the appropriate leadership.

• Evaluates procedures, provides communication and action tools to encourage the team's development of methods to track and ensure sustained improvement over time.

• Develops and oversees the implementation of corrective action plans to address survey findings. Monitors and analyzes all data related to action plans and reports results to leadership.

• Keeps abreast of appropriate regulatory agency requirements related to accreditation.

• Utilizes tracer and environmental rounds findings to initiate improvement. Utilizes Tracer activities as educational opportunity for staff.

• Provides ongoing reports and updates of existing and potential regulatory compliance issues to the Director.

• Develops collaborative networking relationships with colleagues responsible for regulatory compliance activities.

• Serves as a back-up to the Director in her/his absence.

• Serves as a key member on the Environment of Care team for both inpatient and outpatient sites.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Associates Degree Required

• Bachelors Degree Preferred

Work Experience:

• 1 year Experience in Quality, Patient Safety, Government Regulations, Legal Services, Healthcare and Regulatory Affairs. Preferred.

• RN or LPN preferred but not required

• Healthcare experience preferred

• Regulatory experience a major plus

• Previous auditing experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership skills.

• Demonstrated knowledge of health care and regulatory affairs.

• Must have a global view of the Hospital vision and mission.

• Needs to be analytical, inquisitive, persistent and detail-minded.

• Just Culture is essential in dealing with possible misconduct.

• Must possess a work ethic that is fair, moral, objective and discreet.

• Project management and computer skills are required

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

• Retirement savings plan

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Short-term disability

• Education assistance

• Financial education and support, including DailyPay

• Wellness and Wellbeing programs

• Caregiver support via Wellthy

• Childcare referral service via Wellthy

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