Job Summary:

The Quality Assurance Coordinator will perform the quality assurance functions under the direction of the Director of Medical Records and in accordance with JCAH and hospital administration and medical staff goals and the approved Quality Assurance/Utilization Review (QA/UR) plan.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Performs quality assurance functions to accomplish hospital-wide coordination, monitoring, and reporting of quality-assurance studies according to the QA/UR plan.
• Informs director of any new and/or revised QA regulations.
• Assists departments with the coordination of audit information and recommends appropriate data-gathering mechanisms, procedures, etc.
• Attends meetings both at the hospital and away from the hospital.
• Creates a satisfactory working environment with other departments performing quality-assurance studies, and assists with the accumulation, display, routing, and dissemination of information to appropriate committees, physicians, and departments.
• Assists the Director with revisions to the QA/UR plan for medical staff review.
• Assists with developing and maintaining an unusual occurrence procedure. Assists with the monitoring of unusual occurrences; prepares action-taken reports for the committee for the Director of Medical Records.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge and understanding of the coding abstracting system used in the Medical Records Department for efficient data gathering.
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions.
• Ability to maintain close attention to detail and accuracy.

Physical Requirements:

• Work requires sitting, standing, and/or walking for periods of five hours or more, moving and examining objects at high and low reach, and reading for periods of three hours or more.