Quality Assurance Coordinator, MD-Center Administration

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where youll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
The Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research has an opening for a Quality Assurance Coordinator. They will focus not only on regulatory compliance but also on building a culture of research quality, continuous improvement, and participant safety across investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored, and federally funded clinical research studies.

Works under minimal supervision to manage daily quality assessment and quality assurance programs, including but not limited to, areas of licensure and accreditation from federal agencies and peer review organizations. Responsible for review and appropriate reporting of all adverse occurrences, which may be either patient, donor, recipient, or employee related. Collects, maintains, organizes, and presents all relevant data that documents function and status of quality management program.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree in appropriate health care discipline or device manufacturing
  

• Experience
  5 years of clinical experience with at least
  2 years in quality assurance, infection control, or risk management or
  5 years industrial, pharmaceutical, or similar experience in quality assurance and
  2 years recent experience in quality assurance and biologic and device regulation, and certification as required by specific position
  May consider additional years of related experience in lieu of education.
  

JOB DUTIES

• Assists administrative and technical personnel to develop, organize, and evaluate quality management program goals and objectives.
• Identifies and investigates with defined parameters: documents and reports, all adverse occurrences, and potential problems to Director or Department Chair, and as may be required with university administrative offices.
• Provides working supervision to group of administrative and/or technical positions.
• Submits data trends and outcome assessments; develops new measures as appropriate.
• Organizes data gathering and facilities data review; prepares data reports.
• Makes recommendations for problem resolutions.
• Coordinates staff education programs and training seminars as necessary.
• Manages sensitive issues and medical/social information in professional and confidential manner from liability standpoint.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Work requires ability to analyze data or report information.
• Work requires ability to create methodologies for accomplishing goals.
• Work requires ability to implement recommendations by coordinating persons and/or resources.
• Work requires ability to walk, bend, reach, squat, and stoop.
• Work requires excellent telephone skills.
• Work requires good typing, data entry, and simple arithmetic skills.
• Work requires incumbent to function with large amount of independence and accountability.
• Work requires internal contact with physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, insurance companies, and government agencies for data gathering and outcome verification.
• Work requires knowledge of basic computer equipment.
• Work requires performance of tasks both standing and sitting.
• Work requires responsible for development, implementation and maintenance of quality management/quality assurance program, which will assure quality delivery of services, employee safety, and public accountability and accreditation processes necessary.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Requirements

• Bending/Leaning Over
• Reaching
• Sitting
• Standing
• Stooping
• Walking

Working Conditions

• Laboratory Setting
• Office Setting

Salary Information
Salary is commensurate with education, skills, and relevant experience.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.