About the Role
Facilitate agency's Quality Management for compliance with State, Local, and Federal regulatory systems. Provide support and assistance to programs in implementing recommendations and coordinating the Quality Improvement program.
Responsibilities
- Conduct investigations for all programs by interviewing staff, reviewing documentation, completing investigation reports, and inputting required information into statewide databases within required timeframes.
- Ensure documentation of recommendations is received and close investigations in compliance with regulations.
- Coordinate and ensure timely completion of investigations performed by agency and contracted investigators.
- Work a flexible schedule based on investigatory needs and provide rotating on-call coverage for incident response.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of OPWDD regulations, along with other Federal and State regulations, requirements, standards, and policies.
- Perform regularly scheduled internal reviews to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Oversee and monitor implementation of plans of corrective action.
- Collect, analyze, interpret, and document information to support audit/documentation review findings.
- Maintain agency records of all programmatic reviews/audits/incidents.
- Maintain strict confidentiality.
- Provide assistance to individual programs to analyze and resolve identified problems.
- Facilitate and ensure all proper documentation is present for external audits.
- Facilitate Agency’s Quality Management for compliance with Local, State and Federal regulatory systems.
- Review quality assurance standards.
- Study existing policies and procedures for effectiveness of quality assurance program.
- Participate in Agency’s Incident Review, Human Rights, and Research Project Proposal Committees.
- Coordinate and assist Human Resources with Agency Personnel background checks, Suspect/Target and SCR information.
- Attend agency/outside meetings/groups as needed to implement essential job functions.
- Attend internal/outside meetings for Agency special projects, as well as oversee related field activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in a related area.
- 5 years of OPWDD experience.
Location
- Hauppauge, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
