Quality Assurance Analyst I

The Southcentral Foundation (SCF) Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst is responsible for providing support corporate wide to both internal and external customer-owners and employees in areas of risk management, legal receipts, accreditation, federal tort claims, employee health and infection control.

The QA Analyst works with internal and external partners of SCF including customer-owners, accrediting bodies, regulatory agencies, and employees. They work with senior leadership and committees at all levels and across all divisions/departments providing feedback, producing data and reports in order to identify, develop, and improve systems and processes to assure high quality of care throughout SCF. QA analysts are responsible for monitoring and maintaining QA processes and reporting systems, procedures, and controls to meet established performance, quality, risk, accreditation, infection control, employee health and safety standards. They are responsible for monitoring implemented internal processes necessary to achieve and/or maintain applicable Federal, State, and Municipal regulations/standards, external certifications, and licensures and accreditations.

The QA Analyst is required to apply critical thinking to make independent decisions when assisting employees and customer-owners and are subject matter experts with focused knowledge who provide technical support and build relationships across the organization.

This position has two (2) levels designed to provide progressively more responsible and independent work experience. Progression between job levels is based on the demonstrated ability to successfully handle more progressively responsible assignments.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Associate degree; OR equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
2. Two (2) years of healthcare
3. Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in Quality Assurance or quality improvement.

Additional Qualifications for Quality Assurance Analyst II: Meets all requirements of Quality Assurance Analyst I in addition to the following:

1. Three (3) years demonstrated proficiency as a QA Analyst at SCF; OR certification as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) from the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).

Employee Health Requirements: Compliance with our employee health requirements is a condition of SCF employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunization requirements prior to your first day of employment. Jobs designated as a health care personnel (HCP) position requires you to have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations/series prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella), Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, TDAP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis), and COVID-19. It also requires completion of an annual influenza vaccination.