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Arizona Employer QUALITY ASSURANCE INVESTIGATIVE NURSE 530374 in Tucson, Arizona
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:\ Conducts on-site clinical health and safety visits to vendor sites for all health and safety concerns, Immediate Jeopardy concerns or at the direction of the Divisional or AHCCCS Quality Management Unit. Performs as the lead for reviewing/fact finding and participates in on-site visits while maintaining member confidentiality, participate in health and safety meetings, scheduled & unscheduled visits of placement settings and service sites identified to have serious deficiencies.\ Works with appropriate regulatory agencies and conducts all mandatory required reporting. Provides all investigative documentation to the Division QMU Clinical Investigator to assist them in the investigative and severity determination process of the Quality of Care (QOC) Investigation. Follows up with vendors regarding Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Remediation follow ups. Reports all Health and Safety and QOCs to DDD QMU.\ Provides the vendor agencies, service providers and Division staff with ongoing training, technical assistance and continued on-site monitoring to reduce the likelihood of the incident reoccurring and promoting vendor/provider regulatory compliance.\ Completes incident entry of the incident report (IR) into IMS. Notifies key clinical triage personnel of incidents and notifies other departments who may need to conduct an immediate follow up for the incident. Cross checks incident with the client application database and District Employee Directory to verify info.\ Answers incident reporting phone line, ensures calls are entered into IMS, follows up with the afterhours emergency line designated contact to ensure all incidents are being entered. Conducts follow up visits with vendors for written reports on incidents that were verbal notifications.\ Drive to and from licensed settings to complete clinical health and safety visits.
