Quality Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $95K - $114K Annually, DOE

About AmeriPharma

AmeriPharma is a rapidly growing healthcare company where you will have the opportunity to contribute to our joint success on a daily basis. We value new ideas, creativity, and productivity. We like people who are passionate about their roles and people who like to grow and change as the company evolves.

AmeriPharmas Benefits

• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life that fits your lifestyle and goals
• Great pay and general compensation structures
• Employee assistance program to assist with mental health, legal questions, financial counseling etc.
• Comprehensive PTO and sick leave options
• 401k program
• Plenty of opportunities for growth and advancement
• Company sponsored outings and team-building events
• Casual Fridays

Job Summary

The Quality Manager is responsible for managing, maintaining, and continuously improving theorganizations Quality Management Program. This role oversees quality assurance activities, processreviews, internal audits, corrective action tracking, performance monitoring, and quality improvementinitiatives across departments. The Quality Manager ensures that organizational processes remainaligned with internal policies, accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and industry bestpractices, with a focus on pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and home infusion operations. The QualityManager works collaboratively with department leaders to identify quality risks, evaluate operationalperformance, implement process improvements, and support a culture of compliance, accountability,and continuous improvement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the organizations Quality Management Program, including the annualquality plan, quality calendar, quality indicators, audit schedule, quality reports, qualitycommittee materials, corrective action tracking, and annual program evaluation.
• Conduct internal audits and process reviews to assess compliance with policies, procedures,regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, payer requirements, and operationalexpectations.
• Develop and maintain audit tools, quality tracking logs, dashboards, reporting templates, andquality documentation.
• Aggregate, analyze, and report audit findings, quality metrics, trends, root causes, andrecommendations for improvement.
• Manage corrective and preventive action activities, including root cause analysis, actionplanning, responsible party tracking, due dates, follow-up, and effectiveness review.
• Monitor quality indicators and performance metrics related to pharmacy operations, homeinfusion services, patient care, complaints, incidents, adverse events, patient satisfaction,dispensing accuracy, delivery performance, documentation compliance, and other qualitymeasures.
• Coordinate quality committee activities, including agendas, meeting minutes, action itemtracking, and presentation of quality data to leadership.
• Support ongoing accreditation, regulatory, payer, and Board of Pharmacy readiness, includingpreparation for audits, surveys, inspections, and plans of correction.
• Support the development, review, implementation, and maintenance of policies andprocedures related to quality, compliance, pharmacy operations, home infusion, patient care,and administrative processes.
• Monitor complaints, incidents, medication errors, adverse events, service issues, documentation concerns, and patient satisfaction trends to identify risks and improvementopportunities.
• Assist with quality oversight of vendors, contractors, nursing agencies, delivery services, andother external partners that may impact patient care, service quality, or compliance.
• Provide training, guidance, and support to staff regarding quality expectations, audit findings,corrective actions, documentation standards, policies, procedures, and processimprovements.
• Collaborate with department leaders to implement quality improvement initiatives and ensurecorrective actions are completed and sustained.
• Maintain current knowledge of regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, payerexpectations, and industry best practices.
• Escalate significant quality concerns, patient safety risks, compliance concerns, or recurringissues to leadership.
• Perform other quality, compliance, audit, and process improvement duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in quality management, quality assurance, process improvement, complianceauditing, healthcare operations, or regulatory oversight.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, payer expectations, andindustry best practices applicable to healthcare, pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, and homeinfusion operations.
• Experience with audits, corrective actions, quality indicators, performance improvementinitiatives, policy review, and quality documentation.
• Familiarity with EHR, pharmacy management, and billing systems such as CPR+ / CareTend.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to evaluate information, identify trends, determine rootcauses, and recommend corrective actions.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, manage multiple priorities, andcoordinate quality activities across departments.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration, Quality Management, Compliance, BusinessAdministration, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, or a related field, or equivalent workexperience.
• At least 1 year of experience in quality assurance, auditing, compliance, process review,healthcare operations, pharmacy operations, accreditation support, or quality management.
• Experience in pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, home infusion, healthcare compliance,accreditation, or patient care operations preferred.
• Quality, compliance, healthcare, pharmacy, or accreditation-related certification preferred but
  not required.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of quality management principles, process improvement practices, audit methods,and corrective action processes.
• Knowledge of pharmacy operations, pharmacy systems, pharmacy workflow, home infusionoperations, and healthcare quality practices.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies, procedures, accreditation standards, regulatoryrequirements, and operational guidelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain audit tools, quality reports, dashboards, spreadsheets,tracking logs, and quality documentation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Technical proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, reporting systems, and electronichealthcare systems.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and function well in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to promoting quality, compliance, patient safety, accountability, and continuousimprovement.

AmeriPharmas Mission Statement

Our goal is to achieve superior clinical and economic outcomes while maintaining the utmost compassion and care for our patients. It is our joint and individual responsibility daily to demonstrate to outpatients, prescribers, colleagues, and others that We Care!

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

EEO Statement

The above statements are intended to describe the work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The duties and responsibilities of this position are subject to change and other duties may be assigned or removed at any time. AmeriPharma values diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an AAP/EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or based on disability or any other legally protected class.