Highly Qualified Director of Quality and Safety

6 days ago


New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States Childrens Specialized Hosp Full time

About Us:

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier healthcare destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team.

We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

Our goal is to make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly qualified Director of Quality and Safety to join our team. This leadership position will provide strategic, operational, and thought leadership to support Children's Specialized Hospital patient safety and quality initiatives and journey towards high reliability.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's Degree in Nursing or related field and significant experience in leading teams through process improvement and change initiatives. They will also have in-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice, performance improvement, and patient safety concepts.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Directs and coordinates patient safety activities across the organization as assigned, including but not limited to, quality, compliance, and performance audits; surveillance activities; prospective risk assessments and analyzes; and intensive analyzes.
  • Mentors and coaches other leaders and managers in conducting prospective risk and intensive analyzes, action planning, monitoring, and auditing.
  • Conducts RCAs in investigating occurrences, identifying proximate causes, developing root causes, and drafting corrective action plans for discussion with key stakeholders.
  • Serves as a change agent, develops, coaches, and facilitates complex process optimization projects as assigned, in order to achieve measurable progress to achieve strategic priorities.
  • Provides thought leadership and recommendations for improving workflows, team structures, and system configurations.
  • Rounds to influence staff in a continual pursuit of patient safety improvement opportunities.
  • Establishes and maintains the objectives and strategy for quality and patient safety professionals and team members in order to effectively contribute to executing the overarching CSH strategic plan.
  • Participates in reporting and communication of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, quality and patient safety awareness, and safety culture survey administration.
  • Coordinates tracking and reporting of clinical outcomes of assigned clinical indicators and quality improvement initiatives e.i. National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators and other registries/databases.
  • Works with organization stakeholders to define existing and new processes and recommend solutions and improvements as they affect accreditation and/or regulatory requirements.
  • Serves as a resource for leaders and staff on patient safety and quality improvement activities, education, and use of patient safety and high reliability tools.
  • Supports the work of the infection prevention and CSH infection surveillance activities as assigned.
  • Acts as leader for HRO and local implementation of HRO principles and culture adherence.
  • As an HRO leader participates and leads as appropriate initiatives to improve the patient experience.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing & Master's Degree in Nursing or related field required. PhD in Nursing/DNP preferred.
  • Experience in leading teams through process improvement and change initiatives.
  • In-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice, performance improvement, and patient safety concepts.
  • Ability to motivate and sustain interest in improving patient safety and clinical quality.
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication & presentation skills.
  • Effective organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills.
  • Proven track record of working with all levels of staff.
  • Project management experience.

Salary:

The estimated salary for this role is $120,000 - $150,000 per year, depending on experience.

Benefits:

  • Paid Time Off (PTO).
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance.
  • Dental and Vision Insurance.
  • Retirement Plans.
  • Short & Long Term Disability.
  • Life & Accidental Death Insurance.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Wellness Programs.
  • Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance).


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