The Director of Quality and Performance Improvements overall responsibility is to develop and direct an effective, comprehensive system-wide Performance Improvement Program. The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement provides administrative, organizational, clinical, and educational leadership in a manner consistent with SJHs mission, vision, and values as well as the principles outlined in SJHs foundational priorities and strategic plan.
The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement functions as a dynamic leader of the SJH multidisciplinary leadership team to determine process improvements that will improve patient care processes and outcomes. This includes responsibility of daily operations and activities related to patient care processes and outcomes that impact quality of care, community perception and potential for revenue loss/gain. Scope of practice will include, but is not limited to the Provider Peer Review process, CMS inpatient and outpatient hospital reporting, (inclusive of value-based programs), Leapfrog Hospital Survey, NJ DOH quality reporting, proportionate shared programs, and Pay for Reporting incentive programs.
The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement serving as a the leader of quality improvement initiatives will identify opportunities for improvement in care, upon access, during treatment, and transition of care accomplished through the collaborative efforts of multidisciplinary teams, Clinical Services, Ancillary Support Services, and Contracted Services.
These opportunities will be identified by utilizing data analytics and to facilitate improvement of clinical and operational outcomes in order to implement process change/redesign, resource alignment or policies that improve patient care and/or services.
St. Josephs Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organizations outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nations 100 Best Places to Work in Health Care.
St. Josephs University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, womens health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Josephs University Medical Center, which includes St. Josephs Childrens Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the professions highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.