Director, Quality and Safety

HCT seeks an experienced nurse professional to serve as the Interim Director of Quality & Safety for a 250+ bed hospital in California. Responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership and strategic direction for Quality, Performance Improvement, and Patient Safety programs, ensuring compliance with regulatory/accrediting requirements and alignment with organizational goals across medical staff, nursing, and support services.
• Partnering with medical staff and organizational leaders to assess, monitor, and continuously improve the quality and safety of care, utilizing performance data and evidence-based practices to drive measurable outcomes.
• Leading organization-wide quality and safety initiatives and strategic improvement efforts, promoting excellence across key domains including safety, effectiveness, efficiency, patient-centeredness, equity, and timeliness of care.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Nursing required, Master Degree preferred.
• Experience: Five (5) years’ experience in quality in an acute care setting with progressive leadership responsibility in healthcare quality/performance improvement; thorough understanding of Joint Commission standards, state and federal standards, value-based purchasing initiatives, readmission reduction and hospital acquired conditions programs, core measures and HCAHPS. 
• License: CA RN license required
• EMR: Epic experience required

Expenses are covered while on assignment including housing, airfare, and rental car.

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