• Director, Patient Safety and Quality

    Hackensack Meridian Health (Belle Mead, NJ)


    Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

     

    At **Hackensack Meridian** **_Health_** we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

     

    Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

     

    The **Director of Patient Safety and Quality** provides leadership, direction, and administration to ensure consistency, follow-through, and successful completion of established strategic objectives. Focuses on developing cross-functional and system-wide relationships beyond the Department of Patient Safety and Quality to facilitate highly multidisciplinary and complex collaborations. Quality and safety goals across the assigned focused areas are monitored, barriers eliminated, and are successfully achieved. This position will facilitate the transformation of operations by instituting and nurturing an outstanding model for collaboration and teamwork, safety, and high-quality, reliable outcomes.

     

    **Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required** :

    + Master's Degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Public Health, or other advanced health-related degree.

    + Minimum of 7-10 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital or relevant Health Care experience.

    + Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in patient safety and quality.

    + Applies to hospital-based positions only: Experience with NDNQI & Magnet Accreditation.

    + Strong communication and presentation skills.

    + Experience in the use of computer applications and software.

    + Excellent written and oral communication skills.

    + Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

    **Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred** :

    + Performance Improvement expertise including mastery of performance improvement methodologies.

    + HRO experience.

    + Highly collaborative leader.

    **Licenses and Certifications Required** :

    + Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality or Certified Healthcare Quality Management or Quality Management Certification, or other related National Quality certification.

    **Licenses and Certifications Preferred** :

    + Attainment of CPPS (Certified Professional Patient Safety) within one year of hire.

     

    If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

     

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    HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.