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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 Quality Initiatives and Improvement (DQI)** leads all hospital-based work to eliminate preventable harm to patients, family members, and staff and to attain unsurpassed clinical and patient-reported outcomes for assigned hospital. The DQI builds organization-wide participation in improvement through transparency, collaboration and mutual learning. Reporting to the Regional Chief Quality Officer collaborates with leaders to achieve the HMH quality goals and eliminate preventable harm. The DQI facilitates the redesign of patient care processes; leads root cause analyses process, analyzes data to inform and guide improvement efforts, and develops organizational capacity for improvement through teaching and mentorship. While directing the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of best practices, the DQI ensures that cost effective, quality care is administered to all patients in accordance with the hospital PI plan, while complying with the standards of all regulatory and accrediting agencies. Provides leadership in the implementation and integration of the Department of Patient Care Performance Improvement Plan in addition to ensuring JCAHO & regulatory compliance. Oversees various activities of the Patient Safety and Quality Department while aligning with the Medical Center and HMH Performance Improvement Plan in assuring compliance with all Patient Safety Indicators, Quality Care Transition Teams & Nursing Quality. Advances the integration of the science of patient safety and continuous learning throughout the organization.

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

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

+ 7-10 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital.

+ Experience with NDNQI & Magnet Accreditation.

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

+ Proficient in the RCA-2 Process.

+ Strong communication and presentation skills.

+ Experience in the use of computer application and software.

+ Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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

+ Performance Improvement expertise.

+ HRO experience.

+ Mastery of performance improvement methodologies.

+ Highly collaborative leader.

+ Attainment of CPPS (certified professional in 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.