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AMN Healthcare Leadership Solutions | B.E. Smith · 7 hours ago

Senior Vice President, Quality and Safety

Catholic Health, an integrated health system in Buffalo, New York, announces an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished nurse leader to serve as its inaugural Senior Vice President, Quality and Safety. The SVP is responsible for overseeing quality and safety initiatives across the organization, leading efforts to improve patient care outcomes and fostering a culture of safety and high reliability.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall management of an experienced broad-based team charged with monitoring, reporting, educating and inspiring devotion to excelling in internal and external quality metrics for the entire enterprise
Serve as the system liaison and senior executive for all Quality and Patient Safety collaborative initiatives
Provide leadership and guidance for the executive leaders’ education and development
Lead the efforts for quality improvement education, training and coaching of all Catholic Health staff
Establish a strategic framework for achieving the institution’s goals with relation to medical care quality, education quality, research quality and patient safety
Play a critical role in system and Catholic Medical Partners initiatives regarding population health management, quality improvement, clinical practice standardization
Foster a culture of safety, champion high reliability and the magnet journey in addition to other cross functional activities

Qualification

Quality ManagementPatient SafetyLean Six SigmaChange ManagementClinical LeadershipInformaticsMetrics TrackingMaster's DegreeRegistered NurseCommunication Skills

Required

A master's degree with clinical major required
Current registration with the New York State Education Department as a Registered Professional Nurse or ability to quickly obtain will be required
Minimum of 10 years of progressive quality and safety management experience in an acute care setting
Experience establishing and monitoring appropriate process and outcome measures for key initiatives using a systems perspective; evaluating the processes by which clinical care and patient services are delivered
Experience working with informatics, metrics, and performance improvement
Demonstrated change management skills in a complex environment
An inspirational leader that motivated colleagues and staff throughout the organization by clearly articulating a compelling vision for the future, making courageous decisions, following through with commitments, and demonstrating an unrelenting passion for CH mission and performance
Experience with tracking, reporting, and improving key quality and safety metrics
Experience with Lean Six Sigma methodologies

Preferred

Experience in an academic medical center and/or progressive health system of significant size and complexity

Company

AMN Healthcare Leadership Solutions | B.E. Smith

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