Senior Manager, Clinical Quality and Safety

Spectrum Health Care (SHC); Canada; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care provider in Canada is seeking a Senior Manager for Clinical Quality and Safety. The successful candidate will lead quality improvement initiatives and oversee patient safety programs. Applicants should have at least 5 years' experience in clinical quality or risk management and a strong commitment to healthcare excellence. This full-time role offers the opportunity to impact community health positively.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical quality improvement, risk management, or patient safety.
• Minimum of 3 years' people leadership experience.
• Proven experience in leading quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage clinical quality improvement programs.
• Oversee patient safety initiatives and risk management strategies.
• Monitor clinical outcomes data for performance improvement.

Skills

Clinical quality improvement

Risk management

Patient safety

Data analysis

Leadership

Education

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)

Certified Professional in Clinical Risk Management

LEAN, Six-Sigma or other QI methodologies

Tools

QI tools and software

Job description

Senior Manager, Clinical Quality and Safety

Here’s your opportunity to join a growing company in the rapidly evolving health care sector. Spectrum Health Care is currently seeking a clinical professional with expertise in quality improvement, risk management and patient safety to join our Clinical Quality, Outcomes and Education team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and overseeing the development and implementation of quality improvement, risk management, patient safety, and outcome measurement strategies across our organization.

With over 40 years of experience delivering innovative home health care and specialized services, Spectrum Health Care is blazing a trail of positive health system change. If you are a clinical quality and safety leader with a commitment to continuous improvement, we want you on our team.

Job Description

• Provides quality improvement leadership by developing, implementing and managing corporate-wide clinical quality improvement programs, to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Responsible for risk management and mitigation strategies.
• Leads the development and implementation of patient safety initiatives including incident reporting systems and root cause analysis. Ensures timely and effective identification, escalation and resolution of significant clinical risks and compliance gaps.
• Oversees the collection, analysis and reporting of clinical outcomes data to monitor performance and identify areas for improvement. Works closely with interdisciplinary teams to implement quality initiatives.
• Ensures that all clinical practices comply with professional practice standards and stays up to date on changes in healthcare regulations and standards, implementing adjustments to policies and procedures and guidelines in alignment with best practices in home care quality and safety.
• Works with internal and external stakeholders including health care providers, patients and regulatory agencies to promote quality safety and risk management initiatives.
• Represents the organization in quality, safety and risk management forums and contributes to the development of excellence in industry standards for homecare quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical quality improvement, risk management, or patient safety in community health or in home care.
• Minimum of 3 years' people leadership experience.
• Proven experience in leading quality improvement initiatives, managing patient safety programs, and overseeing risk management activities (in home care, community health preferred).
• Proficiency in using QI tools and software.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory, professional practice requirements and accreditation standards in the homecare sector.
• Experience with data analysis and evaluation, performance measurement, and benchmarking.
• Preferred Certifications:
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Certified Professional in Clinical Risk Management
• LEAN, Six-Sigma, or other QI Methodologies are an asset.
• Healthcare Quality or Patient Safety.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industry

• Hospitals and Health Care