Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer

WVU Medicine; Greensburg (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

West Virginia University Health System in Greensburg, PA, seeks a Vice President of Quality to lead hospital quality, patient safety, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement initiatives. You will translate system quality strategy into local execution, partner with clinical leaders, and drive measurable improvements in outcomes and safety.

The role requires extensive leadership experience in quality programs, accreditation, and risk mitigation, with a focus on high reliability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, public health, clinical discipline, or related field.
• 7–10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience and managing people.
• Experience in hospital quality, patient safety, performance improvement, accreditation, regulatory compliance, or clinical operations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with physicians, nursing leaders, and hospital executives.
• Strong knowledge of CMS, The Joint Commission, and applicable state regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Quality & Patient Safety Leadership
• Provide executive leadership for the hospital's quality and patient safety strategy.
• Establish and maintain a culture of safety, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with physicians, nursing, and operational leaders to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience.
• Lead identification, prioritization, and mitigation of clinical quality and patient safety risks.
• Establish hospital quality goals, metrics, dashboards, and performance expectations.
• Monitor trends in quality, safety, outcomes, and patient experience and ensure appropriate action plans are developed and executed.
• Promote evidence-based practices and high-reliability principles throughout the organization.
• Lead initiatives designed to reduce preventable harm, hospital-acquired conditions, readmissions, infections, medication errors, and other adverse outcomes.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Quality & patient safety

Regulatory compliance

Multidisciplinary collaboration

CMS & Joint Commission knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

West Virginia University Health System in Greensburg, PA, seeks a Vice President of Quality to lead hospital quality, patient safety, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement initiatives. You will translate system quality strategy into local execution, partner with clinical leaders, and drive measurable improvements in outcomes and safety.

The role requires extensive leadership experience in quality programs, accreditation, and risk mitigation, with a focus on high reliability and