Chief Quality & Safety Leader — High Reliability

Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis (MO); Vor Ort; USD 350.000 - 600.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Chief Quality and Safety Officer to lead quality, patient safety, and performance improvement for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.

The role demands strategic leadership, cross-system collaboration, and a commitment to high-reliability care. The CQO will develop integrated strategies, drive measurable improvements, and mentor leaders across clinical and academic teams.

Qualifikationen

• M.D., D.O., Or Equivalent Degree From An Accredited Medical School.

Aufgaben

• Lead quality, patient safety, high-reliability, and performance improvement initiatives across Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.
• Co-develop and execute an integrated quality and safety strategy with BJH/BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine leadership.
• Establish shared priorities, governance, and accountability across Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.
• Serve as liaison to hospital quality/safety committees, medical staff leadership, and executive forums.
• Embed quality and safety into daily clinical practice through collaboration with chairs, division chiefs, service lines, nursing, and operations.
• Translate system standards into local action and share best practices across the system.
• Position Barnes-Jewish Hospital as a national leader in quality and safety through outcomes and performance improvement.
• Identify priorities, targets, standards, and improvement plans aligned with institutional goals.
• Ensure measurement and reporting of federal, state, accreditation, and private metrics.
• Implement an integrated performance review process for results and opportunities.
• Lead programs to prevent harm, reduce errors, and strengthen risk management.
• Advance high-reliability principles and safety education involving GME and faculty.
• Establish evidence-based standards, protocols, and care guidelines with clinical departments.
• Drive multidisciplinary initiatives to reduce variation and improve reliability.
• Promote dissemination of quality/safety innovations from the academic medical center partnership.
• Develop a shared quality analytics strategy with dashboards, predictive models, and real-time monitoring.
• Collaborate with IT to optimize Epic and responsibly deploy AI and digital tools.
• Use outcomes and disparities data to guide priorities and impact.

Ausbildung

MD, DO or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Chief Quality and Safety Officer to lead quality, patient safety, and performance improvement for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.

The role demands strategic leadership, cross-system collaboration, and a commitment to high-reliability care. The CQO will develop integrated strategies, drive measurable improvements, and mentor leaders across clinical and academic teams.