Director of Clinical Quality Improvement Full Time Days

Tenet Healthcare; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in West Palm Beach is seeking a Director of Clinical Quality Improvement. This role involves enhancing hospital quality and performance, ensuring patient safety, and implementing quality initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a Registered Nurse with a degree in a health-related field and several years of management experience. The position demands strong leadership in improving clinical care outcomes and compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Required: Registered Nurse.
• Degree in a health related field (Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate).
• Desired: Additional continuing education in performance improvement related areas.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and identify opportunities for improvement in patient care.
• Implement Tenet’s Commitment to Quality initiative.
• Ensure compliance with Quality and Performance Improvement standards.

Skills

Clinical nursing experience

Performance improvement knowledge

Hospital management

Education

Degree in a health related field

Registered Nurse

Job description

Position Summary

The Director of Clinical Quality Improvement (DCQI), a key member of the hospital management team, is responsible for overall hospital quality / performance improvement and monitoring of the organization. The position ensures the provision of differentiated quality and safety, patient-focused, outcomes based, and cost-effective medicine in the hospital setting. For the development, implementation and evaluation of cognitive quality management and strategies and initiatives.

As such, the DCQI’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following activities:

1. Ensures processes are implemented to evaluate and identify opportunities for improvement in the provision of high quality, safe and resource effective medical care to its patients
2. Implements Tenet’s Commitment to Quality initiative and assures goals are met
3. Ensures processes are in place to ensure compliance with Quality and Performance Improvement and as applicable with Infection Control, Risk Management and Patient Safety
4. Monitors, in partnership with the medical staff, the measured outcomes of hospital clinical care activities, identifies opportunities for improvement, and leads clinical improvement activities to improve those measured outcomes
5. Ensures documentation of the results of hospital wide, clinical quality activities
6. Ensures hospital compliance with accreditation, licensing and regulatory agencies
7. Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Education / Licensure / Certifications

• Required: Registered Nurse
• Degree in a health related field (Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate)
• Desired: Additional continuing education in performance improvement related areas

Minimum Experience

• Required: Three years of clinical nursing experience
• Five years of relevant hospital management experience, or;
• Other allied health professionals who have extensive hospital experience (> 7 years, or other pertinent credentials) in the areas of responsibility will be considered.

Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.