Director of Quality & Patient Safety Excellence

WVU Medicine; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine Hospitals seeks a Director of Quality to lead day-to-day operations, coordinate and integrate services across departments, and drive performance improvement to meet quality objectives. The role guides changes, fosters collaboration among medical staff, nursing, leadership, and affiliated services to ensure patient safety and high-quality care.

Responsibilities include budgeting oversight, regulatory compliance, risk management, and leading continuous improvement using evidence-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, business administration, finance, accounting, or related field.
• Five years’ hospital operations experience focusing on quality improvement.
• Three years’ leadership experience.
• Ten years’ hospital operations experience with administrative management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administratively direct all aspects of Quality, Patient and Employee Safety, Infection Control, Regulatory, Policy Management, Risk Management and Privacy.
• Lead by influence for Emergency Management and Life Safety to align with hospital objectives.
• Develop goals/objectives for areas of accountability and influence nursing practice standards.
• Direct review of safety and quality outcomes for strategic plans and performance.
• Oversee budgets for assigned areas and ensure compliance with fiscal objectives.
• Recruit and develop staff for leadership roles and maintain employee relations standards.
• Collaborate with governance, medical staff and leadership on decision-making structures.
• Lead continuous improvement processes for patient care delivery and cost-effective services.
• Coordinate regulatory compliance, accreditation and reporting requirements.

Skills

Quality improvement

Leadership

Hospital operations

Lean management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

WVU Medicine Hospitals seeks a Director of Quality to lead day-to-day operations, coordinate and integrate services across departments, and drive performance improvement to meet quality objectives. The role guides changes, fosters collaboration among medical staff, nursing, leadership, and affiliated services to ensure patient safety and high-quality care.

Responsibilities include budgeting oversight, regulatory compliance, risk management, and leading continuous improvement using evidence-based