Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety Transformation Lead

VCU Health; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

VCU Health is seeking a Patient Safety & Quality Consultant II to partner with leaders across the health system, using data, improvement methodologies, and performance analytics to drive clinical excellence and better patient outcomes.

The role accelerates change management, leads multi-disciplinary teams through all phases, and provides education on safety and quality improvements to build organizational capability within the health system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a clinical/administrative field required with healthcare experience.
• Preferred master’s in a healthcare quality or administration field.
• Supplemental coursework in quality improvement, data analysis, Lean/Six Sigma, and project management.
• Course work in statistics.
• Fellowship in Patient Safety preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of safety and quality into organizational care targets.
• Advance organizational goals through collaboration, learning, and communication.
• Engage teams to implement processes for engagement and teamwork.
• Create learning opportunities to advance organizational capability.
• Communicate effectively across multiple venues and routes.
• Use data to drive change and improvement; apply performance improvement tools.

Skills

Data analysis

Process improvement

Change management

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field

Master’s Degree in healthcare field or related

Quality improvement coursework (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)

Statistics coursework

Fellowship in Patient Safety

Tools

MS Project

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

VCU Health is seeking a Patient Safety & Quality Consultant II to partner with leaders across the health system, using data, improvement methodologies, and performance analytics to drive clinical excellence and better patient outcomes.

The role accelerates change management, leads multi-disciplinary teams through all phases, and provides education on safety and quality improvements to build organizational capability within the health system.