Patient Safety Program Manager – High Reliability & Quality

UNC Health Care; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health is hiring a Program Manager for Patient Safety in Unified Quality to advance high reliability across sites in North Carolina. You will lead safety initiatives, analyze events, and collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to drive improvements.

The role requires five years of healthcare experience in patient safety, strong data analysis, and the ability to coach teams toward Just Culture and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of clinical or healthcare experience with patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Implements UNC Health patient safety strategy, standards, tools, and governance at assigned sites.

Skills

Patient safety science

Human factors

Systems thinking

High reliability

Just Culture

Event analysis

Change management

Data visualization

Excel

PowerPoint

Project management

Facilitation

Consultation

Written communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, public health, healthcare administration, epidemiology, human factors, psychology, engineering, quality/patient safety

CPPS certification (preferred)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Event-reporting systems

Data-visualization tools

Job description

UNC Health is hiring a Program Manager for Patient Safety in Unified Quality to advance high reliability across sites in North Carolina. You will lead safety initiatives, analyze events, and collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to drive improvements.

The role requires five years of healthcare experience in patient safety, strong data analysis, and the ability to coach teams toward Just Culture and continuous learning.