Quality & Patient Safety Director - High-Reliability Care

Azza HealthCare Agency; Westwood (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Azza HealthCare Agency seeks a Director of Quality and Patient Safety to lead organization-wide initiatives aimed at improving clinical outcomes, patient safety, and patient experience. The role requires building multidisciplinary partnerships and advancing evidence-based, patient-centered care.

The position focuses on developing a comprehensive quality strategy, ensuring regulatory readiness, and guiding safety-event reviews to promote learning and reduce risk across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong quality and safety leadership experience.
• Experience with performance measurement and event review.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation processes.
• Ability to build multidisciplinary partnerships.
• Commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee quality improvement strategy, performance metrics, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure regulatory readiness and coordinate accreditation-related activities.
• Lead review and analysis of safety events to support learning and risk reduction.
• Advance a just culture and high-reliability approach to patient care.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and leadership to drive evidence-based practice and standardization.
• Promote a patient-centered, community-focused care environment.

Skills

Quality leadership

Safety leadership

Performance measurement

Event review

Regulatory knowledge

Accreditation processes

Multidisciplinary partnerships

Patient-centered care

Evidence-based care

Job description

Azza HealthCare Agency seeks a Director of Quality and Patient Safety to lead organization-wide initiatives aimed at improving clinical outcomes, patient safety, and patient experience. The role requires building multidisciplinary partnerships and advancing evidence-based, patient-centered care.

The position focuses on developing a comprehensive quality strategy, ensuring regulatory readiness, and guiding safety-event reviews to promote learning and reduce risk across the organization.