Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager - Full Time - Days - Quality Outcomes - Corporate

Atlantic Health; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage

EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Job summary

Atlantic Health System in New Jersey seeks a professional focused on evidence-based care, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance to enhance patient safety and outcomes across services.

The role involves project management, data management, staff training, and coordinating with governance and accreditation teams to ensure standards are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Field.
• 3 years quality improvement/project management in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Experience in leading and facilitating project teams preferred.
• 3 years of clinical experience within an acute care hospital preferred.
• Current NJ Registered Nurse Licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Facilitates/assists with quality improvement projects for teams and/or departments as assigned.
• Training: Provides in-service training in patient safety principles/practices, quality management, performance improvement techniques and organizational operating procedure standards.
• Data Management: Collects, compiles, analyzes and reports quality data; monitors corrective actions.
• Regulatory Compliance: Monitors ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards (e.g., Joint Commission, State DoH, CMS).
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Training

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Field

Tools

Data reporting systems

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for evidence-based care and clinical excellence by using the techniques of system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis to increase compliance rates as measured by nationally standardized benchmarks and definitions and corporate requirements. This includes: project management, training, data management, and activities to support regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Responsible for evidence-based care and clinical excellence by using the techniques of system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis to increase compliance rates as measured by nationally standardized benchmarks and definitions and corporate requirements. This includes: project management, training, data management, and activities to support regulatory compliance.

Principal Accountabilities

• Project Management: Facilitates/assists with quality improvement projects for teams and/or departments as assigned. Engages in activities to identify potential patient safety risks and initiatives to improve patient safety.
• Training: Provides in-service training in patient safety principles/practices, quality management, performance improvement techniques and organizational operating procedure standards. Participates in Shared Governance Councils, Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings providing guidance and instruction in PI Techniques
• Data Management: Collects, compiles, analyzes and reports quality data. Monitors effectiveness and adherence with corrective action plans and reports findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.
• Regulatory Compliance: Participates in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards such Joint Commission, State Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, payers and other agencies. Provides support during accreditation/regulatory surveys.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Field.
• 3 years of quality improvement/project management in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Experience in leading and facilitating project teams preferred.
• 3 years of clinical experience within an acute care hospital preferred.
• Current NJ Registered Nurse Licensure preferred.

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Summary

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

Team Member Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

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Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran

About The Team

Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care powered by a workforce of more than 18,000 team members and 4,800 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, the system offers more than 400 sites of care, including eight award-winning medical centers. Specializing in cardiovascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, women's health and rehabilitation medicine. Atlantic Medical Group, comprised of 1,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, represents one of the largest multi-specialty practices in New Jersey and includes finance, legal, marketing, human resources, talent acquisition, ISS and more. Caring for our patients, our team members and the communities we serve is our central mission.