RN Quality & Patient Safety Lead - Behavioral Health

Voices for Voices; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Quality Improvement Advisor (nursing) to provide project management facilitation, education, and data analysis aimed at improving clinical quality, patient safety, and financial outcomes. This role supports organizational strategies across behavioral health services and hospital operations.

The ideal candidate has RN or LPN nursing background, with inpatient experience at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital preferred and a track record in behavioral health settings.

Qualifications

• RN or LPN with nursing experience in healthcare
• Inpatient nurse experience at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital preferred
• Behavioral Health experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree required

Responsibilities

• Conduct timely chart and case reviews, validate and maintain quality data, and ensure timely follow through on reported safety events
• Lead routine quality and safety rounds, support organizational awareness campaigns, and maintain consistent frontline visibility across all behavioral health areas
• Deliver quality/safety education, and support QIA nurse development, new-hire training, and ongoing departmental learning initiatives
• Prepare and present recurring reports such as unit-level quality updates
• Collaborate with other quality/safety roles to plan meeting agendas, take meeting minutes, conduct quarterly pressure-injury surveys, and provide consistent Behavioral Health representation and support for key initiatives

Skills

Nursing experience

Inpatient nurse experience

Behavioral Health experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Quality Improvement Advisor (nursing) to provide project management facilitation, education, and data analysis aimed at improving clinical quality, patient safety, and financial outcomes. This role supports organizational strategies across behavioral health services and hospital operations.

The ideal candidate has RN or LPN nursing background, with inpatient experience at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital preferred and a track record in behavioral health settings.