Senior Clinical Quality & Patient Safety Leader

Alameda Health System; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Alameda Health System is seeking a Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Manager to lead organization-wide clinical quality initiatives. The role emphasizes transforming care delivery using evidence-based practices, coordinating across facilities, and driving data-informed improvements.

The position requires a clinical or healthcare background with at least five years in quality or clinical roles, and CPCHQ certification is preferred alongside an active California RN license.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a clinical or healthcare related field.
• Five years of experience working in a healthcare setting within a Quality or Clinical area is required.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred; Valid Registered Nurse license in the State of California.

Responsibilities

• Tracks outcomes, disseminates data and designs dashboards, communicates shared learnings, and ensures sustainability of systems quality initiatives.
• Coaches staff and leaders to raise standards in patient safety, quality, and patient experience using evidence-based medicine.
• Partners with medical informatics to design safe, high quality workflows.
• Performs, coordinates, and facilitates quality improvement and patient safety activities to achieve organizational goals.
• Interprets and maintains regulatory standards (e.g., Joint Commission, CMS, Title 22).
• Conducts data analysis with Analytics team to drive actions from data-driven insights.
• Develops meaningful dashboards and data visualization tools to track process and outcome measures.
• Leads consensus development among clinicians to minimize variation around best practices.
• Uses QI tools and methods (PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma, SPC) for organization-wide improvements.
• Collaborates with care teams to improve quality and safety of patient care.

Skills

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Project management

Leadership

Lean Six Sigma

PDSA

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare

Job description

Alameda Health System is seeking a Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Manager to lead organization-wide clinical quality initiatives. The role emphasizes transforming care delivery using evidence-based practices, coordinating across facilities, and driving data-informed improvements.

The position requires a clinical or healthcare background with at least five years in quality or clinical roles, and CPCHQ certification is preferred alongside an active California RN license.