Senior Quality & Patient Safety Leader

Ardent Health Services; Westwood, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Health Services seeks a day-shift, full-time Director of Quality & Patient Safety in Westwood, NJ, to lead hospital-wide QAPI initiatives and ensure regulatory readiness across CMS, NJDOH, and JCAHO standards.

In this role you will partner with CQO, nursing leadership, and medical staff to drive patient safety, quality improvement, and performance metrics, while guiding a team responsible for infection prevention, patient experience, and data systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• 5-7 years’ experience with quality management, data collection and reporting methodology, and/or clinical chart review and abstraction experience.
• Registered Nurse with a minimum of 5 years of clinical background in a hospital setting.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Database data entry and/or management experience.
• Knowledge of clinical quality data and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leads and integrates a comprehensive Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program focused on quality outcomes, patient safety, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles.
• Responsible for hospital-wide performance improvement initiatives and publicly reported quality programs, including CMS Core Measures, Value-Based Programs, Leapfrog, NDNQI, and Joint Commission (TJC) standards. Oversees quality metrics, data analysis, benchmarking, corrective action plans, and regulatory reporting.
• Partners with the CQO, administration, nursing leadership, medical staff, and department leaders to drive patient safety, quality improvement, accreditation readiness, survey readiness, and regulatory compliance across the organization.
• Supports ongoing compliance with The Joint Commission, CMS Conditions of Participation, NJDOH, and other accreditation and licensing requirements through tracer activities, mock surveys, rounding, performance improvement initiatives, and continuous readiness efforts.
• Collaborates closely with Risk Management, Compliance, Patient Safety, and Infection Prevention leadership to advance a culture of safety, reduce risk, improve outcomes, and ensure regulatory excellence.
• Provides oversight of the Quality/Regulatory team, Infection Prevention Program, Patient Experience Program, and quality data systems, including management and reporting of key clinical, regulatory, patient safety, and performance improvement metrics.

Skills

Quality management

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Patient safety

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree

CPHQ

Job description

Ardent Health Services seeks a day-shift, full-time Director of Quality & Patient Safety in Westwood, NJ, to lead hospital-wide QAPI initiatives and ensure regulatory readiness across CMS, NJDOH, and JCAHO standards.

In this role you will partner with CQO, nursing leadership, and medical staff to drive patient safety, quality improvement, and performance metrics, while guiding a team responsible for infection prevention, patient experience, and data systems.