Senior Quality & Safety Consultant – ICU & PIMCU

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a Senior Safety and Quality Consultant to lead quality-improvement and patient-safety initiatives across MICU and PIMCU. You will oversee project planning, measurement strategies, and multidisciplinary teams to drive rapid-cycle testing and sustained improvements.

The role requires advanced knowledge of QI methodologies, data analysis, and effective stakeholder engagement, with on-site duties four days per week in Boston.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, public health, business, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Quality & Safety, Performance Improvement, or Project Management.
• If no bachelor's degree, a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs, leads, and evaluates quality-improvement and patient-safety initiatives across MCC, MICU, and PIMCU.
• Defines project scope, charters, plans, milestones, risks, and sustainability strategies.
• Leads multidisciplinary teams to identify problems, test changes, implement improvements, and spread best practices.
• Develops quality measurement plans with baselines, targets, and monitoring.
• Oversees data analyses, including chart reviews, safety-event trends, and process analyses.
• Coaches MCC QI data analyst on planning, data definitions, extraction, validation, and interpretation.
• Partners with leaders to refine workflows, care pathways, and reliability practices.
• Creates reports, dashboards, and visuals for frontline teams and committees.
• Serves as MCC liaison, building stakeholder relationships and supporting communication across settings.
• Educates and mentors staff in quality improvement, patient safety, data interpretation, and dissemination.

Skills

Quality Improvement

Patient Safety

Data Analysis

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a Senior Safety and Quality Consultant to lead quality-improvement and patient-safety initiatives across MICU and PIMCU. You will oversee project planning, measurement strategies, and multidisciplinary teams to drive rapid-cycle testing and sustained improvements.

The role requires advanced knowledge of QI methodologies, data analysis, and effective stakeholder engagement, with on-site duties four days per week in Boston.