Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety

WVU Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

West Virginia University Health System is seeking a Vice President of Quality to lead hospital quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives. The role partners with medical staff, nursing leadership, and operational leaders to achieve high reliability and safe, high-quality care across the system.

This executive will translate system quality strategy into local execution, ensure readiness for accreditation, and drive measurable improvements in clinical outcomes and regulatory

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.
• Experience in hospital quality, patient safety, performance improvement, accreditation, regulatory compliance, or clinical operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with physicians, nursing leaders, and hospital executives.
• Strong knowledge of CMS, The Joint Commission, and applicable state regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for the hospital’s quality and patient safety strategy.
• Establish goals, metrics, dashboards, and performance expectations for quality.
• Monitor trends and drive action plans to improve outcomes and safety.
• Lead regulatory readiness and accreditation efforts across the hospital.
• Collaborate with medical staff and leaders to advance performance improvement.
• Oversee data, analytics, reporting, and system-wide quality governance.
• Promote a culture of high reliability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Executive leadership

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Regulatory compliance

CMS knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, public health, clinical discipline, or related field

Master’s degree in healthcare administration, nursing, public health, quality, business administration, or related discipline

Job description

West Virginia University Health System is seeking a Vice President of Quality to lead hospital quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives. The role partners with medical staff, nursing leadership, and operational leaders to achieve high reliability and safe, high-quality care across the system.

This executive will translate system quality strategy into local execution, ensure readiness for accreditation, and drive measurable improvements in clinical outcomes and regulatory