VP Quality and Patient Safety

Valleywise Health; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 182,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

Valleywise Health seeks an executive leader to drive enterprise quality, patient safety, and performance improvement across the health system. The role oversees strategy, governance, data integrity, and regulatory alignment to improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities include leading clinical quality programs, reporting to senior leadership, and ensuring compliance with accreditation and value-based requirements.

Qualifications

• Requires a master’s degree in nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Doctor in Nursing (DNP or PhD), Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Executive leadership experience in healthcare is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and executes quality and patient safety strategy with annual priorities and governance.
• Leads systemwide quality improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, and peer review programs.
• Directs performance improvement plans using data, benchmarking, and validated definitions.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Performance improvement

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in nursing or Healthcare Administration

Doctorate preferred

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

VP Quality and Patient Safety Featured Job

Provides executive leadership for enterprise quality, patient safety, performance improvement, infection prevention, peer review, service excellence, and evidence-based practice across Valleywise Health. Establishes system wide strategy, governance, measurement, and accountability to improve patient outcomes, strengthen high-reliability practices, and align clinical and operational performance with regulatory requirements and organizational priorities.

Annual Salary Range: $182,104.00 - $291,366.40

Essential Functions

• Establishes and executes the enterprise quality and patient safety strategy, including annual priorities, performance targets, governance, and accountability mechanisms that advance reliable care and measurable outcomes.
• Leads systemwide quality improvement, patient safety, infection prevention, medical staff peer review, nursing peer review, service excellence, and evidence-based practice programs across acute, ambulatory, family health, and behavioral health settings.
• Directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of the organization’s performance improvement plan, using research, national quality databases, benchmarking, and validated data definitions to drive sustained improvement.
• Oversees enterprise quality measurement, data integrity, reporting, and visibility, ensuring leaders and governing bodies receive accurate information for decision-making, goal setting, and regulatory oversight.
• Partners with clinical, medical staff, nursing, operational, and administrative leaders to integrate quality and patient safety priorities into workflows, policies, care delivery models, and strategic initiatives.
• Ensures quality and patient safety programs align with applicable regulatory, accreditation, public reporting, and value-based purchasing requirements in coordination with regulatory and compliance leaders.
• Advises executive leadership and the governing board on quality, patient safety, performance improvement, and emerging risks, translating complex findings into clear priorities and corrective actions.
• Builds and sustains a culture of patient safety and high reliability through leader engagement, education, change management, and implementation of evidence-based practices across the health system.
• Directs departmental operations, workforce planning, talent development, budgets, technology enablement, and resource allocation to achieve quality and patient safety objectives efficiently.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support and ensure efficient operations.

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a master’s degree in nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Doctor in Nursing (DNP or PhD), Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Requires at least ten (10) years of progressively responsible healthcare quality and patient safety management experience, including leadership of staff, budgeting, and multiple quality or patient safety functions within a complex healthcare organization.
• Executive leadership experience in a large academic, public, or integrated health system preferred.
• Knowledge/training in EPIC EMR or related systems and HRP (Press Ganey) preferred.
• Reporting writer experience preferred.

Certification/Licensure:

• Requires Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (e.g. CPHQ) certification or must be obtained within twelve (12) months of hire.
• Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Arizona preferred.

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