Chief Quality Officer
On-siteMurrells Inlet, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Develop and lead the organization's enterprise-wide quality and patient safety strategy aligned with organizational goals. Establish measurable objectives, performance metrics, and accountability structures to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience. Provide executive oversight for patient safety programs, high-reliability initiatives, serious safety event reviews, and sustainable corrective action planning. Lead multidisciplinary performance improvement initiatives focused on clinical effectiveness, evidence-based practice, and care variation reduction. Use quality data and benchmarks to identify gaps, set priorities, and drive measurable improvement. Provide executive leadership for accreditation, regulatory readiness, survey preparedness, and ongoing monitoring of regulatory requirements. Establish effective reporting processes for executive leadership, governing boards, and operational stakeholders. Build strong partnerships with physicians, nursing leaders, and executives to advance quality and safety priorities. Promote a culture of safety, transparency, continuous improvement, and shared accountability across the organization. Lead, develop, and support quality, patient safety, regulatory, and performance improvement teams by setting expectations and building capability.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- Bachelor's Degree in healthcare administration, business administration, nursing, public health, or a related field
- Master's Degree in healthcare administration, business administration, nursing, public health, or a related field
- Ten (10) years of significant progressive leadership experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, clinical operations, or performance improvement
- Experience leading quality and safety initiatives within a complex healthcare organization
- Experience using quality and clinical data to drive measurable performance improvement
- Registered Nurse - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Desired Qualifications
- Strategic planning, critical thinking, and data-driven decision-making skills
- Strong knowledge of healthcare quality, patient safety, regulatory, and accreditation requirements
- Ability to lead quality improvement, continuous improvement, and performance improvement processes
- Advanced verbal, written, presentation, persuasion, and executive communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships, negotiate effectively, and influence physicians, executives, and operational leaders
- Strong team-building, leadership, collaboration, and change management skills in a matrixed organization
- Healthcare financial, budgetary, and resource management knowledge
- Strong listening, problem-solving, diplomacy, and conflict-resolution skills
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