Director of Quality, Risk & Safety
On-siteTampa, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Provide strategic oversight of clinical quality, patient safety, and risk management programs across United Vein & Vascular Centers. Partner with Medical and Clinical Leadership to advance regulatory readiness, peer review processes, and evidence-based practice initiatives. Collect, analyze, and report quality and safety data to identify performance gaps and drive continuous improvement. Directly supervise the Quality Manager and Clinical Risk & Safety Manager, establishing departmental priorities and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and HIPAA policies while leading incident investigations and root cause analyses. Requires RN licensure, 7+ years of healthcare leadership experience, and ability to travel up to 20%.
Required Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) with current state licensure
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a related healthcare field (e.g., Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Health Sciences, Risk Management, Quality, or Business Administration with healthcare experience)
- 7+ years of progressive healthcare leadership experience in quality, risk, patient safety, clinical operations, regulatory compliance, or performance improvement
- 3+ years of leadership experience managing quality, safety, or risk management programs and/or personnel
- Strong knowledge of healthcare quality improvement, patient safety principles, peer review, OPPE/FPPE, accreditation standards, healthcare regulations, and risk mitigation strategies
- Strong understanding of healthcare quality reporting, quality payment programs (e.g., MIPS), HEDIS, ACO/value-based care initiatives, healthcare performance metrics, and performance measurement frameworks
- Demonstrated experience collecting, analyzing, trending, and presenting healthcare quality, patient safety, and clinical risk data to support performance improvement and decision-making
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Must be willing and able to travel nationally up to 20%
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Risk Management, or related healthcare field
- Experience with dashboards, KPI reporting, benchmarking, and healthcare reporting or visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, EMR reporting platforms)
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management (CPHRM), or similar healthcare quality, safety, or risk certification
- Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills
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