Vice President- Quality and Safety Operations

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

The Vice President, Quality and Safety Operations serves as the administrative executive for quality, safety, and clinical excellence across the care continuum of Prisma Health. This executive leads the strategic development and implementation of initiatives focused on fostering high-reliability, continual regulatory readiness, and achieving benchmarked industry-leading performance within scope of the role. Working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders across Prisma Health and aligned partners, the VP, Quality and Safety Operations promotes a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centeredness in alignment with the organization's purpose, strategic goals, and clinical operating system. This role serves as a dyad partner to the Chief Quality Officer and reports directly to the Chief Clinical Officer. This leader has direct oversight of quality, patient and team member safety, patient advocacy, regulatory readiness, policy management and infection prevention. Success for this role will require establishing and maintaining strong partnerships with clinical and operational leaders throughout the organization. The successful candidate must have a high degree of self-awareness and be an expert at building internal and external relationships and working with community partners, clinicians, and diverse management teams in a dynamic environment. Demonstrates a proven strong ability to lead through influence, implement Just Culture, and foster psychological safety.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose : Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Quality Management - Develop and execute the system-wide quality and patient safety strategic plan, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and corporate objectives across a broad operational and geographic footprint. Work with Quality Leaders / Teams, Operational Leaders / Teams, and the Medical Staff at all levels of the organization to ensure standardized and effective committee structures, quality management forums, and tools. This includes quality processes and meetings, minutes, and agenda templates associated with the organized medical staff (MCC & MEC). Lead system quality improvement committees.

Oversee and standardize quality improvement, safety, accreditation, and infection prevention initiatives across hospitals, post-acute, and ambulatory sites. In partnership with subject matter experts, develops and deploys a structured system-wide quality assurance & improvement plan (QAPI) program aligned with the regulatory standards leveraging the Prisma Health Pulse clinical operating system.

Supervisory / Management Responsibilities

Minimum Requirements

In Lieu Of

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Prisma Health Corporate Office

Facility

7001 Corporate

Department

70019704 Clinical Care Experience

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