Director, Clinical Quality, Wolfson Children's Hospital

Baptist Health is hiring a Director, Clinical Quality.  This Director position will be the Director of Pediatric Clinical Quality for Wolfson Children’s, including Wolfson Children’s Hospital and pediatric care sites throughout Baptist Health.

 

Wolfson Children’s Hospital, with 257 licensed beds, is the only full-service tertiary hospital for children serving North Florida, South Georgia and beyond.  In addition to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, pediatric care is delivered in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, hospital-based emergency departments, and free-standing emergency departments throughout the region.  Wolfson Children’s also provides care in specialty centers throughout North Florida and South Georgia.  Wolfson Children’s Hospital is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best children’s hospitals.   As a non-profit organization, Wolfson Children's Hospital provides care for all children, regardless of their ability to pay.

The Director of Clinical Quality will demonstrate expertise in quality and performance improvement as well as program leadership operations.  The Director of Clinical Quality requires a registered nurse license along with a master’s degree and a minimum of 3 to 5 years of clinical nursing experience. Pediatric experience is recommended.   Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) required or obtained within one year.    

Travel to various locations will be required.

Responsibilities include:

• Operational oversight and strategic direction of one or more hospital-based and outpatient clinical quality and performance improvement programs, ensuring alignment with the organizational mission and vision, providing leadership support and strategic goal setting, and strategically aligning quality and performance improvement resources to successfully achieve goals.
• Directs activities to remain in compliance with accreditation and regulatory bodies and supports campus accreditation activities.
• Provides ongoing assessment and development of relevant programs, policies, procedures, and forms.
• Works in collaboration with system and facility administration and clinical and operational leaders to develop and manage clinical quality and performance improvement programs that incorporate strategic plan elements that align with goals, objectives, and risk assessments.
• Develops and operationalizes the hospitals' annual Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement plans and evaluations. Identifies and implements updates to the quality and performance improvement program when new regulations or professional guidelines are published.
• Aligns with the National Association of Healthcare Quality's 8 domains for healthcare quality competency.

 

If interested, apply today!

Education Required

Master's Degree

Education Preferred

Doctorate

Experience

License and Certification

Location

Wolfson Children's Hospital
800 Prudential Drive
Jacksonville FL 32207

Location Overview Wolfson Children's Hospital

Baptist Health, founded in 1955, is North Florida’s most comprehensive health care system and the area’s only non-profit, mission-driven, locally governed health care provider. Baptist Health has over 200 points of care throughout the Northeast Florida region, including our six award-winning hospitals: Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Clay, Baptist Medical Center Nassau and Baptist Medical Center South. The most preferred health care system in the region, Baptist Health also includes 57 primary care offices, as well as home health, behavioral health, pastoral care, rehabilitation services, occupational health and urgent care.