Market Director of Patient Safety
Summary
Leads patient safety and harm-reduction initiatives across multiple hospitals, collaborating with clinical and executive teams to reduce preventable harm and ensure regulatory compliance.
Job Type: Full Time
Job Shift: Days
The Market Director of Patient Safety provides strategic leadership for patient safety, high reliability, event management, and harm reduction initiatives across multiple hospitals and ambulatory settings within a market or region. This role collaborates with executive leadership, medical staff, quality leaders, risk management, and clinical operations to foster a culture of safety, ensure regulatory compliance, reduce preventable harm, and drive continuous performance improvement. Dotted line reporting structure to Corporate Patient Safety Director.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Master's Degree Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Quality Management, or related field required
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 7 years of combined experience in clinical practice and progressive healthcare leadership experience with 2 years of experience in Patient Safety, Quality, Risk Management, or healthcare operations
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Multi-facility, market, or system level leadership experience strongly preferred
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE: CPPS certification
REQUIRED COURSE(S) TRAINING: NA
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/REGISTRATION: Additional Certification such as CPHRM or CPHQ