Department Head of Quality, Patient Safety & Accreditation

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is an independent pediatric hospital specializing in treating children who have complex conditions, rare disorders and traumatic injuries. Gillette providers treat patients - including adults who have conditions that began during childhood - who have medical needs that are often too complex for most other health care providers. We're different because of our focus. We center our care on conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and neurological systems. We also partner with Regions Hospital to operate Minnesota’s first Level I Pediatric Trauma Center.

In addition to our 60-bed hospital, we have eight primary clinic or hub locations, 11 outreach sites and one adult clinic. We serve more than 25,000 patients each year.

Our reach is local, national and global. Annually we serve patients from all Minnesota counties, nearly all 50 U. S. states and more than 10 countries.

Gillette is a Twin Cities Top Workplace and a National Top Workplace. We offer competitive pay, a strong benefits package and flexible schedules. Plus we give employees something that sets us apart: a chance to take part in our mission. Come to work for Gillette, and you’ll improve the lives of countless children and adults who have disabilities or complex medical conditions.

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare has a great  leadership opportunity available as the Department Head of Quality, Patient Safety and Accreditation!

The Department Head of Quality, Patient Safety and Accreditation at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare collaborates with the Medical Director, Vice President of Patient Care and organizational leaders to develop and implement a strong quality and patient safety program and to ensure regulatory compliance and accreditation. This role reports to the Vice President of Patient Care and the Medical Director and serves as a highly visible champion for quality and patient safety throughout the organization.

This key leadership role directs and manages the quality improvement resources functions including quality improvement, patient safety, accreditation readiness, infection prevention, and utilization review. This includes:

• working collaboratively with Gillette's senior leadership team to develop and implement comprehensive programs to minimize patient harm through implementation of systems that elevate a culture of safety, proactively identify risks, encourage advent event reporting and ensure comprehensive cause analysis of events and facilitates organization-wide learning from events
• working collaboratively with organization-wide leaders to support and facilitate quality and safety committee work and complete follow-up as directed by the committees
• Establishes annual quality plans and provides leadership and direction for the implementation of these plans
• Promotes a culture of safety, high reliability, patient and staff engagement and health information systems to achieve organizational goals
• Coordinates and directs activities related to accreditation and ongoing readiness, and in collaboration with leadership, ensures that any deficiencies are addressed and resolved

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in healthcare, business, leadership or equivalent
  
• Five or more years of relevant acute-care hospital experience in quality, patient safety and accreditation
• Strong record of leadership, project management and collaboration
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Knowledge of clinical care processes and hospital and clinic operations
• Knowledge of healthcare accreditation requirements and compliance regulations
• Experience with accreditation assessments and surveys

Preferred Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse or physician

• Knowledge and experience in Lean, Six Sigma and other performance improvement methodologies

• Record of presentations at regional and/or national meetings focused on quality and patient safety

To be considered for this opportunity, apply online at www.gillettechildrens.org/careers and search for requisition #6855.