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Posted 2 weeks agoVice President - Quality, Accreditation and Patient Safety
Roanoke, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Oversee clinical quality outcomes across inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory settings, with a focus on safety, effectiveness, equity, and patient-centered care.
- Lead quality measurement, analytics, benchmarking, and performance improvement initiatives, including public reporting and external quality programs (e.g., CMS, Leapfrog).
- Ensure alignment of quality goals across hospitals, service lines, and ambulatory practices.
- Oversee event reporting, serious safety event management, root cause analyses, and system-wide corrective action plans.
- Lead system response to sentinel events and other significant patient safety issues. Patient Advocacy &
- Ensure timely, compassionate, and transparent resolution of patient and family concerns.
- Collaborate with Patient
- Support disclosure and communication processes following adverse events in alignment with Carilion Clinic values.
- Oversee professional and general liability risk processes, including claims management, trend analysis, and risk mitigation.
- Ensure continuous readiness for surveys across all hospitals and ambulatory practices.
- Lead system-wide survey preparation, on-site management, and post-survey corrective action planning.
- Prepare and present quality and safety reports to Board committees and senior leadership forums.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of quality, safety, risk, and accreditation professionals.
- Promote collaboration, accountability, and engagement among clinical and operational leaders.
Requirements
- Oversees the development and alignment of annual budget for assigned function(s) to ensure the effective use of resources and financial sustainability of the organization to achieve organizational strategies and plans. What We Require: Education Required: Master’s degree required (MSN, MHA, MPH, MBA, or equivalent) Clinical background (RN, MD, DO, or other licensed clinician) strongly preferred
- experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, risk management, and accreditation Senior leadership
- experience within a large, integrated healthcare system required Demonstrated success leading multi-hospital and ambulatory quality programs Extensive
- experience with regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission/DNV, CMS, and state regulatory departments Licensure, certification, and/or registration/Life Support Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) strongly preferred Other Minimum
- Qualifications Knowledge, Skills & Competencies Expertise in healthcare quality improvement, patient safety science, and high-reliability principles Strong understanding of value-based care, regulatory compliance, and accreditation standards Proven ability to lead complex change and influence across a matrixed organization Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with physicians, nurses, executives, and Board members Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to drive improvement
Benefits
- Employment Status: Full time Shift: Variable Hours (United States of America) Facility: 1906 Belleview Ave SE - Roanoke Requisition Number: R158796 Vice President - Quality, Accreditation and Patient Safety (Open) How You’ll Help Transform Healthcare: The Vice President of Quality, Accreditation and Patient Safety provides enterprise-wide executive leadership for quality, safety, risk management, patient advocacy, and accreditation across Carilion Clinic’s integrated healthcare system, including
- The Vice President partners closely with physician, nursing, academic, and operational leaders to foster a culture of safety, transparency, continuous improvement, and high reliability across all care settings. Key
- Responsibilities Enterprise Quality Strategy Provide executive leadership for Carilion Clinic’s system-wide quality strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and value-based care initiatives.
- Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, and Insurance/Risk Financing teams.
- Carilion Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veterans status.
- benefits package, and many perks and well-being resources to help you live a happy, healthy life – at work and when you’re away.
- benefits available to you when you join Carilion: Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Benefits Employer Funded Pension Plan, vested after five years (Voluntary 403B) Paid Time Off (accrued from day one) Onsite fitness studios and discounts to our Carilion Wellness centers Access to our health and wellness app, Virgin Pulse Discounts on childcare Continued education and training
Contact
- The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. Recruiter: DANA JOHNSON Recruiter Email: dejohnson@carilionclinic.org For more information, contact the HR Service Center at 1-800-599-2537.
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Additional details
- Oversees Medical Staff quality and performance review processes, including peer review and OPPE/FPPE, in partnership with Medical Affairs to support safe, compliant, and high-quality clinical care.
- Patient Safety & High Reliability Champion a culture of safety and high reliability across Carilion Clinic, grounded in just culture, prevention of harm, and learning systems.
- Partner with clinical leaders to standardize evidence-based safety practices and reduce variation across care settings.
- Experience Provide executive oversight of patient advocacy functions, including grievance and complaint management across the enterprise.
- Experience and clinical leaders to integrate patient feedback into quality and safety improvement efforts.
- Risk Management & Claims Lead enterprise clinical risk management and loss prevention strategies to reduce harm and liability exposure.
- Use data and analytics to proactively identify and address emerging risk trends.
- Accreditation & Regulatory Readiness Provide executive leadership for accreditation and regulatory readiness across Carilion Clinic, including but not limited to The Joint Commission, CMS, state regulatory agencies, and specialty accreditations.
- Serve as an executive representative during accreditation and regulatory surveys.
- Governance, Leadership & Culture Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and the Board on matters related to quality, patient safety, risk, and accreditation.