SEEKING a quality executive responsible for driving performance improvement at the ECU Health Community and Critical Access Hospitals. In this capacity, functions in a matrix structure by serving as a critical member of the community hospitals executive team as well as leading Quality shared service functions that advance our one goal of EXCELLENCE.

• Translate strategies into actionable initiatives that enable achievement of results that align with established quality imperatives to create and sustain operational excellence for health care entities and programs.
• Leads the integration and provides ultimate oversight for multiyear strategies to advance quality imperatives that foster multidisciplinary teamwork, drive evidence based care implementation, reduce unnecessary variation in clinical care, assure compliance with regulatory standards, and advance patient safety culture.
• Works in partnership with management and physician leaders in ensuring that plans, operations and patient care are aligned with the Mission, Vision and Values.
• Ensures broader organizational support around identified goals, strategies, budgets, and metrics associated with quality imperatives.
• Ensures that policies, procedures and practices are operationalized to support safe, reliable care and fosters a continuous learning culture.
• Builds the organizational structure, talent, and other capabilities to implement and operate quality imperatives.
• Responsible for establishing, measuring, and achieving quality performance metrics, consistent with ECU Health expectations.
• Employs methods of change management to advance the organization by using tools, business processes, budget allocations and operational practices to significantly reshape ECU Health.
• Accountable for a positive organizational culture in conducting business, decision making and performance management to influence work attitudes and enhance job satisfaction.
• Provides leadership and has oversight of patient safety, quality improvement, best practice, infection prevention, and regulatory compliance.
• Stays current on quality and performance measures from emerging national and state requirements.
• Member of system management teams and functions as a key liaison between the leadership teams and physician partners and applicable governing board of the health care entities and programs.

• Master’s required- or higher.
• RN licensure is required.
• 8 – 10 years progressively related work experience is required.