Job: Quality & Patient Safety Leader (Milwaukee, WI)
Quality & Patient Safety Leader
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI
The Organization
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) is a 296-bed, private, non-profit Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and major teaching affiliate of the Medical College of Wisconsin. It is a part of The Children’s Hospital & Health System (CHHS) of Wisconsin, comprised of 12 entities throughout the state providing medical care, social services, fund-raising and research. Last year, 23,000 infants, children and adolescents were admitted and 379,000 were seen in the hospital’s specialty outpatient clinics and urgent care sites. The Emergency Department treated 60,000 children and 14,628 surgical procedures were performed. Care is provided to children from Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Illinois and beyond. CHHS has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for quality. One hundred sixty-six Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin physicians are listed in the 2009-2010 Best Doctors in America database. (www.chw.org)
The Opportunity
• The Leader of Quality & Patient Safety coordinates the hospital’s quality improvement and clinical effectiveness programs and lays the groundwork for quality initiatives at the system level.
• Manages a staff of 12.5 FTEs and has budgetary responsibility for $1.5M.
• Provides a leadership framework for collaboration and shared accountability for performance with physicians, patient care staff, business and support services.
The Candidate
• Senior-level professional with significant experience in hospital/health system quality improvement principles, Joint Commission standards, safety issues and healthcare operations.
• A Master’s degree is required.
• Project Management Experience with multiple hospital entities or at the hospital system level is essential.
• Clinical experience as a nurse or physician with training/experience in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health or related disciplines is highly desired.
• Understanding of Quality Initiatives on a national level.
• Experience with improvement methodologies such as The Improvement Model, Six Sigma or LEAN.
• Public speaking and/or a history of written publications a plus.
The Community Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city with a population of 602,000, (1M in the metro area) lies on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The metro area is home to thirteen Fortune 500 company headquarters, but has managed to maintain a small town atmosphere. Milwaukee has a number of notable performing art groups including opera, ballet a professional symphony and several theatre groups. Art, history and science museums attract visitors, as do professional football and baseball teams. Both public and private schools are excellent.
(www.10best.com/Milwaukee and www.visitmilwaukee.org)
An attractive salary, benefit and relocation package is offered.
If you know someone who may be
interested, please contact:
Jane Fischer, Tyler & Company
jfischer@tylerandco.com
(610) 558-6100, extension 231
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