Description
Are you a strategic healthcare leader passionate about improving quality, safety, and patient outcomes? MaineHealth Behavioral Health is seeking a Senior Director of Quality & Safety to lead system-wide initiatives that drive clinical excellence, regulatory compliance, and a culture of continuous improvement across our behavioral health services.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the strategy and execution of quality and patient safety programs across behavioral health
- Partner with clinical and operational leaders to improve outcomes and reduce risk
- Oversee regulatory readiness, accreditation, and performance improvement initiatives
- Use data and analytics to identify trends, measure performance, and drive change
- Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and high reliability
What You’ll Bring
- Education: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in a health-related field; Master's degree preferred
- License/Certifications: Certification as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) strongly preferred
- Experience: At least five years of experience related to clinical quality and patient safety
- Familiarity with clinical quality measurement and reporting and with patient safety reporting software required
- Familiarity with electronic health records and clinical decision support required
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical information in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
- One to two years demonstrated leadership competence or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Self-directed and self-motivated with a firm understanding of leadership role; proven track record of motivating others to improve clinical quality and patient safety
- Effective communicator with the ability to create strong partnerships; able to serve as a role model through professional behavior and open, direct communication
Why MaineHealth?
- Mission-driven organization focused on community health and well-being
- Opportunity to shape quality and safety strategy across a growing behavioral health system
- Collaborative leadership environment
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Make an Impact
Apply today and help us build safer, higher-quality care for our communities. Senior Director - Quality and Safety
About MaineHealth:
MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.” MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. Learn more about our system at mainehealth.org
At MaineHealth, we offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow. Our packages include health and dental insurances, paid parental leave, retirement program, generous paid time off, and much more! Our comprehensive array of benefits are competitive, affordable, and include choices that meet specific, but ever-changing, needs.
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the neighborhoods that surround it. We are deeply invested in the well-being of our communities and care for team members. We believe in fostering a work environment of strong commitment, compassionate caring, and continuous improvement. Join us, and your abilities will be challenged and enhanced as you take your career to a new level.
MaineHealth values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
