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Children's Nebraska seeks a dynamic, innovative leader to serve as Vice President, Quality and Safety (VP). This is a tremendous opportunity to build upon a strong foundation of success and elevate quality and safety initiatives within a dynamic and growing children's hospital with a unique culture and reputation. This leader will work collaboratively across the organization, partnering with key departments to instill a culture where quality and patient safety are a central focus. It is an exciting time to join this nationally recognized freestanding children's health system, poised for continued growth, with a clear and strong mission to deliver world-class care to its large and geographically diverse patient base.
Children's is a vibrant acute-care 279-bed hospital and affiliated entities that serve children from across a five-state area and around the world. Children's is a mission-driven organization grounded in its ICARE values of Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. The safe, high-quality care provided at Children's has been nationally recognized and affirmed repeatedly. Children's has been honored with Magnet® Recognition, the gold standard of nursing excellence, five consecutive times. Most recently, Magnet with Distinction. Both the NICU and PICU teams have received the prestigious Gold Beacon Award of Excellence for exceptional patient outcomes. The U.S. News & World Report has ranked Children's as a 2024-25 Best Children's Hospital in three pediatric specialties: Pulmonology, Nephrology, and Neurosciences.
Children's employs a dedicated, highly skilled team of more than 4,000+ team members. With more than 280 pediatric specialists, Children's physicians and providers comprise the area's largest group of specialty pediatric experts, practicing within a wide variety of specialties and providing complex care for children with multiple special health needs.
Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President & Chief Physician Executive, the VP will provide strategic, operational, and thought leadership for Children's Nebraska quality goals across the enterprise. This leader will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies aimed at achieving high reliability, providing consistent high-quality care, eliminating preventable harm, and advancing the overall patient safety and performance improvement culture. The VP will support operational leaders in the further integration of quality and safety functions in a manner that leverages and optimizes clinical operations of the health system and creates seamless integration throughout the organization.
The successful candidate will be a passionate and energetic change agent with a proven track record in creating a culture of quality, safety, and performance improvement, with progressive leadership in a complex healthcare environment; experience in a children's hospital is a plus. The next VP must have knowledge and training in process improvement, change management, and dedication to utilizing data to drive operational improvements through process and technology. The ideal candidate will be a visible, transparent, and decisive leader and excellent communicator who is able to foster relationships and collaboration while leading by influence across Children's Nebraska. In building rapport, developing relationships, and providing strategic leadership, the next VP can have an incredible impact on the future success and growth of Children's Nebraska.
Please direct all applications, nominations and inquiries to Michael Raddatz, Dan Dimenstein, and Molly Solomon, using the WK Candidate Portal or via email to [email protected].
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