Chief Quality Officer

Job overview

The Chief Quality Officer is an onsite, full-time leadership position based in Colorado Springs, CO. The annual base pay for this role is $346,000 - $519,000, and it serves as a key member of the UCHealth Southern Colorado Region senior leadership team. This role provides vision, leadership, and oversight for the quality and safety program across the Southern region. The Chief Quality Officer identifies opportunities for improvement and executes initiatives that align with the system's strategic direction to ensure the delivery of exceptional care and patient experience.

What you'll do

• Develop and execute a quality and safety program that supports the overall system mission, vision and strategic priorities.
• Provide vision, leadership and oversight of the quality program to promote safety, effectiveness, efficiency and high reliability across the UCHealth's Southern region.
• Identify key areas of opportunity throughout the region and work in conjunction with the executive team and medical staff leadership to develop and implement improvement initiatives.
• Lead regional implementation of system-driven quality and safety priorities.
• Oversee and coordinate the integration of key functions in partnership with other key leaders including Infection Prevention, Epidemiology, Regulatory Affairs, Professional Practice Evaluation and Peer Learning, Risk Management and Patient Relations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and resource for process improvement, clinical safety, and regulatory issues.
• Develop, mentor, and coach quality and safety leaders in the Southern region.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

colorado springs co

uchealth

chief quality officer

quality improvement

patient safety

executive

healthcare

$346k-$519k/yr

no on-call

no travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Performance bonus, merit pay increases, medical/dental/vision coverage, 403(b) with match, tuition reimbursement, and mental health support.

Why this role

Regional leadership role overseeing quality and safety across multiple hospital locations in Southern Colorado.

About the employer

UCHealth is hiring for this role. Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals. Sector: 62.