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Vice President, Nursing Quality and Safety

United States, Wilmington · Job Posted April 23, 2026
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The Vice President, Nursing Quality and Safety (VP) provides strategic leadership and enterprise oversight for nursing quality, patient safety, and performance improvement. The VP plays a critical role in advancing a culture of safety, implementing evidence‑based practice, and continuous improvement of outcomes.

Job Responsibility

  • Provides strategic leadership and enterprise oversight for nursing quality, patient safety, and performance improvement
  • Advances a culture of safety, implementing evidence‑based practice, and continuous improvement of outcomes
  • Oversees key nursing functions, including Nursing Quality & Safety, Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing, and the WISH Program
  • Serves as a trusted advisor and mentor to nurse leaders, frontline teams, and members of the systemwide Nursing Quality and Safety Council as well as Event Based Nursing Peer Review
  • Partners closely with nursing leaders, physicians, clinical teams, and enterprise leaders across Quality, Patient Safety, Risk Management, Accreditation, and Information Technology
  • Shape and advance systemwide nursing quality, patient safety, and performance improvement strategies with direct influence on outcomes
  • Lead and develop high‑impact programs focused on evidence‑based practice, event review, peer review, and human factors
  • Partner with executive, clinical, and operational leaders to design and sustain data‑driven, outcome focused quality initiatives
  • Oversee nursing quality analytics and external reporting, including NDNQI, Magnet, and Leapfrog

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s and Master’s degree required, one of which must be in nursing
  • Current or eligible for Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Delaware
  • Nurse Leader certification required
  • Minimum of five years of progressive system leadership experience with demonstrated success working across interprofessional teams to design, implement, and sustain evidence‑based quality and safety programs and improve outcomes
  • Formal Lean Six Sigma training required (or willingness to obtain within two years)
  • Knowledge of current nursing practice standards, The Joint Commission, CMS, Magnet, State, and other regulatory requirements

Nice to have

  • Doctorate preferred
  • certification in healthcare quality and patient safety preferred

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