Job Description
Job Type: Full Time
Job Shift: Days
Holiday Rotation:
Department: Patient Care Services
The Market Director of Patient Safety provides strategic leadership for patient safety, high reliability, event management, and harm reduction initiatives across multiple hospitals and ambulatory settings within a market or region. This role collaborates with executive leadership, medical staff, quality leaders, risk management, and clinical operations to foster a culture of safety, ensure regulatory compliance, reduce preventable harm, and drive continuous performance improvement. Dotted line reporting structure to Corporate Patient Safety Director.
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Master's Degree Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Quality Management, or related field required
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 7 years of combined experience in clinical practice and progressive healthcare leadership experience with 2 years of experience in Patient Safety, Quality, Risk Management, or healthcare operations
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Multi-facility, market, or system level leadership experience strongly preferred
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE: CPPS certification
REQUIRED COURSE(S) TRAINING: NA
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS/REGISTRATION: Additional Certification such as CPHRM or CPHQ
About the Team
Doctors Medical Center (DMC), part of the Central Valley Doctors Health System, is the largest full-care hospital between Stockton and Fresno, and from the Sierras to the San Francisco Bay Area, with a 394-bed general acute care and a 67-bed inpatient psychiatric capacity. DMC is known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. Doctors Medical Center offers a wide range of services including cardiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency and trauma services, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, women and childrens services, medical/surgical, behavioral health, oncology and critical/intensive care. Join our team!
