**Responsibilities** + Provides leadership to the Quality Management Department; hires, supervises, and monitors staff performance and productivity. Contributes to the budgeting process. + Educates and trains staff and physicians in quality improvement including the aggregation and analysis, action planning and reporting of performance data. + Works in collaboration with hospital leadership and medical staff to meet goals established in the Performance Improvement plan. + Provides consultation and assists physicians, ancillary and nursing departments with regulatory compliance issues. Supports implementation of regulatory initiatives. **Qualifications** **Education and Experience:** + Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field or five (5) years of related job or industry experience in lieu of degree. + Minimum of three (3) years of progressive management responsibility in an acute care setting, one (1) of which is related to managing an organization’s Quality Improvement Program. Minimum of two (2) years of clinical, patient care experience or equivalent. Experience developing and implementing clinical, service and operational process improvement initiatives, both small and large scale. Knowledge and expertise in specific performance improvement/CQI methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma, LEAN). Current knowledge of regulatory requirements for acute and ambulatory care services (e.g. state, federal, local regulations; Joint Commission, etc.). **Licensure:** + Current state license in a clinical field (five) 5 years experience in Quality Management can be used in lieu of state license). Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), or Healthcare Quality and Management Certification (HCQM), or Certificate of Professional Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety (CPQPS) within 2 years of employment is required. **Overview** Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart, and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956. Click here to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. One Community. One Mission. One California **Pay Range** $51.66 - $74.91 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.