VP Patient Safety & Infection Prevention

General Summary of Position Reporting to the Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer the Vice President Patient Safety and Infection Prevention is responsible for establishing and executing the strategic vision for MedStar Health's system-wide patient safety high reliability and infection prevention programs. This executive leader drives the development implementation standardization and measurement of enterprise-wide strategies designed to reduce patient harm strengthen safety culture mitigate clinical risk and prevent healthcare-associated infections across all MedStar Health entities.As a key member of the Quality and Safety Integrated Leadership Team the Vice President partners with executive and operational leaders to advance MedStar Health's quality and safety agenda ensuring alignment of system standards performance metrics regulatory requirements and best practices while supporting hospital-specific operational needs. The Vice President provides strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of hospitals and serves as the direct leader mentor and advisor to senior hospital Quality & Safety leaders.The Vice President oversees a multidisciplinary team of patient safety and infection prevention professionals responsible for assessing organizational risk identifying opportunities for improvement implementing evidence-based interventions and monitoring outcomes across the health system. The role is accountable for the ongoing advancement of MedStar Health's High Reliability Organization (HRO) journey including development and sustainment of safety culture initiatives HRO education and training programs leadership engagement strategies and system-wide event response processes.This position has executive accountability for MedStar Health's patient safety reporting and event management infrastructure including oversight of SafetyNet and the identification classification investigation analysis and reporting of near misses unsafe conditions adverse events serious safety events and other patient safety concerns. The Vice President ensures the development and implementation of sustainable corrective actions and provides executive oversight of patient safety reporting and presentations to senior leadership and the MedStar Health Board Quality Committee.The Vice President also provides executive oversight for system-wide infection prevention strategy and operations including infection prevention standards surveillance NHSN and CDC reporting outbreak response emerging infectious disease preparedness pandemic clinical policy coordination contact tracing and alignment of infection prevention practices across the enterprise. In collaboration with operational clinical and supply chain leaders the Vice President ensures consistent implementation of evidence-based infection prevention practices and supports critical system decisions related to safety and infection prevention resources.The Vice President directly oversees the System Assistant Vice President of Patient Safety System Assistant Vice President of Infection Prevention designated hospital Quality & Safety leaders and provides shared leadership oversight for ambulatory Quality & Safety functions. Through strategic leadership operational excellence and a commitment to high reliability this executive role advances MedStar Health's mission to deliver the safest highest-quality care and reinforces its position as a national leader in patient safety and clinical excellence. Primary Duties and Responsibilities   Responsible for the direct oversight of the Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Patient Safety AVP for Infection Prevention and for a cohort of hospital quality and safety leaders. Serve as a senior member of the MedStar Health Integrated Leadership Team and as a member of the MedStar Health Quality and Safety Steering Committee. Executive responsibility for the integration of safety science and system-based risk mitigation for the