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Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager - Women's Services
Baptist Health Alabama (Regional Role)
Baptist Health is seeking an accomplished and forward‑thinking Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager for Women’s Services to lead maternal, neonatal, and gynecologic quality initiatives across our five hospitals in Alabama. This leader, in partnership with operations, providers, and nursing, will play a pivotal role in elevating clinical outcomes, strengthening regulatory readiness, and advancing performance in nationally recognized quality programs including the Joint Commission, CMS maternal health measures, and U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) maternity rankings.
About the Role
The Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager serves as the region‑wide expert in women’s services quality, safety, and performance improvement. This role partners closely with obstetrics, maternal–fetal medicine, neonatology, gynecology, nursing leadership, and hospital quality teams to ensure consistent, high‑reliability care across the region.
Regional Quality & Regulatory Oversight
- Monitor maternal, neonatal, OB ED, and women’s surgical quality metrics across all hospitals.
- Ensure alignment with CMS maternity and neonatal measures (PC‑02, PC‑06, PC‑07, postpartum hemorrhage, unexpected extubation, etc.) and internal benchmarks.
- Lead compliance with Joint Commission Perinatal Care (PC) standards and support readiness for Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care (ACPC).
- Coordinate survey readiness activities, mock tracers, and corrective action plans across L&D, postpartum, NICU, and GYN units.
Performance Optimization: CMS, USNWR & Safety
- Strengthen performance in USNWR Best Hospitals for Maternity Care, improving C‑section rates, newborn complications, breastfeeding support, and patient experience.
- Oversee accurate documentation and submission of CMS IQR and eCQM data; validate performance and close documentation gaps.
- Champion AIM bundles, maternal early warning systems, and neonatal resuscitation best practices to reduce preventable harm.
- Lead safety huddles, simulations, and debriefs to reinforce high‑reliability practices.
Quality Improvement & Event Review
- Lead regional improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and high‑reliability methods.
- Conduct maternal, neonatal, and OB emergency event reviews, including RCAs and case audits.
- Develop and monitor action plans that drive measurable, sustainable improvement.
Education, Engagement & Collaboration
- In partnership with regional professional development practitioners, train clinical teams on regulatory standards, documentation, and evidence‑based practice.
- Partner with nursing education and medical staff leadership to strengthen competency and consistency.
- Serve as liaison among obstetrics, OB ED, MFM, neonatology, gynecology, anesthesia, infection prevention, and quality teams.
- Align pathways, safety protocols, and quality goals across all hospitals and support system‑level strategy for women’s services.
Qualifications
Education/Training
Bachelor’s degree. Masters preferred. Highly preferred: (RN, BSN)
Licensure/Certification
Registered Nurse, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, life sciences or healthcare administration. Certification as a Professional in Healthcare Quality Certification (CPHQ), Patient Safety (CPPS), or other approved patient safety certification within 1 year of hire.
Experience
Seven (7) years’ experience in acute care or other applicable healthcare settings. Highly preferred: women's services and clinical quality improvement. #NICU, #Labor #L&D #postpartum
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions.
- Serves as a subject matter expert in clinical quality, driving improvements at the system or regional level.
- Leads and supports quality and safety initiatives, coordinates projects assigned by AVP, Quality, Regulatory, and Safety or administrative designee, and develops strategies and presentations to achieve system and/or regional quality goals.
- Analyzes outcome reports, identifies trends and areas for improvement, implements necessary actions, and compiles reports for leadership and committee review.
- Tracks and monitors quality outcomes to support continuous improvement at the system or regional level.
- Responsible for facilitating activities towards system and/or regional quality goals by developing strategies, improvement plans and presentations consistent with improvement in board quality and safety goals.
- Collaborates with leadership, clinical staff, and interdisciplinary teams, including risk management, infection prevention, regulatory, data analytics, patient experience, education, and operational effectiveness, to plan and maintain a robust quality and safety program.
- Works collaboratively with the executive team to implement quality and safety initiatives for the system or region.
- Works with leadership to foster a culture of quality, patient safety, and compliance with regulatory agency requirements.
- Identifies opportunities for process and practice improvement in the practice environment, assists in developing policies and procedures, and guides implementation at the system or regional level.
- Prepares and maintains initiatives to meet national benchmarks such as Leapfrog, CMS Star Ratings, and U.S. News & World Report.
- Participates in planning and implementing new technologies and procedures that support or enhance quality and patient safety.
- Maintains open, positive working relationships with all team members, providers, and leaders at Baptist Health.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health policies and procedures.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Position Summary:
Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager - Women's Services
Baptist Health Alabama (Regional Role)
Baptist Health is seeking an accomplished and forward‑thinking Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager for Women’s Services to lead maternal, neonatal, and gynecologic quality initiatives across our five hospitals in Alabama. This leader, in partnership with operations, providers, and nursing, will play a pivotal role in elevating clinical outcomes, strengthening regulatory readiness, and advancing performance in nationally recognized quality programs including the Joint Commission, CMS maternal health measures, and U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) maternity rankings.
About the Role
The Regional Clinical Quality Program Manager serves as the region‑wide expert in women’s services quality, safety, and performance improvement. This role partners closely with obstetrics, maternal–fetal medicine, neonatology, gynecology, nursing leadership, and hospital quality teams to ensure consistent, high‑reliability care across the region.
Regional Quality & Regulatory Oversight
- Monitor maternal, neonatal, OB ED, and women’s surgical quality metrics across all hospitals.
- Ensure alignment with CMS maternity and neonatal measures (PC‑02, PC‑06, PC‑07, postpartum hemorrhage, unexpected extubation, etc.) and internal benchmarks.
- Lead compliance with Joint Commission Perinatal Care (PC) standards and support readiness for Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care (ACPC).
- Coordinate survey readiness activities, mock tracers, and corrective action plans across L&D, postpartum, NICU, and GYN units.
Performance Optimization: CMS, USNWR & Safety
- Strengthen performance in USNWR Best Hospitals for Maternity Care, improving C‑section rates, newborn complications, breastfeeding support, and patient experience.
- Oversee accurate documentation and submission of CMS IQR and eCQM data; validate performance and close documentation gaps.
- Champion AIM bundles, maternal early warning systems, and neonatal resuscitation best practices to reduce preventable harm.
- Lead safety huddles, simulations, and debriefs to reinforce high‑reliability practices.
Quality Improvement & Event Review
- Lead regional improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and high‑reliability methods.
- Conduct maternal, neonatal, and OB emergency event reviews, including RCAs and case audits.
- Develop and monitor action plans that drive measurable, sustainable improvement.
Education, Engagement & Collaboration
- In partnership with regional professional development practitioners, train clinical teams on regulatory standards, documentation, and evidence‑based practice.
- Partner with nursing education and medical staff leadership to strengthen competency and consistency.
- Serve as liaison among obstetrics, OB ED, MFM, neonatology, gynecology, anesthesia, infection prevention, and quality teams.
- Align pathways, safety protocols, and quality goals across all hospitals and support system‑level strategy for women’s services.
Qualifications
Education/Training
Bachelor’s degree. Masters preferred. Highly preferred: (RN, BSN)
Licensure/Certification
Registered Nurse, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, life sciences or healthcare administration. Certification as a Professional in Healthcare Quality Certification (CPHQ), Patient Safety (CPPS), or other approved patient safety certification within 1 year of hire.
Experience
Seven (7) years’ experience in acute care or other applicable healthcare settings. Highly preferred: women's services and clinical quality improvement. #NICU, #Labor #L&D #postpartum
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions.
- Serves as a subject matter expert in clinical quality, driving improvements at the system or regional level.
- Leads and supports quality and safety initiatives, coordinates projects assigned by AVP, Quality, Regulatory, and Safety or administrative designee, and develops strategies and presentations to achieve system and/or regional quality goals.
- Analyzes outcome reports, identifies trends and areas for improvement, implements necessary actions, and compiles reports for leadership and committee review.
- Tracks and monitors quality outcomes to support continuous improvement at the system or regional level.
- Responsible for facilitating activities towards system and/or regional quality goals by developing strategies, improvement plans and presentations consistent with improvement in board quality and safety goals.
- Collaborates with leadership, clinical staff, and interdisciplinary teams, including risk management, infection prevention, regulatory, data analytics, patient experience, education, and operational effectiveness, to plan and maintain a robust quality and safety program.
- Works collaboratively with the executive team to implement quality and safety initiatives for the system or region.
- Works with leadership to foster a culture of quality, patient safety, and compliance with regulatory agency requirements.
- Identifies opportunities for process and practice improvement in the practice environment, assists in developing policies and procedures, and guides implementation at the system or regional level.
- Prepares and maintains initiatives to meet national benchmarks such as Leapfrog, CMS Star Ratings, and U.S. News & World Report.
- Participates in planning and implementing new technologies and procedures that support or enhance quality and patient safety.
- Maintains open, positive working relationships with all team members, providers, and leaders at Baptist Health.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health policies and procedures.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Quality Program Manager
Align your credentials to EB-2 or EB-3
A master's degree in quality management, engineering, or a related field positions you for EB-2. A bachelor's with five-plus years of quality systems experience typically qualifies for EB-3 skilled worker classification under PERM.
Document your quality certifications strategically
ASQ certifications like CQM/OE or CQE strengthen your PERM file by demonstrating specialized credentials the employer can reference in the job requirements. Gather official transcripts and certification records before your employer begins the prevailing wage determination.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Manufacturing, aerospace, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies regularly file PERM for Quality Program Manager roles. Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers with verified green card sponsorship history in quality and operations functions.
Verify the prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer submits a prevailing wage request to DOL before filing PERM. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check Level II and III wages for SOC code 11-9199 in your target metro, so your offered salary won't fall below the certified rate and stall the petition.
Understand the PERM recruitment documentation burden
PERM requires your employer to run mandatory recruitment and document that no qualified U.S. workers were available. Quality Program Manager roles often attract domestic applicants, so confirm your employer has HR bandwidth to complete the 30-to-180-day recruitment window before you accept an offer contingent on sponsorship.
Plan for concurrent filing if your priority date allows
If you're from a country without a significant USCIS backlog, your employer may file I-140 and I-485 simultaneously after PERM certification. This concurrent filing approach can shorten total green card processing by months compared to waiting for I-140 approval first.
Green Card Quality Program Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Quality Program Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
It depends on the job requirements your employer sets in the PERM application. If the role requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience in quality systems, EB-2 applies. Roles requiring only a bachelor's degree typically fall under EB-3. Your employer's HR and immigration counsel set the educational minimum, which locks in the category for that specific PERM filing.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary status with a two-to-three year initial period and annual lottery exposure, while PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no lottery. For Quality Program Manager roles, EB-3 has no annual cap on petitions filed, though visa number availability varies by country of birth. The green card process also takes longer overall, typically two to four years from PERM filing to I-485 approval for non-backlogged nationalities.
What does the PERM process look like specifically for quality management roles?
Your employer first requests a prevailing wage determination from DOL, then conducts mandatory recruitment over 30 to 180 days to confirm no qualified U.S. workers are available for the Quality Program Manager position. After recruitment closes, the employer files the ETA 9089 with DOL. Analyst review currently takes several months. Once PERM is certified, your employer files I-140 with USCIS, and you file I-485 when a visa number is available.
How do I find employers who will actually sponsor a green card for this role?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Quality Program Manager openings filtered by employers with documented green card sponsorship history. Many companies list roles without committing to sponsorship, so targeting employers with verified PERM filing activity in quality and operations functions saves significant time. Industries like medical devices, aerospace, and pharmaceutical manufacturing sponsor this title most consistently.
Can I switch jobs after my employer files my PERM application?
Changing employers resets the PERM process entirely because the certification is tied to a specific employer and job description. If your I-140 has been approved for 180 days or more and you're in a same or similar occupational classification, AC21 portability may let you transfer the priority date to a new employer's petition. Confirm the O*NET SOC code match with the new role before relying on portability.