Quality and Patient Safety Specialist — Oncology

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

1d•$123,500 - $161,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Quality and Patient Safety Specialist (QPSS) in Oncology, you will serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, driving performance improvement and quality assurance across Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy services. This vital role involves leading quality and patient safety initiatives by consulting with internal departments and key stakeholders, and developing and enhancing programs that uphold enterprise-wide standards for patient care and safety. You will collaborate with clinical teams, service lines, and leadership to guide performance improvement and ensure alignment with QAPI standards. Your responsibilities will include managing relevant information from databases, reports, and documents by evaluating and integrating evidence-based practice, researching, collecting, and analyzing internal and external data, and providing graphical displays to inform strategic decisions and elevate care delivery. You will also identify sentinel events and serious adverse outcomes and assure root cause analysis of unanticipated negative outcomes, as well as facilitate quality and performance improvement meetings, quality committee meetings, and Risk Management meetings. Your clinical expertise will be key in abstracting and analyzing complex medical data related to stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies, ensuring accurate and timely data entry in compliance with Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) standards, organizing data for external submission and internal use, and supporting quantitative and statistical analysis. You will also be responsible for creating clear, impactful visualizations—charts, graphs, dashboards—that communicate insights and drive action. This is an opportunity to make a measurable difference in patient outcomes while shaping the future of transplant care.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
5+ years of experience in healthcare, preferably in Quality and Performance Improvement
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other web-based applications
Familiarity with quality and performance improvement methods

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field, such as Public Health
Clinical Licensure (RN, PA, NP, MD, or PharmD)
Minimum of 3 years of experience in transplantation
Experience in Hematology / Oncology
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
Strong data analytics skills

Responsibilities

Lead quality and patient safety initiatives by consulting with internal departments and key stakeholders.
Develop and enhance programs that uphold enterprise-wide standards for patient care and safety.
Collaborate with clinical teams, service lines, and leadership—including VPs, SVPs, and Department Chairs—to guide performance improvement and ensure alignment with QAPI standards.
Manage relevant information from databases, reports and documents by evaluating and integrating evidenced based practice.
Research, collect, and analyze internal and external data and provide graphical displays to inform strategic decisions and elevate care delivery.
Identify sentinel events and serious adverse outcomes and assure root cause analysis of unanticipated negative outcomes.
Facilitate quality and performance improvement meetings, quality committee meetings, and Risk Management meetings.
Abstracting and analyzing complex medical data related to stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies.
Ensuring accurate and timely data entry in compliance with Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) standards.
Organizing data for external submission and internal use, supporting quantitative and statistical analysis.
Creating clear, impactful visualizations—charts, graphs, dashboards—that communicate insights and drive action.