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Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager - Full Time - Days - Quality Outcomes - Corporate

Atlantic Health System

Newton, NJFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Newton, NJ
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager supports evidence-based care and clinical excellence through quality improvement, patient safety, project management, data analysis, and regulatory compliance activities. The role facilitates improvement projects, provides training, analyzes and reports quality data, monitors corrective action plans, and supports accreditation and regulatory surveys. The posting prefers healthcare quality or project management experience, acute-care clinical experience, project-team leadership, and current New Jersey RN licensure.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Evidence-Based Care, nice to haveClinical Excellence, nice to haveSystem Design, nice to haveReengineering, nice to haveProject Management, nice to havePatient Safety, nice to haveQuality Improvement, nice to haveOutcomes Measurement, nice to haveStatistical Analysis, nice to haveTraining, nice to haveData Management, nice to haveRegulatory Compliance, nice to haveProject Team Leadership, nice to haveProject Team Facilitation, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Nursing or Healthcare Field, required3 Years Quality Improvement or Project Management, nice to have3 Years Acute Care Clinical Experience, nice to haveCurrent NJ RN Licensure, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave

Full job description

Responsible for evidence-based care and clinical excellence by using the techniques of system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis to increase compliance rates as measured by nationally standardized benchmarks and definitions and corporate requirements. This includes: project management, training, data management, and activities to support regulatory compliance.

Principal Accountabilities:

  1. Project Management: Facilitates/assists with quality improvement projects for teams and/or departments as assigned. Engages in activities to identify potential patient safety risks and initiatives to improve patient safety.

  2. Training: Provides in-service training in patient safety principles/practices, quality management, performance improvement techniques and organizational operating procedure standards. Participates in Shared Governance Councils, Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings providing guidance and instruction in PI Techniques

  3. Data Management: Collects, compiles, analyzes and reports quality data. Monitors effectiveness and adherence with corrective action plans and reports findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.

  4. Regulatory Compliance: Participates in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards such Joint Commission, State Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, payers and other agencies. Provides support during accreditation/regulatory surveys.

  5. Other related duties as assigned.

Required:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Healthcare Field.

  2. 3 years of quality improvement/project management in a healthcare environment preferred.

  3. Experience in leading and facilitating project teams preferred.

  4. 3 years of clinical experience within an acute care hospital preferred.

  5. Current NJ Registered Nurse Licensure preferred.

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

  • Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

  • Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

  • Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

  • Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

  • Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

  • Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

  • Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

  • Atlantic Medical Group

  • Atlantic Visiting Nurse

  • Atlantic Mobile Health

  • Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

  • Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."

  • Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.

  • Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.

  • Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

  • Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.

  • Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.

  • Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.

  • Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.

  • Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

Team Member Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)

  • Life & AD&D Insurance.

  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)

  • 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution

  • PTO & Paid Sick Leave

  • Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising

  • Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave

  • Backup and On-Site Childcare

  • Well-Being Rewards

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program

  • Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts

  • Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance


Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 15,097 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • New Jersey median$115–173K/yr291 salary ranges
  • US median$25–35/hr711 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 337 open Project Management jobs in New Jersey and 15,097 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 8 years (12,355 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,837 of the 15,097 open Project Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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