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Program Coordinator IV, Quality & Patient Safety

Sutter Health

Emeryville, CA · HybridFull-time$40.3–60.45/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$40.3–60.45/hr
Location
Emeryville, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Program Coordinator IV manages strategic quality, access, and affordability projects using established project management tools and processes. The role coordinates project status and stability, manages multiple medium-sized projects or one to three complex large projects across service lines or regions, and provides leadership, coaching, consulting, and facilitation to project teams. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is accepted, with four years of recent relevant experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementConceptual ThinkingAnalytical SkillsNegotiationComplex Problem SolvingRecommendation DevelopmentLeadershipTeam FacilitationCustomer ServiceHealthcare OperationsAutonomous WorkCommunicationPresentation DevelopmentSpreadsheet ApplicationsWord ProcessingProject Management ApplicationsPresentation ApplicationsMicrosoft OfficeOrganizationAdaptabilityCollaborationRelationship Building

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Administration, Health Administration, Public Health or Related Field or Equivalent Experience4 Years Recent Relevant Experience

Full job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization: SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Bay Position Overview: Responsible for implementation of strategic priority projects designed and deployed to achieve the highest levels of quality, access, and affordability. Using established project management tools and processes, efforts result in successful implementation of projects to produce improved organizational performance. Provides leadership, coaching/consulting, and facilitation skills to project team. Responsible for the management of multiple medium sized projects and/or 1-3 large size projects that are highly complex. These types of projects cross multiple service lines and/or regions, have multiple facets of work teams that provide the output of deliverables, and/or multiple complex milestones or critical paths which can result in different outcomes of the work at hand and therefore take more resources and expertise to manage and see through to completion. Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting and stability of project oriented work efforts. Job Description: EDUCATION: Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.

  • Bachelor's: Administration, Health Administration, Public Health or related field

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 4 years recent relevant experience

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

  • Conceptual, analytical and negotiation skills are necessary, along with skills in solving complex problems and developing actionable recommendations.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in order to manage large complex projects (ie. number of resources, functional areas, time requirements, and the organizational experience of the subject).
  • Demonstrated ability in leading / facilitating teams.
  • Customer service focus in all decisions and actions.
  • Interpersonal skills and an ability to cultivate a network within sutter health to gain support from key stakeholders and gain trust and respect from senior leaders.
  • High level of operational thinking and expertise with the ability to quickly analyze and understand healthcare operations desired.
  • Detail oriented, self-directed and able to work autonomously.
  • Communicate complex concepts and ideas effectively to all levels within the organization.
  • Develop, create and deliver presentations to all levels within the bay area foundation.
  • Demonstrated ability to continuously learn and improve understanding of project methodology and tools.
  • Proficiency in spreadsheet, word processing, project management and presentation applications required, preferably the microsoft suite.
  • Verbal and written communication skills, including a high level of tact, diplomacy, and adaptability.
  • Organizational skills with ability to handle multiple projects, multiple (and sometimes conflicting) priorities and adapt to a rapidly changing environment involving multiple stakeholders at various levels.
  • Collaborative working style and ability to develop/sustain productive work relationships with key stakeholders and other project resources across all areas and levels of the organization.

Job Shift: Days Schedule: Full Time Shift Hours: 8 Days of the Week: Monday - Friday Weekend Requirements: None Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 40 Employee Status: Regular Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $40.30 to $60.45 / hour. Sacramento Valley Pay Range is $35.04 to $52.56 / hour. The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,313 open Program Coordinator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$40.3–60.45/hr
  • California median$27–30/hr48 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–28/hr363 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $50.38/hr, is 68% above the California median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the top quarter of Program Coordinator hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 97 open Program Coordinator jobs in California and 1,313 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Program Coordinator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 822 postings).
Education
288 of the 1,313 open Program Coordinator jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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