Director, Clinical Quality and Practice-Hematology oncology

This position is responsible for providing leadership to all associates within the Nemours Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (NCCBD) and the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders (LDMFI-CBD).  Leadership includes oversight of clinical quality and practice, including policies, procedures, clinical standards, and clinical pathways that are evidence-based and established to achieve or exceed benchmarks for quality patient care, patient safety, and patient outcomes. This position will lead and influence continuous quality assurance and improvement through standardization of clinical practices including, but not limited to, Hematology, Oncology, Transplant and Cellular Therapy, chemotherapy safety, supportive care guidelines, treatment plans, and Beacon chemotherapy treatment plans, aligning at the enterprise level when feasible.

This position works collaboratively with the Medical Director of Quality for Hematology/Oncology, Administrators, Nursing and Physician Leaders, Advanced Practice Providers, and members of the interprofessional team to develop, implement, manage, and evaluate all aspects of the NCCBD/LDMFI-CBD accreditation and regulatory readiness, including but not limited to the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), Center for 

International Blood and  Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) and the American College of Surgeons (ACOS) Commission on Cancer (COC).  

This position role models Nemours Standards of Behavior and actively supports Nemours Mission Vision and Values.

Essential Functions:

• Demonstrates broad knowledge of national pediatric hematology, oncology, transplant and cellular therapy benchmarks for quality outcomes of care and service and effectively executes plans to achieve and surpass benchmarks.

• Directs Quality Management of Transplant and Cellular Therapy (TCT) Program, aligns with FACT standards, maintains SOPs that align with FACT standards, develops Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPAs), and action plans, in response to program audits.

• Responsible for oversight of all NCCBD/LDMFI-CBD quality improvement initiatives, participation in departmental and hospital programs for quality assurance through assessment and improvement, identification of opportunities to improve services, recommending and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of the Nemours Foundation. 

• Leads special projects and/or task forces, that advance the goals and initiatives of the NCCBD and LDMFI-CBD.

• Extends discretionary effort in collaborating with partners from the Nemours Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders to evaluate USNWR rankings and identify strategies to increase our ranking in Cancer Care.

• Encourages the development and application of clinical research in the delivery of care of pediatric patient populations, modifying clinical practice based on evidence, as appropriate, and sharing such to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of pediatric healthcare through publication and presentation at appropriate seminars, meetings, and symposiums.

• Demonstrates outstanding stewardship and innovation. Follows cost control standards of the hospital and department.

• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative and communications skills are required.

Requirements: 

Master of Science in Nursing required

Current, unrestricted DE Registered Nurse License required (subject to change based on patient base).

Minimum 15 years of pediatric hematology/oncology/transplant and cellular therapy nursing experience required.

Active BLS from American Heart Association

Active ONCC certification required

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patie