Executive Consultant | Quality & Patient Safety Transformation | RN Required | Health System | CA

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Galileo Search is partnering with a multi-site, complex health system seeking an accomplished Quality & Patient Safety Turnaround Executive to lead a critical, enterprise-wide transformation initiative.

This is a high-impact interim leadership engagement for a proven healthcare executive with deep expertise in quality, patient safety, regulatory readiness, and organizational turnaround. The organization is seeking a decisive, operationally focused leader who can rapidly assess the current state, identify systemic gaps, and implement a clear, system-wide strategy for sustainable performance improvement.

Working in direct partnership with the C-suite, this leader will realign the Quality model across the organization, eliminate inefficiencies, and instill a culture of accountability and execution.

This is a high-visibility, high-stakes assignment best suited for an executive who thrives in complexity, acts decisively in a high-stakes environment, and delivers meaningful change at scale.

Engagement Length: 6–12 Months

Location: California - Confidential Search - Please forward your resume for consideration.

Lead a rapid, enterprise-wide forensic assessment of organizational structure, performance, and resource alignment, quickly surfacing root causes and critical gaps
Deliver a clear, actionable transformation roadmap within the first weeks, establishing immediate priorities and execution focus
Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, driving bold organizational redesign across roles, reporting structures, and functional integration
Partner across system leadership, hospital operations, and medical staff to embed a culture of continuous quality improvement and advance safe, effective, and patient-centered care and services
Drive strategic alignment across all core quality domains, including patient safety, infection prevention, regulatory readiness, accreditation, peer review and medical staff services
Identify and decisively eliminate redundancies, inefficiencies, and breakdowns in accountability across the enterprise
Rebuild and strengthen performance improvement, risk, and patient safety infrastructure, ensuring rigor in RCA processes and clear ownership of metrics
Elevate performance and readiness for CMS Conditions of Participation, accreditation standards, and external reviews, including execution of plans of correction
Conduct a comprehensive leadership and talent assessment, making targeted recommendations to upgrade capability and drive performance
Establish disciplined governance, executive reporting, and accountability frameworks that enable sustained execution and measurable results

RN licensure required (any state)
CPHQ certifications plus
10+ years of current, directly related experience in an acute care hospital environment with a track record of proven change management success
Direct experience operating within unionized healthcare environments, with a clear understanding of labor dynamics, workforce engagement, and navigating change within collective bargaining structures
Strong group facilitation and conflict management skills, and a demonstrated ability to unite individuals around a common vision/goal
Knowledge of and experience with continuous process improvement methodologies and tools
Demonstrated success deploying change management strategies and methods in support of an array of quality and patient safety initiatives
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of hospital staff
Available to travel to the client site and work a full-time schedule, M - F, or as needed

Ready to explore this outstanding interim opportunity? Forward your resume for our immediate and confidential review TODAY!

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