What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Improvement Program Manager II - RN - Accreditation position at ChristianaCare?
Ready to use your nursing experience to improve care beyond a single unit or department?
ChristianaCare is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our Accreditation team as a Performance Improvement Program Manager.
This role is ideal for an RN who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, working across teams, and helping create safer, more reliable care. You’ll partner with clinical and operational leaders throughout the health system on initiatives involving quality, patient safety, accreditation, regulatory readiness, and performance improvement.
What You’ll Do
Lead and support performance improvement, quality, patient safety, and accreditation initiatives.
Partner with nursing, physicians, and operational leaders to identify opportunities for improvement and develop sustainable solutions.
Facilitate regulatory and accreditation readiness activities, including tracers, self-assessments, and follow-up action plans.
Use improvement tools such as Lean, Six Sigma, PDCA, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, 5 Whys, and process mapping.
Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, and performance measures.
Analyze clinical and operational data and communicate results through dashboards, scorecards, reports, and presentations.
Help teams implement and sustain workflow and process improvements.
Educate, coach, and support staff and leaders in performance improvement methodologies.
Collaborate across disciplines to advance a culture of continuous improvement, patient safety, and high reliability.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Current RN license eligible to practice in the State of Delaware
Minimum of 3 years of relevant healthcare experience
Strong communication, collaboration, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Ability to organize and manage multiple initiatives and work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
Master’s degree in a healthcare-related field
Experience in healthcare quality, patient safety, accreditation, performance improvement, project management, or nursing leadership
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams or multiple healthcare projects
CPHQ, Lean Six Sigma, or Project Management certification
Experience with electronic health records, Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, or similar data and reporting tools
This is an opportunity to make an impact beyond a single department. You’ll collaborate across ChristianaCare to strengthen the systems, practices and culture that support safe, high-quality care and better patient outcomes.
CHRISTIANACARE OFFERS:
Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.
Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out.
12 week paid parental leave.
Tuition assistance.
Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial mentorship, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!
Hourly Pay Range: $42.11 - $67.37
This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Post End Date
Nov 21, 2026
EEO Posting Statement
ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/
Salary : $42 - $67