Due to the temporary absence of the current manager, an experienced manager is sought to lead the Quality Development & Quality department for six months. You will ensure continuity, bring focus and progress to important quality dossiers, and support the team during a period where stability and direction are crucial. The position has a societal impact within one of the largest mental healthcare organizations in the Netherlands.
You will play a key role in improving the quality and safety of care and collaborate with passionate professionals who are dedicated daily to the mental well-being of clients.
What you will do. As Manager Quality Development & Quality, you will lead a central staff department for Quality Development & Quality (Z&K). Together with a team of approximately twelve quality advisors, you will contribute to further developing, implementing, and safeguarding the quality and safety of care within 11 specialisms. You operate at the intersection of the board, directorates, healthcare professionals, and committees.
You ensure focus, connection, and progress in quality issues and are an important sparring partner for the Board of Directors, directorates, and department staff. You combine strategic thinking with practical implementation. You maintain an overview of various dossiers, structure processes, and translate complex issues into clear choices, priorities and actions.
- Coaching and leading the employees of Quality Development & Quality
- Supporting, guiding, and developing quality advisors in their role
- Maintaining periodic alignment with quality advisors, the complaints officer, and support staff
- Advising the directorate and Board of Directors on quality, safety, and care development
- Monitoring the progress of annual plans, quality programs, and organization-wide improvement trajectories
- Chairing department meetings and participating in board meetings, steering groups, and core teams
- Further developing and discussing management and quality information, including the quality monitor
- Supporting quality committees and overseeing the realization of their annual plans and objectives
- Ensuring clear decision-making, documentation, and follow-up of agreements
- Contributing to budgeting, annual plans, and strategic developments within the organization
What they ask
- HBO+ or WO (higher professional education or university) work and thinking level
- Experience in a leadership role within a complex organization
- Knowledge of quality assurance, governance, and administrative processes
- Preferably experience within the healthcare sector or mental healthcare (GGZ)
- Experience with policy development, quality improvement, and working with management information
Profile
You are an experienced manager who knows how to connect organizations, processes, and people. You have an eye for the quality of care, understand administrative relationships, and are able to translate complex issues into clear choices and concrete results. You are a connecting and accessible leader with administrative sensitivity. You are analytically strong, coaching in your leadership style, and know when to give space and when to set direction.
You are clear, decisive, and results-oriented, without losing sight of the human dimension. A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is a standard part of the application procedure.
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