The Director of Quality and Patient Safety provides oversight, coordination and leadership in programming related to quality and performance improvement and measurement, patient safety, external accreditation and regulatory oversight reviews, management of facility publications, risk management, clinical documentation improvement, and quality information systems and resources. See Duties section for more. Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was comple