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Waleed Ziadeh

@waleedziadeh

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Experienced healthcare quality and patient safety leader driving system-level improvement.

Jordan

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What I'm looking for

I seek leadership roles in healthcare quality where I can drive accreditation, scale QI programs, coach teams, and build sustainable patient-safety systems in collaborative, improvement-focused organizations.

I am a healthcare quality improvement advisor with extensive experience designing and institutionalizing QI/QA programs across hospitals and national systems. I have led accreditation efforts, coached multidisciplinary teams, developed clinical pathways and policies, and implemented performance monitoring and patient safety portfolios in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

My career highlights include leading performance monitoring and excellence teams that achieved multiple JCIA and national accreditations, serving as a CPHQ-certified quality specialist, and delivering training in Lean, TeamSTEPPS, FMEA, and risk management to strengthen clinical practice and sustain improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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RMNCH-FP Quality Improvement Advisor

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University Research Company

Sep 2021 - Present (4 years 1 month)

Lead RMNCH-FP clinical quality improvement activities for the USAID Health Services Quality Accelerator, developing QI programs, clinical pathways, intervention packages and facilitating MoH stakeholder partnerships to institutionalize QI/QA across project sites.

Quality Improvement Stakeholder Engagement QI Training Monitoring & Evaluation Patient Safety Policy Development

Senior Quality Specialist

King Abdullah Medical City

Dec 2011 - Feb 2021 (9 years 2 months)

Headed Performance Monitoring and Performance Measures Department, leading accreditation efforts (JCI, CBAHI, AAHRPP) and institutional excellence initiatives that achieved multiple national and international accreditations and quality awards.

Accreditation (JCI CBAHI)Performance Monitoring Patient Safety Risk Management Data Validation

Training Center Coordinator

King Abdullah University Hospital

Jul 2002 - Dec 2011 (9 years 5 months)

Coordinated the hospital training center, delivering clinical and quality training programs and supporting workforce development and competency initiatives across units.

Clinical Education Workforce Development BLS ACLS PALS Instruction Curriculum Development TeamSTEPPS

ICU Nurse / Charge Nurse

Saad Specialty Hospital

Jan 2002 - Jun 2002 (5 months)

Provided critical care nursing in ICU as a registered nurse and charge nurse, managing acute cardiac and post-transplant patients and coordinating unit-level clinical care.

Critical Care Nursing Team Leadership

ICU Charge Nurse

Arab Medical Center

Aug 2001 - Dec 2001 (4 months)

Served as ICU in-charge and peripheral stem cell transplantation team leader, overseeing a 10-bed ICU caring for pediatric and mixed critical cases and coordinating transplantation-related care.

ICU Leadership Stem Cell Transplant Care Patient Safety Care Coordination

ICU Nurse / Nursing Supervisor

Jarash Governmental Hospital

May 1999 - Aug 2001 (2 years 3 months)

Worked as ICU registered nurse and nursing supervisor, managing intensive care delivery and supervising nursing staff in a regional hospital setting.

Staff Supervision Patient Care Coordination Clinical Documentation Emergency Response

ICU / CCU / NICU Nurse

Jordan Hospital

Jul 1998 - Jul 1998 (0 months)

In-charge nurse across surgical ICU, CCU and NICU units, providing critical neonatal, cardiac and surgical intensive care within a 16-bed critical care complex.

CCU Care ICU Leadership Surgical ICU Management