Director, Acute Quality – Patient Safety
Sutter Health
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sacramento • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $183,643 - $293,841 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Works as part of the system leadership team to accelerate the measurable and continual progress in meeting the organization's quality objectives
- Works collaboratively with system consultants, leaders, Chief Nursing Executives, Medical Directors, Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), operational executives, and quality and patient safety teams to set direction, and evaluation of clinical quality management programs
- Responsible for overall management of activities and resources as related to planning, evaluating, organizing, staffing, directing and coordinating the work efforts of the department
- Provides direction and ensures effective implementation of the Quality Improvement Program for acute services
- Assimilates information to proactively develop quality activities aligned with strategies and values
- Proactively builds strong teams and business relationships, both internally and externally
- Serves as a resource and subject matter expert (SME) on aspects of the quality program to develop and influence improvement strategies
- Has significant responsibility for working with the organization to pursue operational improvements and efficiencies; supporting the development and implementation of clinical assessment/process improvement and redesign
- Pursues opportunities for work that adds value and eliminates waste and redundancy for the organization to help achieve and retain optimal quality outcomes
Requirements
- Bachelor's: Management, public health, nursing, business administration, organizational leadership or related field
- 12 years recent relevant experience
- Expert skills in verbal and written communication when stakes are high
- Ability to work collaboratively with physicians, hospital executives, health plan personnel, governmental personnel, and colleagues in the foundation and Sutter Health
- Must be computer literate, especially with spreadsheet and word processing software
- Must have detailed knowledge of the clinical, business, operational and financial, and regulatory/compliance aspects of commercial and governmental capitated health care programs
- Knowledge of state and federal regulations governing immunity for peer review confidentiality
- Working knowledge of Total Quality Management (TQM)/Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in clinical settings
- Knowledgeable about health care law, regulations, accreditation requirements and clinical standards of practice
- Understand business planning including analysis, statistics, budgeting, feasibility studies and implementation
- Ability to function independently with minimal management
- Understands risk management principles and process
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Hard Skills & Tools
Total Quality Management (TQM)Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)clinical assessmentprocess improvementbusiness planninganalysisstatisticsbudgetingfeasibility studiesregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationcollaborationteam buildingrelationship managementindependent functioningstrategic thinkingproblem-solvinginfluencingorganizational leadership