System Director, Performance Improvement & Clinical Outcomes

Company: Adventist Health
Location: California City
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

Adventist Health is more than an award-winning health system. We provide whole-person care to our communities and champion the greater good - from the operating room to the boardroom, we are driven by our unique passion to live God's love through health, wholeness and hope. From Oregon to Oahu, we have a calling to always do more. Now is your chance to apply your passion to our mission. We're looking for someone to join our team as a System Director, Performance Improvement & Clinical Outcomes who: Maintains responsibility for planning and implementing performance improvement based on the organization's clinical quality goals and strategies. Consistently contributes to the organization's goals through active participation in quality improvement teams and clinical quality councils. Collaborates and supports clinical data analysis for core measures, hospital-acquired conditions/patient safety indicators (HAC/PSI), mortality, and value-based purchasing. Helps key process owners with data collection, analysis, and actionable data reporting. Collaborates with the quality team to establish, implement, and maintain policies/procedures for performance improvement activities. Provides research, analytical and consultative services/support to executives and quality staff, including system and market stakeholders. Collaborates and supports creating and maintaining organizational scorecard presentations and provides statistical analysis to the organization that serves as a foundation for decision making. Essential Functions: Manages and aligns data from multiple resources to prepare reports and statistical analysis effectively and efficiently. Creates analytical reports to identify and monitor activities. Identifies and summarizes information collected to identify patterns, trends, and individual cases requiring intensive evaluation. Consults with intra- and inter-departmental personnel to review, interpret and improve data/statistical analysis and reporting for improved decision-making.Deploys and supports all phases of organizational projects and initiatives and guides teams and departments to successful implementation. Supports the process for project selection, prioritization, project charter development, work plan, communication plan, and resource management. Serves as a data consultant and participates in organizational improvement teams focusing on quality and performance improvement studies as required. Helps prepare and create graphs of results for external audit applications. Supports the organization's internal performance assessments as a certified auditor.Collaborates to develop a comprehensive, highly reliable program across the continuum of care and implements the organization's vision of excellence in clinical and quality outcomes and patient safety. Executes the agreed-upon structure with the system leadership. Focuses on activities that support the organizational care transformation initiatives and projects. Works closely with the market leaders of quality, physician leaders nursing leadership, and the entire staff within the designated region.Collaborates and supports clinical data analysis and performance improvement for core measures, HAC/PSI, mortality, value-based purchasing, disease-specific quality improvement (QI), (e.g., stroke, stemi, cardiac, cardiothoracic outcomes).Performs other job-related duties as assigned. QualificationsYou'll be successful with the following qualifications: Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: RequiredMaster's Degree in nursing or other appropriate clinical field or public health or equivalent combination of education/experience: Required Work Experience: Seven years related experience: PreferredThree years' healthcare quality leadership: PreferredFive years leadership experience: Preferred Required Licenses/Certifications: Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or plan to obtain within 1 year of starting employment: RequiredRN or other clinical experience: Required Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

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