Director II - Safety Quality Patient Experience

Cleveland Clinic•Cleveland, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Cleveland Clinic is focused on reconnecting quality and patient safety with clinical care. This collaboration supports our commitment to quality and patient care, which parallels major healthcare initiatives nationwide. Having always been a strong advocate of informing people about specific data related to finding quality hospital care, we believe that informed patients are able to participate better in their own care.

Requirements

Master’s degree OR bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant, progressive healthcare management experience with full understanding of hospital requirements for SQPE
Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).
Six years of relevant healthcare management experience with full understanding of hospital requirements for SQPE.

Nice To Haves

Registered Nurse (RN), Certified Patient Safety Professional (CPPS), Healthcare Accreditation Certification Program (HACP) or Certified Joint Commission Professional (CJCP), Certified in Infection Control (CIC), process improvement certification, certified in infection control and/or Certified Patient Experience Professional (CPXP).

Responsibilities

Direct safety, quality, and patient experience (SQPE) across a submarket and serve as the onsite leader for SQPE at the largest hospital within that submarket.
Ensure compliance with reporting, accreditation, and governance requirements within their submarket. Enable the STEEEP (Safe, Timely, Effective, Efficient, Equitable, and Patient-Centered) focus on SQPE.
Lead submarket and hospital SQPE departments to ensure consistency in application of assurance and improvement processes.
Monitor measured outcomes of clinical care activities, identify opportunities for improvement, and lead clinical improvement activities to improve those measured outcomes.
Ensure documentation of the results of clinical activities and that their submarket assignments maintain an effective SQPE program.
Assist facility leaders across the submarket with survey preparation and management of regulatory or accreditation surveys.
Ensure physician-specific quality data is trended and made available for re-credentialing including appropriate communication of provider information across facilities as permitted by data sharing agreements.
Coordinate public reporting of quality data and serve as a liaison with reporting agencies.
Ensure all required measures are collected, validated for data integrity, and reported to appropriate entities, including any external organizations which Cleveland Clinic has agreed to participate in.
Ensure staff development, counseling, performance evaluations, and hiring of positions for all direct reporting areas.
Develop, maintain and/or manage policies, procedures and budgets.