Director Quality and Performance Improvement

St. Joseph's Health•Paterson, NJ

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement's overall responsibility is to develop and direct an effective, comprehensive system-wide Performance Improvement Program. The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement provides administrative, organizational, clinical, and educational leadership in a manner consistent with SJH’s mission, vision, and values as well as the principles outlined in SJH’s foundational priorities and strategic plan. The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement functions as a dynamic leader of the SJH multidisciplinary leadership team to determine process improvements that will improve patient care processes and outcomes. This includes responsibility of daily operations and activities related to patient care processes and outcomes that impact quality of care, community perception and potential for revenue loss/gain. Scope of practice will include, but is not limited to the Provider Peer Review process, CMS inpatient and outpatient hospital reporting, (inclusive of value-based programs), Leapfrog Hospital Survey, NJ DOH quality reporting, proportionate shared programs, and Pay for Reporting incentive programs. The Director of Quality and Performance Improvement serving as a the leader of quality improvement initiatives will identify opportunities for improvement in care, upon access, during treatment, and transition of care accomplished through the collaborative efforts of multidisciplinary teams, Clinical Services, Ancillary Support Services, and Contracted Services. These opportunities will be identified by utilizing data analytics and to facilitate improvement of clinical and operational outcomes in order to implement process change/redesign, resource alignment or policies that improve patient care and/or services. This position offers a unique opportunity for an articulate innovator and effective change agent to work with clinicians, researchers, clinical and operational staff to develop and lead (strategic plan).

Requirements

Articulate innovator
Effective change agent

Responsibilities

Develop and direct an effective, comprehensive system-wide Performance Improvement Program.
Provide administrative, organizational, clinical, and educational leadership.
Function as a leader of the SJH multidisciplinary leadership team to determine process improvements that will improve patient care processes and outcomes.
Oversee daily operations and activities related to patient care processes and outcomes that impact quality of care, community perception and potential for revenue loss/gain.
Manage scope of practice including Provider Peer Review, CMS inpatient and outpatient hospital reporting (inclusive of value-based programs), Leapfrog Hospital Survey, NJ DOH quality reporting, proportionate shared programs, and Pay for Reporting incentive programs.
Identify opportunities for improvement in care, upon access, during treatment, and transition of care through collaborative efforts of multidisciplinary teams, Clinical Services, Ancillary Support Services, and Contracted Services.
Utilize data analytics to identify opportunities for improvement.
Facilitate improvement of clinical and operational outcomes to implement process change/redesign, resource alignment or policies that improve patient care and/or services.
Work with clinicians, researchers, clinical and operational staff to develop and lead the strategic plan.