Medical Director for the Heart Institute Quality and Patient Safety

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

28d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide overall leadership of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in the Heart Institute, including counseling of team members regarding patient safety, and providing direction to the quality improvement Program Manager. Key Responsibilities: Will partner with the H.I. Leadership Team, H.I. Medical Directors, and CHCO Quality, Clinical Effectiveness, Patient Safety, and Process Improvement teams to set annual and strategic goals for quality and patient safety, implement initiatives to achieve these goals, create and use tools for tracking and monitoring outcomes/performance, develop and institute and in evaluate patient outcomes as appropriate. Partners with Nursing and H.I. Clinical leadership teams in the development of program specific educational tools and in training of staff to optimize patient care and outcomes. Will partner with the Director, Heart Institute Clinical Operations, to review patient satisfaction scores for the program, when applicable, and develop and implement strategies for improvement. Will partner with the Clinical Application Systems Department and the Director of Informatics for the H.I. regarding optimization of EPIC for program specific needs. Will work with CHCO Physician Relations to meet the needs of community referring providers and develop program specific materials as it relates to Quality and Patient Safety The Director will embrace the CHCO Standards of Behavior and other Policies and hold clinic providers accountable for Quality and Patient Safety standards. Will partner with Hospital Department Chair (Section/Divisional Chief) to advance research and education missions related to the quality and patient safety program. Provides leads and oversight of mortality and morbidity case reviews and cause analyses; recommends changes to diagnostic and treatment protocols, and clinical/operational systems to support best practices.

Requirements

Experience in leading high-performing, cross-functional teams; designing and implementing processes for strong and effective clinical and practice management operations.
Appointment as full-time academic faculty at The University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM)
Education: Board certified or equivalent in their specialty
Must successfully pass a drug test through Children’s Hospital Colorado
Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal background check
Ability to integrate clinical, quality/patient safety, management and financial concepts within a pediatric, academic healthcare setting.
Strong leadership skills, including interpersonal communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, problem resolution, decision-making and project/change management.

Nice To Haves

Clinically active and respected
Active clinical practice at CHCO
Lead a team in practice management operations

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in the Heart Institute
Counsel team members regarding patient safety
Provide direction to the quality improvement Program Manager
Partner with H.I. Leadership Team, H.I. Medical Directors, and CHCO Quality, Clinical Effectiveness, Patient Safety, and Process Improvement teams to set annual and strategic goals for quality and patient safety
Implement initiatives to achieve quality and patient safety goals
Create and use tools for tracking and monitoring outcomes/performance
Develop, institute, and evaluate patient outcomes
Partner with Nursing and H.I. Clinical leadership teams in the development of program specific educational tools and in training of staff to optimize patient care and outcomes
Partner with the Director, Heart Institute Clinical Operations, to review patient satisfaction scores for the program and develop and implement strategies for improvement
Partner with the Clinical Application Systems Department and the Director of Informatics for the H.I. regarding optimization of EPIC for program specific needs
Work with CHCO Physician Relations to meet the needs of community referring providers and develop program specific materials as it relates to Quality and Patient Safety
Embrace the CHCO Standards of Behavior and other Policies and hold clinic providers accountable for Quality and Patient Safety standards
Partner with Hospital Department Chair (Section/Divisional Chief) to advance research and education missions related to the quality and patient safety program
Provide leads and oversight of mortality and morbidity case reviews and cause analyses
Recommend changes to diagnostic and treatment protocols, and clinical/operational systems to support best practices