Sr Director, Clinical Improvement

DaVita Kidney Care

1d • Onsite

About The Position

DaVita is a health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients globally. The company is one of the largest providers of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for more than 20 years. Through DaVita Kidney Care, the company treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage kidney disease. DaVita is committed to bold, patient-centric care models, implementing the latest technologies and moving toward integrated care offerings for all. Through these efforts, DaVita has also become the largest provider of home dialysis in the country. As of June 30, 2020, DaVita served 205,300 patients at 2,795 outpatient dialysis centers in the United States. The company also operated 287 outpatient dialysis centers in ten countries worldwide. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality, and worked collaboratively to propel the kidney care industry to adopt an equitable and high-quality standard of care for all patients, everywhere.

Position Summary: The primary role is responsible for end-to-end pilot/ GR project lifecycle execution (design, planning, execution, monitoring). This position will act as the Clinical/Deployment/Reporting Project Manager. Quality System Department(s): Clinical Position Type: Full Time

Requirements

• Experience with hospital performance improvement or a health plan/utilization management desired
• Ability to prioritize conflicting deliverables in a fast paced, dynamic environment while maintaining focus on the end goal
• Understanding and strong experience in clinical investigation methods and regulations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization
• Mature public speaking and presentation skills
• Strong leadership skills in project, portfolio, program management and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Clinical Informatics and analytical tools (e.g. Cognos/Informatica) within the healthcare environment (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Accountable for managing and organizing the day-to-day deliverables for the clinical/deployment/reporting lanes
• Support development of clinical strategy
• Operational readiness strategy (end-to-end)
• Schedule key stakeholder collaboration calls
• Facilitate ongoing work related to cross functional engagement to meet timelines and milestones
• Project Plan (Pilot/GR)
• Define success measures in partnership with OCMO (go-no-go criteria)
• Create deployment/communication/training/reporting/ change mgmt./ reinforcement strategy
• Prepare collaterals to present to leadership
• Deployment plan as outlined
• Ongoing accountability, reinforcement, TM support
• Monitor intended & unintended outcomes to course correct
• Obtain governance alignment (i.e., OPUS, P&T)
• Ensure clinical duties are executed in compliance with applicable Quality System procedures as the duties pertain to the Quality System or a medical device, including the following areas of responsibility:
• Act accountable for assigned duties related to the implementation and management of QMS activities related to clinical operations and all applicable SOPs to support Davita medical device products, including supporting activities related to Design and Development activities, Post Market Surveillance, Adverse Event Reporting, Field Corrective Action & Product Recall, etc.
• Support the Clinical department in the successful implementation and management of the anemia management system (AMS) device and Quality System.
• Communicate and advocate for clinical needs to achieve the strategic vision for the AMS and Quality System.
• Provide clinical input on the AMS design, including the protocol and collaboration plans.
• Support Quality System procedures, including establishing compliant records as needed and specified in applicable procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave
• DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director