Staff Physician (QI)

University of California, Irvine•Anaheim, CA

5d•$237,000 - $290,000

About The Position

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu. UCI Family Medicine, a Department of the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, is committed to upholding the highest professional and institutional standards. We thrive by promoting optimal health for patients, staff, trainees, and faculty. UCI Family Medicine provides clinical services for patients of all ages in a variety of settings as follows: Family Health Centers (federally qualified health centers or FQHC's) in Santa Ana and Anaheim; Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care; SeniorHealth Center; skilled nursing facilities; inpatient services and obstetric deliveries at the UCI Douglas Hospital in Orange. UCI Family Medicine provides education across a variety of programs including undergraduates; medical students; family medicine residents; fellows in geriatrics and sports medicine; and outreach to the community. Your Role on the Team The incumbent in collaboration with Executive Medical Director (EMD) of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), will direct, coordinate, and implement the QI Program for the Federally Qualified Health Center. UCI FQHC QIPI Director is identified and selected by the EMD and department of Family Medicine leadership. The incumbent will collect, manage, and analyze FQHC quality data and prepare quality reports for review. Incumbent will have practical knowledge and skills in Continuous Quality Improvement, including analysis and interpretation of data using computer- based disease registries or similar data collection systems is essential. This position includes participation in outpatient call. The incumbent reports directly to the EMD and to the Department Chair of Family Medicine.

Requirements

Family physician; board-certified, full-scope ambulatory health care services including care of children, adults and the elderly.
Experienced in providing and/or oversight of pre-natal care.
Leadership skills; ability to motivate, inspire, and communicate with faculty, residents, staff, and peers to maintain a professional, team-based approach in the care of patients.
Proficiency in Spanish
M.D. or D.O. from an accredited institution; completion of Family Medicine residency; board certification in Family Medicine.
California Medical license.
M.D. or D.O. from an accredited institution; completion of Family Medicine residency; board certification in Family Medicine.

Responsibilities

Provides clinical expertise and leadership while assisting in the development, monitoring, and presentation of internal quality measures and initiatives. Operates as a dyad with QI Administrator of the FQHC population health team. Disseminates QI performance to clinical staff team on a regular basis as the QI designee. Adheres to all elements of the HRSA compliance manual and UCI FQHC Policies and Procedures. Leads the development of a QI workplan for the FQHC clinic based on HRSA requirements.
Provides leadership by focusing teams and organizational units on visions and distinctive strategies that result in excellent short and long-term performance. This includes coordinating, tracking, and reporting of clinical outcomes. Leads the submission of the annual UDS and HRSA reports and ensures timely completion of corrective action plans related to quality. Attend trainings related to UDS, working closely with our external and internal partners on clinical metrics and workflow improvements.
Leads and participates in Quality, and ad hoc meetings as directed by the EMD. Assists with coordination of monthly QI Meetings. Ensures the implementation of QI/QA operating procedures and related assessments, monitoring QI/QA outcomes, and updating QI/QA operating procedures. Communicates FQHC initiatives to department members to ensure adequate understanding. Assists department medical directors to prepare QI reports and statistics.
Works in collaboration with the Executive Medical Director and medical directors to review incident reports from Safety and Quality Information System (SQIS) as well as patient grievances and contributes to follow up investigations.
Collaborates with the FQHC EMD in the investigation of clinical events including sentinel events, sentinel event near misses, and significant adverse events; leads and/or participates in the development of root cause analyses.
Prior grant writing experience, clinical metric reporting for progress reports and post-grant reporting.
Attends Quality Improvement Program (QIP) meetings with Population Health and Value Based Care for UCI Health to assist in meeting Medi-Cal QIP quality measures and to advise measures that overlap with UDS and other relevant measures.