Vice President of Clinical Excellence

VitalCaring Group•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Vice President of Clinical Excellence is a senior clinical leader responsible for advancing quality, outcomes, and performance across home health and hospice services. This role drives enterprise-wide clinical strategy aligned with value-based care, ensuring delivery of high-quality, compliant, and patient-centered care while optimizing clinician experience and documentation integrity.

Requirements

5+ years leadership in home health/hospice.
Expertise in OASIS-E, HHVBP, PDGM, documentation integrity, and strategic quality improvement.

Nice To Haves

Active RN license preferred.
Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute enterprise-wide strategic initiatives that improve clinical quality outcomes, patient satisfaction (CAHPS), and employee engagement and retention.
Develop long-term clinical strategies aligned with HHVBP and hospice quality programs.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
Ensure documentation is accurate, complete, and defensible.
Streamline workflows to reduce burden while maintaining compliance.
Drive OASIS-E accuracy and support audit readiness.
Oversee Clinical Resource/Review Team responsible for Plan of Care validation, OASIS accuracy, and coding integrity.
Ensure consistency across regions and use audit trends to drive improvement.
Supervise Quality Outcome Specialist team responsible for overseeing quality and outcome initiatives within their assigned regions and for coordinating the organization-wide outcomes measurement and reporting program, working with clinicians and branch leaders to improve clinical documentation, accuracy of OASIS comprehensive assessments, and tying assessments back to quality outcomes that contribute to value-based care and publicly reported outcomes.
Drive HHVBP performance, Star Ratings, and reduction in hospitalizations.
Align clinical performance with financial outcomes and reimbursement optimization.
Leverage analytics, EMR optimization, and predictive tools to improve outcomes and reduce variability.
Improve clinician engagement, retention, and productivity while reducing burnout and enhancing workflow efficiency.
Ensure compliance with CMS and accreditation standards.
Maintain survey readiness and operationalize regulatory changes.
Participation in preparation of quality data to report to the executive team and board of directors.