Director Of Outpatient Quality, Network Administration, Full-Time, Days

ABOUT MARINHEALTH
Are you looking for a place where you are empowered to bring innovation to reality? Join MarinHealth, an integrated, independent healthcare system with deep roots throughout the North Bay. With a world-class physician and clinical team, an affiliation with UCSF Health, an ever-expanding network of clinics, and a new state-of-the-art hospital, MarinHealth is growing quickly. MarinHealth comprises MarinHealth Medical Center, a 327-bed hospital in Greenbrae, and 55 primary care and specialty clinics in Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. We attract healthcare’s most talented trailblazers who appreciate having the best of both worlds: the pioneering medicine of an academic medical center combined with an independent hospital's personalized, caring touch. 

MarinHealth is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Healthgrades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others. 

Company:

Prima Medical Foundation dba MarinHealth Medical Network

Work Shift:

8 Hour (days) (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Job Description Summary:

The Director of Quality provides strategic and operational leadership for network-wide clinical quality, performance improvement, patient safety and outcomes optimization efforts at MarinHealth Medical Network. This role is instrumental in fostering a culture of excellence and innovation across the clinically integrated network, which includes close collaboration with UCSF Health, Partnership HealthPlan, and several Independent Physician Associations (IPAs).

Reporting to the VPMA and Executive Director of Quality, the Director of Outpatient Quality is responsible for clinical quality strategy development, clinical data analytics, regulatory readiness, supporting a thriving patient safety/risk safety culture through cross-functional collaboration to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. The Outpatient Quality Director supports risk event, grievance investigation and response, medical peer review working collaboratively with the enterprise Risk Manager and QMS teams through Just Culture and Evidenced-based Practice strategies.

Job Requirements, Prerequisites and Essential Functions:

Pay Range: $182,728 - $219,273

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: 

Strategic Leadership

• Design and execute strategies to elevate clinical quality, patient safety, and care outcomes across all network sites and affiliates.

• Align quality initiatives with organizational goals, value-based care models, and population health strategies.

• Responsible for annual Network clinical quality, patient safety/risk plans aligned with Medical Center plans and organization’s strategic goals.

Performance Improvement

• Lead and sustain network-wide performance improvement projects using evidence-based methodologies.

• Provide consultation for Network leaders and Performance Improvement teams on Improvement strategies and best practices.

• Promote a proactive approach to identifying and resolving gaps in care processes and patient outcomes.

• Manage assigned clinical quality staff  and cross functional improvement teams .

• Work collaboratively with Medical Center and UCSF data analytics and Population Health teams to drive successful performance improvement and metrics development.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure continuous compliance with all relevant state and federal healthcare regulations, payer standards, and risk-based program requirements.

• Maintain organizational readiness for audits and reporting, with a focus on quality integrity and transparency.

• Collaborate with Medical Center Accreditation, Regulatory License Manager to ensure Outpatient sites under the Medical Center license sustain compliance with Medical Center policies and compliance standards.

• Leads compliance complaint investigations and coordinates/ develops corrective action plans, responses and monitors through resolution.

Clinical Data & Analytics

• Oversee clinical quality data collection, validation, and interpretation to guide operational and strategic decisions.

• Drive adoption of actionable insights through user-friendly dashboards and report