Assistant Director, Clinical Quality, UT Health Austin

Job Posting Title:

Assistant Director, Clinical Quality, UT Health Austin

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Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Oct 28, 2024

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

Purpose

The Assistant Director, Clinical Quality will be a lead contributor to the development and implementation of UT Health Austin's clinical quality and patient safety programs.

Responsibilities

Clinical Quality

• Together with administrative and faculty leadership, build and manage a clinical quality team, providing leadership and mentorship.

• Develop clinical quality activities that include measurement, data analysis, and reporting. Support UTHA clinical quality structure, including Clinical Quality Committee and other subcommittees.

• Utilize change management principles to guide successful implementation of clinical quality initiatives. Identify trends, prioritizes and recommends improvements.

• Implement Tracers with AMP for accreditation readiness and operational excellence.

• Ensure processes are in place to provide oversight and surveillance for the safe provision of high quality, patient-focused, outcomes-based clinical care. Conduct root cause analysis as indicated.

Patient Safety

• Review all patient safety events, oversee follow-up and analysis as indicated, and close out reports. Communicate with stakeholders as indicated.

• Manage and refine Symplr Safety system.

Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with the Policy Coordinator to identify policy gaps and with the Staff Development team when staff education needs are identified. Work closely with the Patient Experience Coordinator for service recovery and event mitigation.

• Participate in clinical and departmental committees and group meetings with a focus on providing input regarding improving quality. Participate in operational process improvement activities.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with at least five years of clinical nursing experience and at least two years of experience in healthcare quality. Working knowledge of federal and state healthcare regulation and policy, national accrediting standards, and quality improvement methodologies. Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of other health care professionals and leaders. Possess strong quantitative and qualitative analytical and critical thinking skills, with ability to synthesize information from many sources to develop recommendations. Record of leadership, project management, and collaboration. Must havethe ability to effectively facilitate and lead working groups and training sessions CIC and CPHQ certification coursework must be started with one year of employment. 

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or other advanced clinical degree. Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).

Salary Range

OPEN

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions.

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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