Description

Chief Quality Officer
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

The Department of Medicine (DoM) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications and nominations for a nationally recognized academic leader to serve as the Chief Quality Officer (CQO). As a member of the DoM leadership team, the CQO will lead the department’s quality team and oversee its quality improvement program.

This is a particularly dynamic time for the department, as we execute our strategic plan to lead in innovation, transform care, and advance health for all. Reporting to the Senior Executive Clinical Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Tisha S. Wang, MD, the DoM CQO is responsible for understanding, measuring, and improving the performance of clinical care delivery across the eighteen clinical divisions in the DoM, including improving quality in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

In partnership with the administrative director of the quality program, the CQO will define strategic priorities and lead a team of medical directors and project managers focused on quality initiatives in primary care, specialty care, inpatient care, peer review, and quality improvement education. The CQO will collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders across operations, IT, population health, data analytics, nursing, pharmacy, implementation science, and health services research. The CQO will also guide efforts to publish and share quality improvement insights locally and nationally, positioning the department as a leader in quality and learning health systems.

The ideal candidate is a distinguished academic clinician or researcher with leadership experience in quality improvement within a large academic medical center or integrated health system. Candidates must hold an M.D. (or equivalent), or Ph.D. The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with their qualifications.

Key qualifications include:
- Proven ability to set strategic priorities and lead large-scale initiatives and organizational change
- Experience in data analytics, use of AI tools, and data reporting
- Expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating operational workflows in ambulatory and inpatient settings
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in managing and mentoring multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in utilizing the approaches and methods of process improvement and implementation science as evidenced by achieving targeted outcomes
- Proficiency in LEAN methodology, the Model for Improvement, and the use of learning tools such as Statistical Process Control charts, with the ability to effectively teach and mentor faculty, trainees, and medical students in quality improvement
- A strong record of scholarship, publication, and presentations related to quality and patient safety

The posted UC salary scales [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html] set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $208,000-$700,000. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf], which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest (curriculum vitae, informative personal statement, and response to UCLA’s mission statement) are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made:

Maria Han, M.D., M.S.; Search Committee Chair
c/o Libby Shin, Executive Director, Office of the Chair of Medicine
Email: DOMCQOSearch@mednet.ucla.edu
To apply: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10579

The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.

All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct [https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html]

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

“Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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