Director, Clinical Excellence and Quality Analytics - FT Days

About the role

The Director, Clinical Excellence and Quality Analytics is responsible for the operational leadership, strategic direction, and systemwide coordination of all quality and clinical excellence programs across UCI Health. This role maintains accountability for the alignment of data-driven insights, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement methodologies to foster a culture of safety, continuous learning, and clinical excellence across the health system.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated strategies that strengthen organizational performance in reputational and regulatory quality programs, ensuring compliance with accreditation and reporting requirements.
• Drive measurable improvement in patient safety indicators, sepsis prevention, and other key clinical programs in alignment with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards.
• Maintain accountability for the alignment of data-driven insights, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement methodologies to foster a culture of safety, continuous learning, and clinical excellence across the health system.
• Lead the development and implementation of departmental goals, policies, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Select, onboard, competency validate, perform evaluations, and develop professional skills of all assigned coworkers.
• Collaborate with clinical operations, medical staff leadership, nursing leadership, compliance, and executive leadership to advance UCI Health's reputation for exceptional patient outcomes, safety, and overall organizational performance.

Requirements

Successful track record of effective, team-oriented working relationships with physicians, nurses and other health professionals
Outstanding negotiation, written, and verbal communication skills
Outstanding listening, interpersonal relationship building, and problem-solving skills
Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
Minimum 7 years’ experience working as a RN, other licensed clinical practitioner or similar experience in a related field
Minimum 5 years of supervisory/management experience
Master’s degree in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Business, Administration or related field
Knowledge of current trends and best practices in healthcare quality improvement and patient safety
Exceptional level of professionalism, discretion and the ability to work on highly sensitive and confidential projects
Able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously with demonstrated ability to complete projects successfully on time and within budget
7+ years of experience in healthcare quality and patient safety with demonstrated ability in design, implementation and sustainment of performance improvement activities in a health care setting including skillful application of continuous quality improvement and patient safety sciences
5+ years of progressive administrative leadership experience in quality improvement, performance improvement, operational excellence or patient safety in an academic medical center or large, integrated, tertiary health care setting providing expert level understanding of the art and the science of quality improvement and patient safety

Qualifications

• Experience in managing participation in required and voluntary registries
• Experience in Lean Six Sigma as an improvement methodology
• Current Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, CPHQ and/or Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)

Skills

Experience in managing participation in required and voluntary registries
Experience in Lean Six Sigma as an improvement methodology
Current Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, CPHQ and/or Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)

Benefits

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.