Academic/Faculty/Research Physician at Universal Health Services (UHS) summary:

Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health is seeking a Chief Quality Officer to lead its quality and safety initiatives as it prepares to open a new hospital in early 2025. The position involves building a multidisciplinary organization focused on clinical excellence, implementing evidence-based practices, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will have extensive leadership experience in healthcare quality management and hold relevant medical and management credentials.

Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health, slated to open in early 2025, is seeking an experienced Chief Quality Officer to join our administrative team and lead quality and safety programs. Reporting to the CEO, the CQO will be charged with advancing the Hospital through exceptional patient outcomes and quality performance rankings.

The ideal candidate will reside and practice in the Washington metropolitan/DMV area, have extensive quality leadership experience, and maintain a clinical practice.

Opportunity Highlights:

Join the founding administrative team at a brand-new GW Health hospital
Position is a .5 FTE
Candidate will ideally also maintain a clinical practice, preferably with GW MFA
Competitive compensation
Bonus structure

Position Requirements:

Medical degree from an accredited medical school
Master s or Physician Executive advanced degree or certification preferred (MBA, MHA, MPH, MMM, FACHE)
Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program
Current board certification specialty in specialty of training
Active District of Columbia medical license
Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
10+ years of progressive leadership responsibility in quality, safety and clinical operations in a complex health system environment
In-depth knowledge of national trends and professionally active within hospital quality, safety, and performance improvement
Track record of facilitating long-term strategic growth initiatives
Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and leadership skills
Ability to lead, mentor and manage medical, clinical, and hospital staff
Experience in hospital operations, medical staff policies and procedures, and quality and utilization

Position Responsibilities:

Build and lead a multidisciplinary quality and safety organization at CHRMC GW Health
Lead the development of focused strategies for effective utilization of evidence-based practices, processes, and structures in the delivery of clinical programs and services
Support and facilitate systems and processes that promote safety, advance clinical outcome, and reduce patient harm
Lead the development, adoption, implementation and continued evaluation of policies, procedures, guidelines, toolkits, playbooks and other processes and structures that support meeting or exceeding publicly reported and internal measures
Oversee quality data analytics to understand trends and drive improvement
Incorporate LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce variation and empower hospital front line decision-making
Lead Monthly Quality Reviews to assess performance, highlight improvements, and identify opportunities for improvement

Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health, opening in early 2025, will be the first new full-service hospital in Washington, DC in more than 20 years. This teaching hospital will integrate clinical care with existing providers, The George Washington University Hospital and the Urgent Care Center in Ward 8. Additionally, options are underway for a future ambulatory facility in Ward 7. This clinical integration will establish a robust system of care for all District residents, but more importantly, it will ensure residents of Wards 7 and 8 have access to high quality care in their community.

The $434.4 million full-service hospital will include 136 beds (with the ability to expand to 184 beds), a trauma center, adult and pediatric emergency departments, maternal health and delivery, an ambulatory pavilion for physician offices, clinics, a community space, a 500-car garage and a helipad for emergency transports. CHRMC GW Health is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest hospital and healthcare management companies.

If you have interest in this position, please contact:
Nathan Arnett
In-house Physician Recruiter

Keywords:

quality officer, healthcare leadership, patient safety, clinical quality improvement, medical management, hospital administration, accredited medical school, board certification, lean methodologies, six sigma

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