Director Clinical Quality Improvement - San Ramon Regional Medical Center

San Ramon Regional Medical Center

San Ramon Regional Medical Center began serving residents of the San Ramon Valley and its surrounding communities in 1990. Located on a hillside overlooking the valley, we are a 123-bed, acute-care hospital, primary stroke center, and a cardiac heart surgery hospital. San Ramon Regional Medical Center provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. Personalized service and a patient-centered philosophy are distinctive qualities of our facility.

We offer competitive salaries and benefits including a matching 401(k), several health & dental plans to choose from, generous tuition assistance plans, and relocation assistance for select positions.

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including employee assistance program (EAP)
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, long- and short-term plan coverage
• Savings and retirement including a 401(k) Plan with a 50% match up to 6% of pay, employee stock purchase plan, flexible spending accounts, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial well-being counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, and online educational program
• Additional benefits life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and employee discount program
• Registered nurses – Retirement medical benefit account (RMBA) – 2% of annual eligible income set aside in accordance with program guidelines
• Benefits may vary by location and role

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the Director of Clinical Quality Improvement is a key member of the hospital management team, and is responsible for overall hospital quality / performance improvement and monitoring of the organization. The position ensures the provision of differentiated quality and safety, patient[1]focused, outcomes based, and cost-effective medicine in the hospital setting. As such, the Clinical Quality Improvement Director’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following activities: Ensures processes are implemented to evaluate and identify opportunities for improvement in the provision of high quality, safe and resource effective medical care to its patients; implements Tenets Commitment to Quality initiative and assures goals are met; ensures processes are in place to ensure compliance with Quality and Performance Improvement and as applicable with Education, Infection Control, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Peer Review, and Accreditation functions; monitors, in partnership with the medical staff, the measured outcomes of hospital clinical care activities, identifies opportunities for improvement, and leads clinical improvement activities to improve those measured outcomes; ensures documentation of the results of hospital wide, clinical quality activities; ensures hospital compliance with accreditation, licensing and regulatory agencies; assures that the Patient Safety Officer is responsible for providing the necessary leadership, training and support for performance of the plan by the employees’ assuring and observing compliance with the policies and procedures outlined with full regard for the identification and reporting of incidents, potential hazards and other relevant information in a timely manner.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.