Director, Quality HC
 University of California - Riverside | |
$111,000 - $214,400
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 United States, California, Oakland | |
| 1111 Franklin Street (Show on map) | |
 May 02, 2025 | |
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The Director, Quality supports the mission, vision, and goals of the organization through continuous quality improvement to provide safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care. The director will work with physicians, providers, clinicians, operations, clinical informatics, and performance excellence to enhance performance on clinical quality metrics.
Working under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, this role will support the development of a quality improvement strategy that aligns with UCR Health organizational goals. The director will develop detailed plans to identify and address quality gaps and to achieve quality improvement goals for each measure. The director will use data to drive quality improvement initiatives and to monitor trends. The director will implement a quality improvement platform including the Model for Improvement and LEAN methods. With partners, develops a culture of excellence in quality and accountability. The director will lead cross-functional teams on quality improvement with a focus on supporting workflow and process redesign, and engagement of providers and staff to implement evidence-based and best practice approaches, and to promote a culture of excellence in quality. This role also focuses on providing education, training, and support to providers and staff, including at-the-elbow real-time support. This role will support the development of quality champions and leaders within the organization. This role functions as a technical and tactical leader on quality improvement for the organization. The successful incumbent for this position must be licensed as a registered nurse or another equivalent clinical field in the State of California. The full salary range for the Director of Quality is $111,000 - $214,400 annually. However, the expected pay scale for this position is up to $188,000 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs. Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff. 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. | |