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Ochsner Health · 1 day ago

Vice Chair of Quality in Radiology

New Orleans, LA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Ochsner Health is committed to serving and innovating in healthcare since 1942. The Vice Chair of Quality in Radiology will lead a team to enhance quality, safety, and patient outcomes while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across the organization.

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Responsibilities

Collaborating with clinical staff and quality improvement leadership to develop an engaging structure that aligns practice with the organization’s quality, safety, and patient experience agenda

Providing structured leadership to departmental professionals that fosters growth, development, communication, and innovation

Participating in the development, monitoring, reporting, and improvement of activities related to respective service lines in collaboration with clinical staff, service chiefs, and administration

Fostering and maintaining collaborative relationships with external agencies, purchasers, and stakeholders related to quality and performance initiatives

Reviewing and evaluating services affected by medical safety/regulatory issues, making recommendations for improvement, and monitoring services to ensure the implementation of recommendations and the achievement of desired results

Educating leadership and medical staff about regulatory issues, new statutes/guidelines, and medical safety/PI activities

Serving as a resource for medical safety, regulatory, and PI issues and participating in accreditation-related activities

Leading the development of policies and procedures related to quality improvement/medical safety and participating as a stakeholder in policy crafting

Developing long-range goals, annual objectives, budgets, and strategies for areas of responsibility

Measuring and reviewing system performance

Providing input into major capital expenses related to quality (e.g., information systems)

Ensuring compliance with laws, government regulations, JCAHO requirements, and Ochsner policies

Generating and supporting programs that employ imaging screening for early detection of diseases and disorders

Representing the department in activities related to quality improvement, health practice, and population health management

Qualification

Clinical leadershipQuality improvementProcess improvementProject managementDoctor of Medicine (M.D.)Board certificationAnalytic abilityCommunication skillsLeadership skillsCollaboration skills

Required

The Vice Chair of Strategy and Quality (Radiology) should be an experienced clinical leader committed to creating and leading innovative quality programs that exceed national best practices

10+ years of experience in an academic setting is strongly preferred with a national reputation

Proven experience in implementing large-scale initiatives and behavioral change across an enterprise

Experience utilizing process improvement approaches and methods to achieve desired outcomes

A Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or equivalent degree with recent clinical practice and board certification is strongly preferred

Licensed or eligible for a license in Louisiana

Known for integrity, honesty, and personal accountability

Understanding and commitment to systems-thinking and system goal achievement

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated success in synthesizing and presenting complex ideas to individuals at all levels of an organization

Demonstrated success utilizing metrics to evaluate and improve systems

Innovative risk-taker

Successful track record of delivering actionable metrics and driving results

Dynamic and pioneering leader who is confident in looking ahead and able to guide others through a fast-paced changing environment

Exudes confidence, ownership, and accountability for the quality and safety agenda

A collaborator and consensus builder who can successfully engage with various constituencies and demonstrate decisiveness and respectful courage in gaining consensus where appropriate

Demonstrates perseverance in advancing strategic and operational imperatives

Advanced analytic ability to conceptualize well in unstructured, dynamic, and/or multidisciplinary environments requiring analysis, foresight, intuition, and mature judgment

Communication and interpersonal skills for frequent contact with internal customers and external stakeholders to persuade and negotiate in controversial and/or sensitive situations

Project management skills, including the ability to define program, project, or process objectives, identify stakeholders and their interests, plan steps, coordinate and allocate resources, and accomplish goals in a resourceful and timely manner

Leadership skills, including a demonstrated willingness to pursue leadership roles with increasing levels of accountability; comfort with decision-making responsibilities; coaching, teaching, and counseling skills; and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others and forge alliances and garner support

Company

Ochsner Health

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Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in Louisiana, Mississippi and across the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers.

Founded in 1942

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10001+ employees