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Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

We are seeking a Vice President of Quality with Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area to promote growth and unlock possibilities. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Share your leadership skills and come make a difference with us!

Benefits

Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

We are seeking a Vice President of Quality for our team to be an innovator. HCA Healthcare partners with Harvard Pilgrim Institute and the CDC to use our data from more than 26 million patient encounters each year to impact the industry. Come build your career with us!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Vice President, Quality promotes high quality, patient-centered care by overseeing aspects of the Quality Management/Patient Safety Program(s) and Performance Improvement programs across complex organizations (multi-site campus, service lines). The Vice President ensures the facilitation and utilization of diverse strategies and communication for quality and performance improvement, providing an integrated framework for monitoring, evaluating, and improving quality of care. The Vice President promotes performance improvement to drive care excellence and oversees the hospital regulatory and accreditation program. ​

What you will do in the role:

+ Drives facility-wide standardization in targeted process improvement initiatives and evaluates success through pre-established criteria and measurement tools. Manages project flow and alignment to ensure milestones and key performance indicators are met within defined parameters.

+ ​Collaborates with all stakeholders to drive care excellence across a complex organization. Leads in strategy development for performance improvement through system thinking and safety science application across multiple service lines and care settings.

+ ​Develops and implements policies, procedures, and objectives. Reviews and updates the Quality Improvement Plan regularly. Develops, implements, and reviews goals, objectives, and priorities to ensure alignment with hospital strategic plans and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and standards.

+ ​Collaborates with facility leadership in establishment of operational performance measurements and targets, as well as the monitoring of trends in key performance indicators to evaluate effectiveness, reliability, and efficiency.

+ ​Leads and oversees the quality department with responsibility for care excellence, disease specific care, risk management, patient safety, and other aspects of performance improvement across the facility. Effectively manages members of the quality department team.

+ ​Serves as a technical advisor, educator and internal consultant to all hospital management, staff, and physicians on the use of performance improvement tools and techniques, analytical techniques, and statistical applications.

+ ​Ensures the selection, retention and assignment of qualified competent staff to meet organizational needs. Ensures management of department productivity and work prioritization.

+ ​Coordinates with stakeholders and oversees the development of orientation and ongoing education to staff regarding quality and patient safety initiatives; promotes competency, compliance, and performance improvement.

+ ​Coordinates with the Patient Safety Director for event analysis, FMEA development, proactive safety activities to support development of a culture of transparency and safety science. Ensures participation of hospital team members, medical staff, senior leaders, and GME programs, as applicable.

What qualifications you will need:

+ Registered Nurse license preferred

+ Bachelor's degree in nursing or health-related field required

+ Master's degree in nursing or health-related field preferred

+ 3+ years data analysis in a healthcare setting required

+ 4+ years experience in healthcare quality/risk management leadership required

+ Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) required or obtain within 12 months

+ Certification in Healthcare Quality Management (CHCQM) required or obtain within 12 months

Corpus Christi Medical Center (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/corpus-christi-medical-center) is a **630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi** and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. _Bay Area_ is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. _The Women’s Center at Bay Area_ , with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. _Doctors Regional_ is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. _The Heart Hospital_ offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. _Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center_ provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. _Bayview Behavioral Hospital_ provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. _Northshore Emergency Center_ is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. _Radiation Oncology_ offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the **latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.**

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join our family of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care to drive excellence and raise the bar for our over 35 million annual patient encounters.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.