Director - Clinical Excellence-Patient Care

Kettering Health Network; Miamisburg (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering Health Network in Miamisburg, OH is seeking a Director of Clinical Excellence to lead standardized clinical care pathways across ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute settings, reporting to the VP of Population Health. You will translate research into scalable workflows and drive value-based care through continuous improvement.

The role requires MSN, APRN licensure, 10+ years clinical practice and 5+ years leadership, with experience partnering with physicians and interprofessional

Qualifications

• MSN required.
• DNP preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive clinical practice.
• 5+ years of progressive healthcare leadership.
• Proven success partnering with physicians, APPs, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Experience developing standardized care pathways and implementing evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, and governance of evidence-based clinical pathways across ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute settings.
• Standardize care processes to improve consistency, efficiency, safety, and outcomes.
• Optimize patient journey with improved access and coordinated transitions.
• Partner with operational leaders to remove barriers and improve navigation across settings.
• Lead multidisciplinary improvement initiatives using PDCA and Lean.
• Translate clinical research into scalable operational workflows across the health system.
• Build collaborative relationships to achieve consensus on standardized pathways.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing clinical excellence team.
• Monitor pathway adherence, quality outcomes, and patient experience using analytics.
• Present strategic results to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Change management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring & talent development

Education

MSN

DNP

Job description

Job Details

Medical Group l Miamisburg l Full-time l First Shift

Responsibilities & Requirements

The Director of Clinical Excellence leads the development, implementation, and governance of evidence-based, standardized clinical care pathways across the Kettering Health continuum, including ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute settings, and reports to the Vice President of Population Health. The Director is accountable for standardizing care processes, reducing unwarranted clinical variation, improving access and coordinated transitions across the patient journey, monitoring pathway adherence, quality outcomes, patient experience, and operational performance, and building a high-performing clinical excellence team. Strategically, the Director serves as a trusted clinical operations partner, translating clinical research and national guidelines into scalable workflows, leading multidisciplinary improvement using PDCA, Lean, and evidence translation methodologies, and advancing value-based care performance through a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Key stakeholders include physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), nursing, operations leaders, interdisciplinary teams, and executive leadership. Performs other duties as assigned. All job responsibilities are to be carried out in alignment with Kettering Health's mission, vision, values, and B Safe program.

Preferred Qualifications

Required Education:

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Preferred Education:

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nursing

Required Work Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive clinical practice experience

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience

• Demonstrated success partnering with physicians, APPs, and interdisciplinary teams

• Experience developing standardized care pathways and implementing evidence-based practice

Preferred Work Experience:

• Experience in ambulatory care, integrated delivery systems, value-based care, population health, or clinically integrated networks

Required Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations:

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure and certification (NP, or equivalent)

Preferred Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations:

• Evidence-based clinical standards and care pathway development across ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute settings

• PDCA, Lean, implementation science, and evidence translation methodologies

• Translation of clinical research and national guidelines into operational workflows

• Care process standardization and reduction of unwarranted clinical variation

• Patient access, care coordination, and transitions of care across the continuum

• Value-based care, population health, and clinically integrated network models

• Clinical and operational analytics for pathway adherence, quality outcomes, and patient experience

• Consensus building with physicians, APPs, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams

• People management, coaching, and talent development

• Executive presentation of strategic recommendations and performance results

Essential Functions:

• Lead development, implementation, and governance of evidence-based clinical pathways in partnership with physician and APP leaders

• Standardize care processes to improve consistency, efficiency, safety, and outcomes and reduce unwarranted clinical variation across the continuum

• Optimize the patient journey through improved access, coordinated transitions, and evidence-based care delivery

• Partner with operational leaders to remove barriers and improve navigation across ambulatory, inpatient, and post-acute settings

• Lead multidisciplinary improvement initiatives using PDCA, Lean, and evidence translation methodologies

• Translate clinical research and national guidelines into sustainable operational workflows that scale across Kettering Health

• Build collaborative relationships with physicians, APPs, nursing, and interdisciplinary teams to achieve consensus on and adoption of standardized care pathways and strengthen provider engagement

• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing clinical excellence team while fostering accountability and engagement

• Monitor pathway adherence, quality outcomes, patient experience, and operational and value-based care performance using analytics

• Present strategic recommendations and performance updates to the Vice President of Population Health and executive leadership

Overview

Leadership Capabilities:

• Strategic and systems thinking

• Accountability for pathway adoption and clinical outcomes

• Collaborative leadership with physicians, APPs, and clinical teams

• Talent development and coaching

• Continuous improvement and innovation

• Change leadership

• Data-driven decision-making

• Evidence-based practice leadership

• Clinical quality and patient experience stewardship

• Engaging, approachable, and interactive leadership style