Regional Director, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety

U.S. Anesthesia Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Anesthesia Partners seeks a Regional Director – Quality to lead the regional clinical quality program, partner with physician leadership, and advance patient safety and quality governance across platforms.

In this role you will collaborate with facility partners, analytics teams and corporate leadership to drive quality initiatives, coordinate education, review clinical events, and ensure adherence to protocols and regulatory requirements. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field required, master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years’ healthcare quality experience, preferably in physician practice, ambulatory, or perioperative setting.
• Knowledge of quality improvement principles and patient safety.
• Knowledge of Power BI preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory and accreditation requirements relevant to physician practice.
• Knowledge of clinical quality review methodologies and governance processes.
• Ability to interpret quality data and trends.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead and facilitate committee discussions and communicate complex information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Leads the platform's clinical quality program in collaboration with physician leadership.
• Supports implementation of local and enterprise quality initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
• Coordinates platform participation in enterprise quality initiatives.
• Manages the case review process in collaboration with the local Clinical Quality Committee.
• Reviews unexpected clinical outcomes, referrals, trends, and other quality concerns.
• Reviews clinical events and recommends opportunities for system or practice improvement.
• Escalates issues through governance pathways as appropriate.
• Facilitates development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Evaluates effectiveness of quality initiatives.
• Shares best practices across platforms.
• Develops clinician education arising from quality initiatives and patient safety activities.

Skills

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Power BI

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Quality reporting systems

Job description

U.S. Anesthesia Partners seeks a Regional Director – Quality to lead the regional clinical quality program, partner with physician leadership, and advance patient safety and quality governance across platforms.

In this role you will collaborate with facility partners, analytics teams and corporate leadership to drive quality initiatives, coordinate education, review clinical events, and ensure adherence to protocols and regulatory requirements. Strong leadership and communication are essential.