Regional Director - Quality

US Anesthesia Partners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

US Anesthesia Partners seeks a Regional Director – Quality to lead and advance the clinical quality program across platforms. You will collaborate with physician leadership, support clinician education, and coordinate enterprise quality initiatives to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes.

The role requires strong data interpretation skills, governance experience, and the ability to influence across multiple sites and stakeholders in a healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the platform's clinical quality program in collaboration with physician leadership.
• Support implementation of local and enterprise quality initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
• Coordinate platform participation in enterprise quality initiatives.
• Manage the case review process with the local Clinical Quality Committee (CQC).
• Reviews unexpected clinical outcomes, referrals, trends and other quality concerns.
• Conducts reviews of 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 the effectiveness of quality improvement initiatives.
• Shares best practices across platforms.
• Develops and coordinates clinician education from quality initiatives and patient safety activities.
• Orients new clinicians to the platform’s quality program.
• Supports development and review of clinical protocols and guidelines with physician leadership.
• Reviews patient satisfaction feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
• Partners with data analytics to define quality reporting needs and dashboards.
• Identifies data-informed opportunities for improvement with CQC.
• Supports the platform CQC.
• Partners with facility quality/physician leaders to advance quality initiatives including representation on facility quality committees.
• Coordinates quality reporting required by facility and payor contracts and regulatory agencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

5+ years healthcare quality experience

Quality improvement and patient safety

Interpret quality data and trends

Strong written verbal and presentation

Lead and facilitate committee meetings

Collaborative relationships with Clin/

Quality improvement initiatives across

Influence through collaboration

Professionalism, confidentiality, and

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Overview

The Regional Director – Quality provides leadership for the assigned platforms’ clinical quality program. In partnership with physician leadership, the Regional Director – Quality supports clinical quality improvement, patient safety, clinician education, and quality governance. The Regional Director – Quality collaborates with facility partners, USAP’s d ata a nalytics team, and corporate leadership to advance quality initiatives and support physician-led clinical excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Regional Director – Quality provides leadership for the assigned platforms’ clinical quality program. In partnership with physician leadership, the Regional Director – Quality supports clinical quality improvement, patient safety, clinician education, and quality governance. The Regional Director – Quality collaborates with facility partners, USAP’s d ata a nalytics team, and corporate leadership to advance quality initiatives and support physician-led clinical excellence.

Job Highlights

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead s the platform's clinical quality program in collaboration with physician leadership.
• Support s implementation of local and enterprise quality initiatives.
• Identif ies opportunities to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
• Coordinate s platform participation in enterprise quality initiatives, as applicable.
• Manage s the case review process in collaboration with the local Clinical Quality Committee (CQC).
• Review s unexpected clinical outcomes, referrals, trends, and other quality concerns.
• Conduct s review of clinical events and recommend s opportunities for system or practice improvement.
• Escalate s issues through established governance pathways, as appropriate.
• Facilitate s the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate s the effectiveness of quality improvement initiatives.
• Share s best practices across platforms .
• Develop s and coordinate s clinician education arising from quality initiatives, patient safety activities, case reviews, and other clinically relevant topics identified by the platform CQC.
• Orient s new clinicians to the platform’s q uality program.
• Support s the development, implementation, and ongoing review of clinical protocols and practice guidelines in collaboration with physician leadership.
• Review s patient satisfaction feedback and trends to identify opportunities to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
• Partner s with the d ata a nalytics team to define quality reporting needs, including relevant dashboards.
• Identif ies data-informed opportunities for improvement in collaboration with the platform CQC.
• Support s the platform CQC.
• Partner s with facility quality and physician leaders to advance quality initiatives, including representing the platform on facility quality committees, as appropriate.
• Coordinate s quality reporting required by facility and payor contracts and applicable regulatory agencies.
• Perform s other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

K NOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES (KSAs):

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field required, master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years’ progressively responsible healthcare quality experience, preferably in a 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 quality 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.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with clinicians, facility leaders, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading quality improvement initiatives across multiple sites.
• Demonstrated ability to influence through collaboration and trust building.
• Demonstrated commitment to professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that may need to be met by an employee to successfully p er form the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasional Standing
• Occasional Walking
• Frequent Sitting
• Frequent hand, finger movement
• Use office equipment (in office or remote)
• Communicate verbally and in writing