Description

The Department of Medicine (DoM) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications and nominations for a nationally recognized academic leader to serve as the Chief Quality Officer (CQO). As a member of the DoM leadership team, the CQO will lead the department’s quality team and oversee its quality improvement program.

This is a particularly dynamic time for the department, as we execute our strategic plan to lead in innovation, transform care, and advance health for all. Reporting to the Senior Executive Clinical Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Tisha S. Wang, MD, the DoM CQO is responsible for understanding, measuring, and improving the performance of clinical care delivery across the eighteen clinical divisions in the DoM, including improving quality in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

In partnership with the administrative director of the quality program, the CQO will define strategic priorities and lead a team of medical directors and project managers focused on quality initiatives in primary care, specialty care, inpatient care, peer review, and quality improvement education. The CQO will collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders across operations, IT, population health, data analytics, nursing, pharmacy, implementation science, and health services research. The CQO will also guide efforts to publish and share quality improvement insights locally and nationally, positioning the department as a leader in quality and learning health systems.

The ideal candidate is a distinguished academic clinician or researcher with leadership experience in quality improvement within a large academic medical center or integrated health system. Candidates must hold an M.D. (or equivalent), or Ph.D. The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with their qualifications.

Key qualifications include:
- Proven ability to set strategic priorities and lead large-scale initiatives and organizational change
- Experience in data analytics, use of AI tools, and data reporting
- Expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating operational workflows in ambulatory and inpatient settings
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in managing and mentoring multidisciplinary teams
- Experience in utilizing the approaches and methods of process improvement and implementation science as evidenced by achieving targeted outcomes
- Proficiency in LEAN methodology, the Model for Improvement, and the use of learning tools such as Statistical Process Control charts, with the ability to effectively teach and mentor faculty, trainees, and medical students in quality improvement
- A strong record of scholarship, publication, and presentations related to quality and patient safety

Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest (curriculum vitae, informative personal statement, and response to UCLA’s mission statement) are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made:

Maria Han, M.D., M.S.; Search Committee Chair
c/o Libby Shin, Executive Director, Office of the Chair of Medicine
Email: DOMCQOSearch@mednet.ucla.edu
To apply: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10579