Regional Medical Director of Quality, Hartford HealthCare

Hartford Hospital (HH), located in Hartford, Connecticut, is an 867-bed tertiary care hospital and one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in New England.  Offering a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, HH enjoys a national reputation for the highest quality care.  Recent recognition includes Best in Cardiac Surgery (STS), Best in Kidney Transplant (SRTR), and is one of the 7 acute care hospitals at Hartford HealthCare that holds a LeapFrog A Rating. The hospital also serves as a primary teaching affiliate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, fostering an environment of education and research. 

Hartford Hospital is the flagship hospital of Hartford HealthCare, a $6B integrated health care system with 41,000 colleagues and nearly 500 locations serving 185 towns and cities. Hartford HealthCare’s unified culture enhances access, affordability, equity and excellence for all.

Position Overview:

We seek a clinically active, progressive leader to provide oversight to the strategic development and implementation of the quality and patient safety programs. Reporting to the Regional VP, Medical Affairs and in collaboration with the System Director of Quality, the Medical Director is a member of the Regional Executive Leadership Team.  As part of the regional  Quality leadership dyad with the Director of Quality, the Medical Director plays a pivotal role in overseeing and advancing quality improvement initiatives within the hospital and region. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for enhancing patient care and safety.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Drive and lead hospital quality projects and initiatives that address common goals and target metrics, with a focus on areas of struggling performance. 
2. Collaborate with and mentor departmental quality leads to ensure understanding of key accountabilities including quality metrics, role quality plays in department daily work and actively facilitate/drive quality projects that address current quality concerns. 
3. Review of events to ensure proper peer review referral, QCC assignments and PPEC review of cases.  Lead collaborative interdepartmental and interdisciplinary M+Ms at the hospital level to ensure teams review cases together and can work on process improvement as a team.
4. Engagement in leapfrog work to ensure sustainability of A grade, and other regulatory programs.
5. Co-Chair and facilitate quality meetings addressing CMS, DPH and TJC required reporting as well as highlighting quality work within our institution.
6. Co-lead weekly mortality and focused PSI review meeting and drive follow up.
7. Actively engage in membership at weekly ELT, including preparing for monthly visibility room submission, as well as hospital Medical Executive Committee and Clinical Chiefs meeting.
8. Serve in role of executive sponsor to support and guide the hospital quality work including RCA committee, department specific OPPE, MERC, DART, Sepsis, Pert and more. Serve as a mentor for the leadership of these hospital quality workgroups.

Qualifications:

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution.
• Board certification in a medical specialty.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively increasing leadership experience
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a leadership role in quality improvement or patient safety.
• Strong knowledge of quality improvement methodologies, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards.
• Advanced degree in healthcare management, quality improvement, or a related field.
• Certification in healthcare quality (CPHQ) or patient safety.

Connecticut Lifestyle:

Connecticut is an ideal place to grow your career and your family. The small, prosperous state is home to history and some of New England’s most stunning communities — offering acclaimed schools, nationally-ranked healthcare, an accessible and beautiful shoreline, and a rich tapestry of quality living that blends the charms of New England with the conveniences of urban life.

• Connecticut sits in the corridor of Boston and New York — a fertile ground for big ideas, brilliant minds, world-class professionals, and the training and talent to support them.
• Here, you’ll find robust opportunities for education, four seasons of natural beauty, culture, and a lifestyle that is second to none. There’s a reason Connecticut routinely ranks among the very top states to raise a family. Actually, there are dozens of them.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit a CV, and cover letter to Patricia Lowicki, Director, Provider Recruitment and Integration at patti.lowicki@hhchealth.org. 

Hartford HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we demonstrate our commitment every day to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and promoting health equity in every community we serve.

About Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. Our fully integrated health system includes a tertiary-care teaching hospital, an acute-care community teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, three community hospitals, the state’s most extensive behavioral health network, a large multi-specialty physician group, a regional home care system, an array of senior care services, a large physical therapy and rehabilitation network and an accountable care organization. Through its institute model, Hartford HealthCare offers the highest standards of care for cancer, heart and vascular services, neuroscience, orthopedics and urology.

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