Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
The Office of Population Health and Accountable Care (OPHAC) is focused on leading and facilitating the framework to improve population health outcomes across UCLA Health’s Alternative Payment Model (APM) populations across the care continuum. As APMs evaluate outcomes regardless of where the care was rendered, OPHAC initiatives are targeted at improving population-based outcomes for care at UCLA Health and outside of UCLA Health (e.g. post-acute care settings, pharmacies). Successful participation in APMs is essential to respond to the evolving healthcare industry, as health systems are experiencing increased pressures to take on more financial risk and be held accountable for value-based outcomes.
The Assistant Director of Clinical Quality Performance will collaborate with Office of Population Health and Accountable Care (OPHAC) leadership to develop, execute, and oversee Population Health’s Clinical Quality Performance function. The role will be responsible for program development, implementation, and oversight of various clinical programs and medical services in Population Health including but not limited to: Health Risk Assessment Program, Care at Home Program, Population Health Pharmacy Programs, and Population Health Quality Management Program. The Assistant Director will lead and oversee a multidisciplinary team of clinical supervisors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, quality outreach specialists, and program coordinators. This role will support the Faculty Practice Group (FPG) across accountable care, population health, and department-level initiatives and will interface directly with leadership, clinical departments, and organizational stakeholders to ensure that the priority initiatives are supported and meet the needs established quality and utilization improvement accountable care goals.
Salary Range: $112,900.00-$256,900.00/annually
Required:
- Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, Public Health, or related field
- Previous work experience in population health management and strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills
- Skill to research and analyze information, problems, situation and procedures to define objectives, identify patterns, and formulate conclusions
- Excellent oral and communication skills to obtain and convey correct and complete information and concepts to individuals and groups in formal and informal situations
- Ability to make presentations to senior management
- Excellent resolution skills to plan activities among individuals and groups in a wide variety of working relationships
- Skill in negotiating, exchanging ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or arrive jointly at decisions, conclusions or solutions
- Prior experience supervising employees (as directed) including selection, training, work assignments and review, motivation, performance appraisal, career counseling and discipline
- Working knowledge of clinical program planning, cash and accrual accounting, financial management control systems, financial analysis and management reporting, and the operation aspects of clinical programs in ambulatory teaching settings
- Ability to be a team player, flexible and capable of working in an environment which is fast paced, progressive and requires entrepreneurial thinking and action
- Experience in reporting for regulatory and contractual healthcare quality programs
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