Quality

1.0 FTE, 8 Hour Day Shift

At Stanford Children’s Health, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job Summary

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

The Director, Clinical Analytics, is responsible for overseeing and managing program activities and staff assigned to clinical analytics, data warehousing, chart abstraction, clinical documentation, and quality systems management. The Director leads the development and distribution of clinical quality, patient safety, and effectiveness clinical measures that differentiate Stanford Children’s Health and results in the medical center achieving top performance status. This position has oversight on data reporting to external agencies such as various data registries or external surveys participated by SCH. The Director will establish the structure and processes necessary to provide clinical data and the appropriate analysis on which clinical care decisions can be made to improve SCH performance on quality and effectiveness metrics. The Director coordinates a program where data is routinely validated for accuracy and analyzed for both trends and areas where improvement opportunities exist. This position must establish excellent working relationships across the hospital and clinics and specifically with key physicians to help drive positive change and engagement in clinical practice improvements. The Director will define and maintain a reporting management strategy that is non-duplicative, secure, and standards-driven and that anticipates institutional needs.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.

Must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the hospital’s policies and procedures, including its Service Standards and its Code of Conduct.

• Develops the strategies necessary to achieve organizational goals related to clinical care through the use of data

• Directs the implementation of departmental Quality Systems throughout the organization.

• Responsible for system, upgrades, reporting for various areas in the facility and for targeting new opportunities for usage of the system.

• Ensures the collection and entry of accurate quality outcomes and process measures and maintains dashboard for the Board and Hospital Administration

• Establish effective working relationships across the organization to develop defined reports/applications, and to provide educational support to business staff around appropriate use of data for measuring clinical performance.

• Evaluates the efficiency across the Clinical Analytics Division and organizes work to maximize output Facilitates the creation of analysis & reports that support the evaluation of clinical outcome measures using all available clinical and administrative databases

• Gathers and analyzes clinical and financial information from a variety of internal and external sources, relating to patient safety, utilization of resources, physician practice patterns, system problems and other quality functions. Identifies trends, variances, deficiencies and problems utilizing aggregated data and information.

• Organizes and facilitates the distribution of analysis & data for clinical effectiveness to departments, divisions, and task forces

• Responds to requests for information that support the achievement of strategic goals and objectives with primary responsibility for clinical data, this position will ensure data integrity and accuracy with chart abstraction and data entry

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Education: Education: Master's degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university

Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, including one (1) year of supervisory responsibility

License/Certification: None required

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

These are the observable and measurable attributes and skills required to perform successfully the essential functions of the job and are generally demonstrated through qualifying experience, education, or licensure/certification.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

• Ability to create specifications for database design and tool environments

• Ability to lead the development and enhancement of clinical outcome measures for multiple medical specialties

• Ability to plan and manage projects, dependencies, team members, timelines; organize and prioritize projects and use of time; and adapt plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges

• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, work independently and meet deadlines

• Ability to solve complex problems and perform work assignments requiring independent thought and judgment

• Ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization

• Knowledge of and ability to apply skills in analytical assessment, basic inferential and descriptive statistics Knowledge of and ability to perform analytics using statistical analysis software packages - SQL; relational and multi-dimensional database structures and schemas; and object-oriented design, information modeling, UML, data analysis and RDBMS

• Knowledge of clinical outcome measures in relation to multiple medical specialties Knowledge of current industry practices, trends and resources (i.e., vendors, agencies, etc.)

• Knowledge of various health care data sources, clinical issues and advanced statistical concepts and techniques and their application to clinical studies

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Pay Range

Compensation is based on the level and requirements of the role.

Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Typically, new team members join at the minimum to mid salary range.

Minimum to Midpoint Range (1.0 FTE): $173,139.20 to $236,745.60

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, LPCH does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements, and where applicable, in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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