Chief Academic Officer - Healthcare jobs in Peoria, IL

POSITION SUMMARY:

• The CQO is responsible for leading the comprehensive clinical quality, patient safety, and clinical risk management strategy throughout OSF Healthcare.
• The CQO, in collaboration with clinical leadership, directs and coordinates quality/performance improvement initiatives across OSF, by leading the organization in the development and measurement of quality outcomes, quality reporting, performance improvement, and infection prevention and control.
• The CQO will lead the service line clinical leadership accountable for quality of care, clinical protocol, and OSF best in class clinical care.
• The CQO collaborates with Population Health and Managed Care Contracting to monitor quality outcomes for which OSF takes financial risks.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Doctorate.
• MBA or Masters of Medical Management (MMM).

Experience:

• Minimum 15 years of healthcare experience.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive and results-oriented experience as a Quality and Safety Executive.

Licensure/ Certification: M.D. or D.O. (Illinois physician license)

Other Skills/ Knowledge:

• Proven track record of excellent application of improvement and patient safety science; conversant in the latest thinking in those disciplines; experience working with performance improvement tools and methodologies.
• Certified in at least one of the following: CHQM, CPHQ, CPE, CPP.

OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.