Emergency Medicine Regional Quality Director

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Emergency Department ED Volume: 11,000 520 Madison Oak Dr. San Antonio, TX 78258

• Trauma Designation: Level III
• ED Beds: 22
• ED Admission Rate: 26%
• Staffing Model:
• 8-hour Physician shifts with APP support
• EMR: Cerner
• Patients/Hour: 2.1
• Accredited Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center
• Qualifications: BC/BP in emergency medicine preferred

Financial Benefits:

• $100,000 equity ownership given to all full-time Physicians after 3 years of employment
• Industry-leading 10% company-funded 401(k) up to IRS limit of $35,000
• $4,000 tax-free CME/BEA annually
• $6,500 plus your state and DEA license in year one for new graduates
• Groundbreaking 100%
• Pioneering
• as low as 2.99%
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
• Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
• Unmatched medical malpractice including tail and free litigation support
• USACS malpractice claims are less than 1/2 the national average!

Intangible Benefits:

• Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
• National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected Physicians
• Clinical Management Tools (CMTs) provide evidence-based support
• 24/7/365 live Physician support
• Professional Development Programs including:
  • Scholars (Leadership Training)
  • Efficiency Academy
  • Engagement & Experience Academy
• USACS Annual Assembly opportunity
• Internal USACS STAT traveling Physicians

North Central Baptist Hospital features separate adult and pediatric emergency departments to meet the needs of the San Antonio community and surrounding areas. Ranked a U.S. News and World Report Best Hospital in 2013-14, and most recently ranked by the same agency as the #1 hospital system in San Antonio in 2023, North Central Baptist Hospital prides itself on providing top-tier care for patients. The hospital offers extraordinary cardiovascular and labor & delivery programs, with emergent PCI and OB services available on-site. Clinicians enjoy a simple "one call" system for admissions and transfers and NPs and PAs practice independently in the ED, meaning Physicians have no APP charts to sign.

San Antonio is a city rich in history, culture, education and recreation. Residents enjoy all the advantages of living in a large city without sacrificing a sense of community and small-town vibe. Home of the Alamo, the San Antonio Spurs, and the famous River Walk promenade lined with cafes and shops, there is always something of interest to enjoy. Residential opportunities abound with historic, downtown area bungalows, beautiful established estate homes, suburbs with outstanding public-school systems and rural areas for those preferring wide, open space. In addition to UT at San Antonio, there are numerous colleges and universities.

• Staffing Model:
  • 68 hours of Physician coverage
  • 32 hours of APP coverage
• EMR: Cerner
• 11 Physician/6 APP provider hospitalist team
• Dedicated Physician nocturnist and telemedicine APP support for cross-cover

This role will oversee the following locations:

• Baptist Emergency Hospitals: Hausman, Overlook, Schertz, Thousand Oaks, Westover Hills, Zarzamora, Converse, and Rigsby
• Baptist Health System: Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Children's Hospital, Mission Trail, Northeast, St. Luke's, and Resolute Hospitals

The Regional Quality Director functions as a liaison between the National Director of Quality (NDQ), the Regional Vice President and the Site Quality Director. The RQDs have a dual reporting structure, both to the RVPs and the NDQ. The primary responsibility of the RQDs is to ensure optimal quality performance in the Region/Division.

The Regional Quality Director functions as a liaison between the National Director of Quality (NDQ), the Regional Vice President and the Site Quality Director. The RQDs have a dual reporting structure, both to the RVPs and the NDQ. The primary responsibility of the RQDs is to ensure optimal quality performance in the Region/Division.*Interested applicants should email Dawn Miknisdmiknis@usacs.com

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Maintain a monthly meeting schedule with the NDQ to discuss metrics, goals, and priorities, as they pertain to quality/risk and quality.
• Report quality metric performance regularly to the NDQ for respective Region/Division.
• Participate in the monthly Quality Improvement Committee Meetings. This includes preparation of a PP presentation covering cases, trends, and priorities.
• Participate in Quarterly Quality Presentations with Regional Presidents/VPs with NDQ and other RQDs.

• Responsible for quality metric performance in respective Region/Division as established by the NDQ and the RVP.
• Develop and implement solutions to improve quality metric performance in respective Region/Division and share best practices with NDQ and other RQDs.
• Work with Health Care System’s Senior Leadership in your Region/Division to improve and develop quality programs.
• Ensure distribution, familiarity and use of educational tools developed at USACS throughout Region/Division.

• Disseminate national, quality, risk, and safety priorities to the site leadership
• Support Site QDs by:
  • Receiving and reviewing quality, risk & safety data from the site QD and synthesizing learning points for transmission to the NDQ.
  • Support QDs obligations to the hospital and support their efforts to develop resolutions for hospital concerns and requests.
• Monitor Incident Reporting at designated sites, including frequency
  • Review of incidents reported for sites to include scoring and comments
  • Monitor follow-up with site leadership and/or provider if required
  • Insert Level 3/4 Peer Review cases on IRP. Load the cases with a quality concern onto the Risk platform.
• Ensure that the following audit/review functions are being performed at each site:
  • Peer Review Meetings where quality/safety cases are discussed. Presentation and discussion of cases from that site.
  • New provider audits
  • Review all 72-Hour returns who are admitted
  • Focused reviews requested by hospital site administration
  • Company-wide reviews
• Review risk management policy compliance/implementation at the sites.
• Review FailSafe compliance and review of fallouts at your sites.
• Monitor and review CEDR Metrics that are selected to measure quality, utilization, or stewardship of sources.

• Sense of urgency and follow through
• Build effective relationships
• Work in a deadline driven environment
• Meet and/or exceed quantity and quality service-related driven metrics
• Highly organized in managing one’s schedule, duties, workflows, and responsibilities

• M.D. / D.O. degree from an accredited medical school
• Board Certification
• Experience in Quality Management in a clinical setting

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