Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine

About This Role

This role will establish and embody an authentic and visible culture of safety and reliability, contribute to the creation and implementation of departmental educational programs in quality improvement, and partner with other system quality leaders across Dartmouth Health to assure coordinated and consistent quality standards and initiatives across the healthcare system.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a departmental Quality Council, engaging departmental clinical, nursing, and administrative leaders, Value Institute staff and trainees
• Implement system-wide structures to facilitate quality improvement work within the Department of Medicine at all member sites, both inpatient and ambulatory
• Co-design, oversee and share departmental quality dashboards that identify opportunities for improvement and enable quality improvement work
• Lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative review of event reports and patient harm occurrences to identify key trends and execute improvement work
• Implement and monitor necessary improvements in patient and healthcare team experiences in partnership with the Office of Care Experience
• Design innovative programs to address the educational needs of residents and fellows with respect to patient safety and quality improvement
• Foster the department’s commitment to quality and implementation science as scholarly pursuits, including presentation and publication in quality science, and participation in regional, national and international collaboratives
• Provide or identify mentorship and opportunities for faculty and trainees who wish to develop quality improvement expertise

Requirements

• MD or DO degree
• Eligible for the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
• Board-certified in Internal Medicine or an Internal Medicine subspecialty by the ABIM or AOBIM
• Eligible for licensure in New Hampshire and Vermont
• Proven track record of accomplishment as a leader of quality improvement efforts
• Formal training in quality improvement

Qualifications

• Physician (MD or DO) eligible for the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
• Significant leadership experience in health quality and safety in an academic context, and a proven track record of accomplishment as a leader of quality improvement efforts.

Benefits

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