Region Director Ambulatory Quality Population Health

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth.

Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care.

We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities, and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.

As our Region Director Ambulatory Quality Population Health, you will help develop, direct and evaluate a comprehensive ambulatory quality and population health program for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) which employs in excess of 2000 providers (Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians).

Every day you will lead the strategic design, implementation, and management of a sophisticated ambulatory-focused quality program with strong population health management underpinnings that will complement and advance progress towards becoming the premium health system in the Pacific Northwest. You will be expected to develop a sustainable culture that values clinical excellence, evidence-based medicine and continuous learning and includes all aspects of preventative care, chronic disease management, patient experience, ongoing patient outreach programs, applied data analytics and transparent reporting of performance measures/improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• The development, maintenance and refinement of a comprehensive health quality program that integrates the elements of clinical practice, the EMR, and emerging National, State, and commercial payer performance initiatives.
• Development of a substantive and credible Population Health Program that aides providers in the measurement and use of patient level information to improve the health of their patients, while improving the over health status of the community served. An incumbent recommends and implements approved strategies, develops related goals, monitors outcomes/results and leads initiatives to improve clinical performance at FMG ambulatory clinics and assures that safe and reliable processes are embedded into the standard work of FMG ambulatory clinics.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Division Chiefs and Vice Presidents for Ambulatory Operations, Rainier Health Network (ACO), as well as various internal VMFH departments (e.g. Risk Management, Care Management, Credentialing, Quality and Risk staff, Payer Strategy, etc.) to lead quality improvements designed to achieve highly reliable processes, outstanding clinical outcomes and improvements to population health across the care continuum at all VMFH Clinics. 

To be successful in this role, you must be knowledgeable in healthcare reform concepts and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Additionally, knowledge of population health organizational models, technologies and program operations sufficient to take advantage of important synergies/opportunities in contract administration, cost containment, business growth/development, information systems support and regulatory compliance is required.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration or other related discipline
• 7+ years of progressively responsible related work experience that would demonstrate attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities, including 5 years of leadership/management experience.

Preferred

• Master's degree
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (LSSBB)