One of the many ways the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association promote healthier lives is by supporting healthcare professionals' quest for continuous quality improvement. Our suite of quality programs puts up-to-date treatment guidelines, tools and resources to work in hospitals and outpatient practices across the nation.
The Regional Director, Quality and Systems Improvement functions as consultant, account manager and business developer to healthcare organizations on Get With The Guidelines®.
- Identifying, securing, cultivating and managing relationships with hospital partners and other key stakeholders with regards to quality improvement
- Implementing the Get With the Guidelines hospital based quality improvement program in defined markets to achieve program goals
- Managing hospital account activities and engaging the medical community with regards to the program; and partnering with state health departments, quality improvement organizations, health plans and other agencies to ensure that our quality improvement initiatives are key priorities within their organizations.
- Employing a consultative sales approach to introduce and implement Get With The Guidelines including Stroke, Heart Failure, Resuscitation, Atrial Fibrillation, Accreditation and Certification, Mission: Lifeline, Target: HF, and Target: Stroke.
- Functioning as an educator and advisor to ensure effective implementation and utilization of the program.
- Working collaboratively with hospitals and other healthcare organizations to progress within the quality improvement continuum.
- Developing and cultivating effective partnerships with hospital leaders and staff to identify and leverage opportunities for improving clinical performance.
- Serving as a resource by demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of the program and the ability to surmount barriers through a consultative, value added approach.
- This position is responsible for a territory that includes Northern Los Angeles County, Central Coast and Kern County and involves extensive local travel, occasional overnight travel as well as the ability to effectively manage accounts remotely.
This position is ideal for candidates who have the clinical expertise and experience to fully understand the benefits of Get With The Guidelines and the talent to translate that to practical application within the acute care and outpatient clinical settings.
- Can you get others excited about taking on projects that we know will impact quality care?
- Do you have the natural ability to manage multiple projects while keeping all stakeholders well informed?
- Do you have the tenacity and initiative to drive results in collaboration with partners internally and across the healthcare community?
- Do you thrive on selling ideas and programs to key strategic alliances, professional volunteers, and funding partners and influence them to action?
If yes, let's meet!
Technical qualifications include:
- Three years of clinical nursing experience and/or care hospital quality improvement experience
- Relevant experience with a national cardiac clinical quality improvement program that incorporates clinical data capture within a process improvement framework preferred.