VICE PRESIDENT, CLINICAL PERFORMANCE

KAISER PERMANENTE

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

HARTZ SEARCH invites you to explore an exciting opportunity with our newest client, Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California for the Vice President of Clinical Performance. The VP, of Clinical Performance, has national accountability and provides strategic leadership to drive nursing performance initiatives and strategies through the Program Office department of, National Patient Care Services (NPCS) and work collaboratively with leaders across all KP markets. The Vice President of Clinical Performance will report directly to the SVP, National Patient Care Services & Chief Nurse Executive, and is responsible for leading and operationalizing the national strategy for nursing practice to include monitoring, measuring, and improving clinical and operational performance metrics. This role leads the management of national consulting services that align to and advance excellence in Nursing Quality & Safety, Nursing Care Experience, Care Without Delay, Maternal Child Health, Pharmacy collaboration, Nursing Clinical Practice, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Scope of Nursing Practice Standards. Alignment and collaboration with medical groups and ambulatory settings are required throughout. The client is seeking a transformative leader to inspire, motivate and influence nursing operations across the enterprise in a matrixed environment. This position works collaboratively with labor partners to achieve organizational goals and objectives, participates in defined and established leadership meetings at the national and regional level, and partners with national, regional, and local leadership groups. This position also participates in nursing leadership activities and serves on select nursing committees and maintains a strong collaborative relationship with regional Chief Nurse Executives and inter-professional leadership teams. Kaiser Permanente, commonly known simply as Kaiser, is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct but interdependent groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and its regional operating subsidiaries; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; and the regional Permanente Medical Groups. Kaiser Permanente operates in eight states (Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia) and the District of Columbia, and is the largest managed care organization in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare plans in the United States, with over 12 million members. It operates 39 hospitals and more than 700 medical offices, with over 300,000 personnel, including more than 87,000 physicians and nurses. EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Required Education: Master’s Degree in Nursing and Terminal Degree in Nursing (DNP or Ph.D.)
• Required Experience: Minimum of 10 years of Senior Leadership experience in a highly matrixed healthcare environment / Minimum of 12 years of direct experience in the healthcare field, in a complex delivery system. Regional or Market CNE experience of system-level leadership exp.
• Unencumbered registered nursing license with eligibility to obtain a CA license within 6 months.
• Reports to SVP, National Patient Care Services & Chief Nurse Executive
  • 2 Direct Reports: Senior Director, Nursing Performance, Senior Director, Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice
• Demonstrated skills to work in a union environment.

SHORT AND LONG-TERM ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Engage nursing and other clinical leaders across the enterprise in the development, agreement, and success of shared goals.
• Review clinical excellence trends, experiences, and approaches, and incorporate them into NPCS goals.
• Assist in the development of innovative strategic and tactical plans for nursing and clinical performance.
• Work in concert with other disciplines to support patient care and research activities and to enhance intervention appropriateness and enhance patient safety.
• Participate in the optimization of clinical pathway models with nursing and other leaders to gain maximum efficacy and support for patient care and service.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Both formal and informal interactions are needed with internal department members and external partners and clients. Good, open, and frequent communication is essential to success.
• Chief Nurse Executives across and within markets
• National leaders including Care Delivery Operations, Human Resources, Finance, and Talent Acquisition.
• Medical Group Leaders across KP
• SVP of Quality and Vice Presidents (and other leaders) of Quality across the markets
• National Safety Committee
• Care Experience leaders across the enterprise
• Research leaders across the enterprise
• Evidence & Evidenced-Based Practice leaders across the enterprise.
• National & Market leaders for Care Without Delay
• Maternal Child Health leaders across the enterprise

LOCATION: San Francisco Bay Area – Oakland Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area, and the eighth most populated city in California. Oakland serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. Oakland offers a variety of attractions with museums, the Oakland Zoo, Jack London Square, a thriving dining scene with over 20 Michelin-rated restaurants, the MLB Oakland A’s, and 100,000 acres of parks and trails. INTERESTED CANDIDATES, PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY to HARTZ Search below: Qualified candidates, please submit your current resume - applications will not be considered without a resume. Thank you!