Assistant Deputy Medical Executive – Quality Management

Ready to join an organization committed to healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, change management, and better health outcomes?

California Correctional Health Care Services’ (CCHCS) Quality Management (QM) Unit and Patient Safety (PS) Program continuously evaluates and improves the performance of a complex health care system that delivers comprehensive primary care to patients within all adult correctional institutions in California.

We are seeking a self-motivated, analytical clinician with the ability to translate and communicate aspects of the clinical world to non-clinical data analysts and facilitate consensus and understanding to internal clients and external stakeholders, including other state agencies, legislative staff, oversight bodies, and various professional committees and workgroups. Experience with / understanding of tenets and applications of Lean Six Sigma as well as coding in SQL, Python, R, and CCL is highly desirable.

About the Position :

Reporting directly to the Deputy Medical Executive over the QM / PS Programs, you will

• Take responsibility for the implementation of clinical informatics focused on organizational performance evaluation, patient safety surveillance, and quality improvement efforts
• Support, supervise, and mentor a team of six QM / PS physicians in the use of industry standard quality improvement techniques, including conducting root cause analyses, Lean Six Sigma projects, and other projects to analyze quality problems and mitigate risk to patients and staff
• Consult with staff members in performance measure development, decision support and training material design while promoting a culture of safety and positive system change
• Travel to correctional institutions to engage with healthcare staff, custody staff, and incarcerated persons throughout the state will include occasional overnight trips

Benefits :

In return for your skills, we offer competitive salaries and reliable State of California benefits, including :

Requirements :

About California Correctional Health Services :

Take the Next Step :

For more information, contact Erica Nuezca at Erica.Nuezca@cdcr.ca.gov or apply online at

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