Assistant Executive Director - Quality Improvement

Hamad Medical Corporation

Doha, Qatar

Ref: OP778-195

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

As Qatars leading medical services organization, we are offering you an exciting opportunity to be a part of our dedicated and enthusiastic team of healthcare professionals.

Our healthcare services are internationally recognized as a high standard, comparable with other developed countries. We have a countrywide network of hospitals and healthcare centers which utilize the most advanced medical equipment available today and provide care from highly qualified staff.

Now is your chance to be part of this world-class team!

The Assistant Executive Director, Quality Improvement in conjunction with Executive Director, is responsible for planning, coordinating, and facilitating Quality Improvement programs and across Corporate HMC and Healthcare entities.

Responsibilities:
- Identifies, plans, facilitates and monitors continuous quality improvement initiatives in decentralized HMC entities and ensures alignment with HMC quality strategy
- Plans and oversees the education and quality methodology training to administrative leadership in each of the clinical and corporate departments in areas related to Quality improvement
- Identifies, plans, implements and monitors continuous quality improvement initiatives in all HMC Healthcare entities
- Facilitates Hospital QI Managers and supervises their work on a regular basis
- Manages the design, assessment, and measurement of important processes and outcomes that may affect the delivery of quality patient care, corporate and hospital operational processes and strategic initiatives.
- Evaluates corporate, hospital and departmental needs for quality training, data collection and analysis and allocate resources to hospital/departments.
- Oversight responsibility for all regulatory body surveys, such as JCI in coordination with the Regulatory and Accreditation unit
- Supports and participates in corporate and hospital quality and patient safety committees.
- Ensures the use of appropriate monitoring activities, data collection techniques, quality methodologies and statistical tools.
- Stays abreast of and applies knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and accreditation standards
- Performs other duties as required by the Executive Director of the department.

Requirements

- Masters Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration or related field, Preferred: Clinical Qualification is an advantage
- 7 years experience out of which 6 years in healthcare quality improvement.
- CPHQ certification preferred.
- English and Arabic laguage skills are preferred
- Proficient in computer applications (Windows, MS Office, databases etc), programs, statistical packages, process design.

Key Competencies:
- Integrated knowledge and understanding of Hospital Quality Management and improvement concepts, practices, systems, and procedures.
- Advanced statistical analysis, experimental design, system analysis and process management;
- Ability to supervise and train employees including organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
- Strategic program planning and leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, mediation and negotiation skills and he ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
- Ability to foster a cooperative work environment

Problem Solving / Decision Making:
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and implement creative solutions for complex problems and demanding tasks
- Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
- Ability to execute the job responsibilities independently
- Strategic decision making and development of strategic guidelines
- Leadership, negotiation and mediation skills with an ability to influence decision makers
- Hires, manages, and evaluates employees

You will be rewarded with a tax free salary and fantastic benefits including accommodation, transport allowance, medical cover, a generous annual leave allowance and more. If you are interested in being considered for this role please click the Apply button below.

About the Company

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is the principal public healthcare provider for the State of Qatar. HMC is committed to actively contributing to and enabling the sustainable development of Qatar and its people in alignment with the Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030.

HMC believes in excellence in healthcare, education and research with each supporting the other to provide the safest, most effective and compassionate care to each and every one of our patients.

To meet the healthcare challenges of Qatars growing population, Hamad has transformed into a thriving and integrated Academic Health System which will make significant, positive impacts upon patient care, medical education and medical research.

In addition to three general hospitals (Al Khor Hospital, Al Wakra Hospital and The Cuban Hospital) HMC also manages five specialist hospitals (Hamad General Hospital, Rumailah Hospital, Womens Hospital, the National Center for Cancer Care and Research and Heart Hospital) which look after patients with the most prevalent conditions, including cancer, heart conditions, rehabilitation, and providing specialist treatment for women and children.

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