Join an organization committed to healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, 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.

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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 coding in SQL, Python, R, and CCL is highly desirable.

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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:

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
• State of California pension (visit www.CalPERS.ca.gov for retirement formulas)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Robust 401(k) and 457(b) retirement plans (tax defer up to $47,000-$62,000 per year)
• And much more

Requirements:

• California Medical License, with board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Psychiatry
• Min. 5 yrs. clinical experience in a comprehensive medical setting
• Min. 2 yrs. experience supervising physicians with full authority to hire, evaluate, conduct quality reviews, and responsibility for practical practice development and discipline
• Experience coding in SQL, Python, R, and CCL is highly desirable

About California Correctional Health Services:

• State of California agency partnered with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
• Robust Correctional Health System providing medical, dental, and mental health care with headquarters in Elk Grove, multiple Regional Offices, and more than 30 CDCR facilities across California.

About California Correctional Health Care Services

Commitment to California Model: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) are proud to partner on the California Model which will transform the correctional landscape for our employees and the incarcerated. The California Model is a systemwide change that leverages national and international best practices to address longstanding challenges related to incarceration and institution working conditions, creating a safe, professional, and satisfying workplace for staff as well as rehabilitation for the incarcerated. Additionally, the California Model improves success of the decarcerated through robust re-entry efforts back into to the community.