Vice President, Clinical Quality – Safety

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Act as the physician executive for DaVita’s AHRQ-certified Patient Safety Organization.

• Provide physician leadership for dialysis quality enhancement and national patient safety efforts.

• Analyze adverse events and safety signals while directing clinical risk interventions.

• Educate senior executives, operations personnel, and quality leaders about patient safety insights.

• Oversee infection prevention initiatives, focusing on reducing bloodstream infections, tuberculosis, hepatitis B prevention and surveillance, as well as employee health concerns.

• Spearhead immunization initiatives and pinpoint emerging population health opportunities related to vaccines.

• Direct medication management and the development and revision of clinical protocols, particularly regarding anemia management and bone mineral disease.

• Co-chair the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Committee, managing formulary exception reviews and utilization interpretations.

• Analyze studies and provide clinical expertise on therapies for anemia, treatments for bone mineral disease, and other pharmacotherapy subjects.

• Assess novel therapeutics and collaborate with research and development colleagues on protocol design.

• Collaborate with laboratory leadership on test utilization, standards for result interpretation, reference ranges, and clinical workflow integration.

• Lead the evaluation and safe deployment of dialysis machines and devices in partnership with biomedical engineering colleagues.

• Guide organizational decisions regarding new equipment, assays, and therapies.

• Cultivate clinical relationships with academic medical centers and nephrology training programs.

• Represent DaVita at national forums and professional society gatherings.

• Contribute to enterprise priorities such as fluid management, dialysis adequacy, and physician communication regarding new modalities.

• Identify emerging clinical risks, quality improvement opportunities, and innovations that shape kidney care strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• M.D., D.O., or MBBS degree.

• Board certification in Nephrology.

• Active, unrestricted medical license.

• Qualification as a licensed or certified medical professional appropriately qualified in the relevant area of care, as necessary for patient safety organization physician designation.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience as a practicing nephrologist post-training.

• Experience in the role of a dialysis medical director.

• Proven leadership in patient safety, quality enhancement, event review, or clinical risk management.

• Proficient knowledge of anemia management, bone mineral disease, and dialysis pharmacotherapy.

• Experience in developing or governing clinical protocols.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with non-physician business and operational leaders.

• Capability to interpret complex clinical data, evaluate evidence strength, and translate findings into clinical recommendations.

• Credible and confident communicator across executive, clinical, regulatory, and external audiences.

• Willingness to travel approximately 25 to 30 percent.

• Preferred qualifications include a publication record in patient safety, anemia, bone mineral disease, or dialysis outcomes; experience in evaluating devices or diagnostics; and experience collaborating with academic medical centers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) matching contributions.

• Paid time off.

• PTO cash out options.

• Resources for families.

• EAP counseling sessions.

• Access to Headspace®.

• Backup child and elder care services.

• Maternity and paternity leave.

• Opportunities for professional development programs.

• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses available through StarLearning.

• Clinical practice of up to 8 hours per week may continue, carved out from DaVita employment.

• Travel-related facility visits, national clinical meetings, engagements with academic partners, and participation in professional society meetings.