Director, NCDR Science And Implementation

Director Of Clinical Observational Patient Data Registries

This position is a unique opportunity to work with national experts in cardiovascular care while directing the S&I Team in the development and implementation of clinical observational patient data registries and quality metrics across ACC's full National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) platform. In this supervisory position, the Director will engage substantively and provide support on the day-to-day operations of staff during the development and implementation of clinical quality measures and patient data registries. S/he will also support strategies to utilize healthcare informatics standards to better capture registry data within patient care workflows, facilitate integration with electronic medical/health records, and assist with implementing digital solutions/programs to leverage NCDR data in addressing patient, member, and/or ACC business needs. Collaborating with volunteer leadership and cross-functional internal teams such as Data Analytics and IT, s/he will participate in the development of standards and processes to promote standardization across NCDR registry products.

This position is based in Washington, DC where we have a hybrid work environment (two days per week in the office).

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• With the Senior Director, establish and monitor S&I Team goals
• Provide technical/substantive guidance to S&I Team members and ensure smooth, consistent, and predictable workflow in day-to-day operations, with an emphasis on accountability and results to meeting business driver timelines for market adoption
• Plan, organize, execute, analyze, and perform technical work related to quality measurement and clinical informatics; organize project resources; project deliverables; and other related project management activities for multiple projects
• Provide direction to teams in the creation of: Quality metrics for reporting to NCDR participants, including risk-standardized outcome measures, process measures, Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) metrics, and other quality metrics Measurement instruments for data collection and analysis
• Provide technical and operational team guidance in preparation for and during volunteer leadership engagements (e.g., committee and workgroup meetings)
• Working in collaboration with other internal teams, oversee and execute the standardization, updating and monitoring of ACC's Clinical Data Dictionary to ensure consistent, accurate terminology, definitions, and coding across all NCDR registries
• Liaise with internal Data Analytics, Research, IT, Clinical Support, and Business Line teams, as needed, to address questions and develop and implement solutions
• Work closely with project coordinator/manager to supervise completion of assigned S&I tasks, ensuring on-time, high quality products
• Monitor key progress indicators to demonstrate improvement in the registry and quality metric development and implementation process through ACC's Unified Modeling Transmission Specifications (UMTS)
• Develop and operationalize standardization processes and templates for recurring tasks
• With the Senior Director, identify and prioritize cross team sharing/learning/training topics
• Coach/mentor team in development of mission critical skills (meeting facilitation, consensus building, managing conflict, etc.)
• Lead and/or delegate cross-registry tasks and special projects, as needed
• Monitor literature and informatics resources for new developments in evidence-based medicine, data standard methodologies, clinical and health services research, and electronic health data trends
• Manage a group of 2-4 S&I staff, including developing and monitoring performance goals, providing mid-year feedback, facilitating formal annual performance reviews, and ensuring access to development opportunities

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree. Prefer undergraduate/graduate education in one of the following fields: public health, life science, computer science, engineering, informatics or related field
• At least 10 years progressive work experience related to performance measurement, quality improvement, clinical decision support, health services research, health information management and/or medical informatics including at least 3 years direct supervision of staff
• Understanding of the utility of data standards across the entire healthcare enterprise, including clinical trials, health service research, regulatory submissions, and clinical registries in provider performance measurement and clinical care
• Strong understanding of standard health-related terminologies, informatics, evidence-based medicine, performance measurement, FHIR standards, electronic clinical quality measures or digital quality measures
• Proficient with Windows-based office software products, especially MS Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with the ability to organize multiple tasks set priorities under strict deadlines, and course correct projects as needed
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills including proven ability to communicate with health and IT professionals and clinicians
• Ability to travel to support College and committee meetings, as needed

Desired Qualifications:

• Current knowledge of major health IT initiatives at the Federal level, including mandates and standards associated with the meaningful use of electronic health records and the exchange of electronic health information
• Experience with industry informatics groups and organizations involved in healthcare standards (AMIA, HL7, ONC, HIMSS)
• Experience with developing electronic clinical quality measures or digital quality measures