Job #JPF10579
Position title: Chief Quality Officer
Salary range: The posted UC salary scales [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html] set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $208,000-$700,000. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf], which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.
Open date: October 16, 2025
Next review date: Monday, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The Department of Medicine (DoM) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA invites applications and nominations for a nationally recognized academic leader to serve as the Chief Quality Officer (CQO). As a member of the DoM leadership team, the CQO will lead the department’s quality team and oversee its quality improvement program.
This is a particularly dynamic time for the department, as we execute our strategic plan to lead in innovation, transform care, and advance health for all. Reporting to the Senior Executive Clinical Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Tisha S. Wang, M.D., the DoM CQO is responsible for understanding, measuring, and improving the performance of clinical care delivery across the eighteen clinical divisions in the DoM, including improving quality in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.
In partnership with the administrative director of the quality program, the CQO will define strategic priorities and lead a team of medical directors and project managers focused on quality initiatives in primary care, specialty care, inpatient care, peer review, and quality improvement education. The CQO will collaborate with interdisciplinary stakeholders across operations, IT, population health, data analytics, nursing, pharmacy, implementation science, and health services research. The CQO will also guide efforts to publish and share quality improvement insights locally and nationally, positioning the department as a leader in quality and learning health systems.
The ideal candidate is a distinguished academic clinician or researcher with leadership experience in quality improvement within a large academic medical center or integrated health system. Candidates must hold an M.D. (or equivalent), or Ph.D. The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment commensurate with their qualifications.
Key qualifications include:
Confidential inquiries, nominations, or submissions of interest (curriculum vitae, informative personal statement, and response to UCLA’s mission statement) are invited and will be considered until an appointment is made:
Maria Han, M.D., M.S.; Search Committee Chair
c/o Libby Shin, Executive Director, Office of the Chair of Medicine
Email: DOMCQOSearch@mednet.ucla.edu
The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.
All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct
[https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html]
Basic qualifications M.D. (or equivalent) or Ph.D.
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Referencing will be done with candidate permissions at the appropriate time in the search process
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10579
Help contact: DOMCQOSearch@mednet.ucla.edu
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
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