Senior Director, Clinical Training & Quality

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Senior Director providing leadership for clinical quality oversight and training across a national Medicare Advantage health plan. Developing audit functions, training programs, and performance improvements.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide enterprise leadership for internal clinical quality oversight, performance monitoring, and workforce training across a national Medicare Advantage health plan
  • Build and lead an internal clinical quality audit function focused on evaluating employee performance, clinical decision-making, documentation, and adherence to policies and workflows
  • Establish audit methodologies, sampling approaches, scoring criteria, and reporting standards to assess quality and consistency of internal clinical work
  • Conduct routine and targeted audits across clinical and operational roles (e.g., care management, utilization management, clinical reviews)
  • Identify performance gaps, patterns of non-adherence, and operational risks; perform root cause analyses to distinguish training, process, and system issues
  • Develop, implement, and oversee corrective action plans (CAPs) tied to audit findings, including retraining, workflow changes, and performance monitoring
  • Track corrective action effectiveness and ensure sustained improvement through follow-up audits and trend analysis
  • Own the enterprise clinical quality training strategy aligned to audit findings, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities
  • Design and implement role-based, competency-driven training programs that translate clinical standards and policies into practical, repeatable execution
  • Lead development of standardized curricula, onboarding programs, refresher training, job aids, and performance support tools
  • Ensure training programs are embedded into day-to-day operations and reinforced through leadership coaching and performance management
  • Partner with Learning & Development to leverage adult learning principles, delivery modalities, and learning management systems
  • Integrate audit results and training outcomes into a continuous feedback loop to drive performance improvement
  • Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Compliance, Human Resources, and Analytics teams to align performance monitoring, training, and corrective action efforts
  • Present audit findings, performance trends, and improvement plans to senior leadership
  • Define success metrics for audit performance, training effectiveness, and corrective action outcomes
  • Develop dashboards and reporting to monitor trends, risks, and improvement over time
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of quality auditors, trainers, and clinical subject matter experts

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in clinical quality, healthcare operations, or performance management within Medicare Advantage or managed care
  • Demonstrated experience auditing internal clinical or operational performance and leading corrective action efforts
  • Proven success designing and implementing large-scale training programs tied to performance outcomes
  • Strong understanding of Medicare Advantage regulations and internal quality oversight expectations
  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred
  • Active clinical license (e.g., RN, NP, PA, MD/DO) preferred
  • Experience building internal quality monitoring or workforce performance programs
  • Background in care management, utilization management, or clinical operations
  • Familiarity with adult learning theory, coaching models, and performance remediation
  • Experience working in highly regulated healthcare environments

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plans