Director Patient Experience

The Director of Patient Experience leads efforts at Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) transforming culture through development of programs, methods, and initiatives to drive quality and service excellence and continually enhance the patient and family experience. The Director serves as a leader who will implement and continue to evolve the patient experience . The Director will also drive performance improvement in the areas of Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS), Press Ganey, and other surveys that measure patient and family experience at the MMC, both inpatient and outpatient. Works directly with executive teams as well as departmental leaders to create and operationalize strategy and organizational goals. Provide leadership and accountability for the management of people, finances and business operations concerning the measuring of patient experience. Interacts with all levels of the organization: Physician groups, administrative and management teams, and all employees to create, implement, monitor and report outcomes of patient and family experience initiatives. In addition, this position will report to the Montefiore Quality Council in making continuous improvement in service initiatives. Provides support in all related quality and performance improvement processes including strategic planning, consultation, education and team facilitation.

Education/Skills:

Master's Degree required.

Extensive knowledge of Improvement Methodology 

Strategic planning, leading large scale change management initiatives

Demonstrated success with program management 

Excellent leadership, communication, presentation skills and the ability to influence required.  

Past work successfully managing patient experience initiatives

5 years of hospitality experience including previous leadership/management experience

Preference given to candidates with a quality background in healthcare.  

Experience with improvement methodology (PDSA/IHI Model for Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma)

Department: Network Performance Group Bargaining Unit: Non Union Campus: MOSES  Employment Status: Regular Full-Time Address: 6 Executive Plaza, Yonkers

Shift: Day Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM-5 PM Req ID: 220688 Salary Range/Pay Rate: $138,750.00 - $185,000.00    

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