Quality Officer, Neurological Institute

The Neurological Institute (NI) at Cleveland Clinic is seeking an accomplished physician leader to serve as Quality Officer. This is an exciting and rewarding leadership opportunity for a physician with a passion for advancing high-quality, safe, and reliable care for patients with neurological disease.

The NI Quality Officer will partner closely with physician leaders, nursing, operations, and enterprise stakeholders to drive optimal quality and patient outcomes across all centers and sites of the Neurological Institute. This is a critical leadership function that aligns clinical excellence with enterprise quality priorities while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high reliability.

Role Overview
The Quality Officer is responsible for the strategic oversight, measurement, and improvement of quality performance across the Neurological Institute. There will be a significant focus on advancing outcomes related to:

• Reducing preventable readmissions
• Optimizing discharge to home and care transitions
• Improving inpatient and outpatient neurological outcomes

Key Responsibilities
Provide physician leadership for all Neurological Institute quality initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise quality, safety, and regulatory goals

• Lead performance improvement efforts across key quality metrics
• Establish and sustain high-reliability, multidisciplinary teams across all Neurological Institute centers and locations
• Partner with Infection Prevention, Regulatory Affairs, Nursing, Operations, and Continuous Improvement teams to ensure coordinated goal setting, measurement, and execution
• Promote the use of data, dashboards, and evidence-based practices to drive measurable and sustainable improvement
• Support accreditation, regulatory surveys, and ongoing readiness activities
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous learning
• Report directly to the Vice Chair Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience on quality strategy, performance, and outcomes

Qualifications
MD or DO, board certified, with a strong clinical background in neurological, psychiatric, or physiatric care

• Minimum of 5 years of patient care experience
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary, cross-departmental teams
• Proven ability to design, implement, and sustain quality improvement programs
• Working knowledge of high reliability principles, patient safety science, and performance improvement methodologies
• Strong leadership, communication, and change-management skills

Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will be a respected physician leader with a track record of achieving results through collaboration, data-driven improvement, and clinical engagement. This individual will be passionate about advancing quality, safety, and outcomes for patients while supporting clinicians and teams in delivering the highest standard of neurological care.

This dynamic position commands an attractive start-up package, salary, and benefits package including but not limited to:

• Excellent medical, dental, vision coverage
• Comprehensive disability and life insurance benefits
• Medical malpractice & tail coverage provided
• Generous time away coverage for vacation, sick time, holidays and CME meeting time
• Highly competitive retirement plans with employer contribution
• Faculty appointment as an Associate or Full Professor available through the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine

Interested parties, please include a current CV and letter of interest with your application.

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Cleveland Clinic’s vision is to become the best place for care and the best place to work in healthcare. We are committed to providing a safe, stable, and financially fulfilling work environment. Cleveland Clinic is ambitiously investing in growth. Being a physician-led organization means doing what is best for the patients, every day. 

Cleveland Clinic is one of the world’s largest and busiest health centers. Patients come to Cleveland Clinic from all over the world. We offer advanced treatment for all illnesses and disorders of the body.

Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit, multispecialty academic medical center that’s recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care. Cleveland Clinic integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. Cleveland Clinic has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals in its annual America’s Best Hospitals survey. Among Cleveland Clinic’s 80,642 employees worldwide are more than 5,743 salaried physicians and researchers, and 20,166 registered nurses and advanced practice providers, representing 140 medical specialties and subspecialties. Cleveland Clinic is a 6,690-bed health system that includes a 173-acre main campus near downtown Cleveland, 23 hospitals, more than 270 outpatient facilities, including locations in northeast Ohio; southeast Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Toronto, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. In 2024, there were 14.1 million total outpatient visits, 333,000 hospital admissions and observations, and 320,000 surgical cases throughout Cleveland Clinic’s health system. Patients came for treatment from every state and 185 countries. 

 

 

 

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