Department Manager; Clinic

POSITION SUMMARY
:
The Clinic Department Manager supports the primary functions within the clinic area of the practice. This position requires a strong leader with the ability to lead, develop, and motivate staff to ensure optimal efficiency and deliver the highest quality of patient care.

REPORTS TO
:
Practice Manager

LOCATION:
Lind Eyecare, Kearney, Nebraska

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate and uphold the mission statement, values, and core programs of the company
• Develop and guide staff to ensure consistency in performance and improve clinic efficiencies
• Develop and monitor the coordination of patient scheduling and patient flow throughout the office
• Maintain inventory of all medications and supplies
• Assist Practice Manager in evaluating staff performance and clinical assessments in order to provide additional training as necessary
• Develop staff in their essential responsibilities, as necessary
• Provide a safe, clean, organized and inviting environment for both patients and staff
• Perform other duties and assume various responsibilities as determined by the office manager and doctor(s)

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
:

• High school graduate, or equivalent
• Previous experience in fields of ophthalmology or optometry is preferred
• Previous experience in leadership/management is preferred

COMPETENCIES
:

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Decisive leadership with above average judgment
• Detail oriented, self-starter, with strong organizational skills
• Able to effectively sustain multiple, simultaneous tasks
• Ability to lead, motivate, and promote a team environment
• Ability to build and maintain good rapport with the doctors, staff and patients, and handle situations with confidence, tact, and resourcefulness
• Proactive, adaptable, with the ability to work under pressure to accomplish projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT (per ADA guidelines):

• Standing for sustained periods of time.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Physical requirements:
  
  Light work.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform each activity.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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• Staff members are required to meet training expectations within the initial 90-day probationary period.
• Obtaining certification in optometric field is encouraged. The company will aid all employees eligible for the Employee Career Development Program.

Inspires teammates to follow them

Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Optometry experience helpful

Leadership experience is preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer
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