Clinical Manager - Ortho​/Neuro MedSurg

Overview:

Clinical Manager - Ortho/Neuro (Med Surg)

* Acute Care Hospital/Leadership experience highly preferred

Piedmont Eastside
- Snellville, GA

Joint & Spine/ Neuroscience Unit Profile (Med Surg
3)

We are a 17-bed hybrid unit, specializing in acute CVAs and TIAs, along with post-operative care of knee, hip, and spinal surgery patients. In addition, we handle all types of medical/ surgical patients.

Standards of practice and advantages:

Bedside report handoff at change of shift

Purposeful Rounding for safety and service

Quality initiatives such as pain assessment and reassessment, pressure ulcer prevention, infection prevention strategies for central lines and indwelling urinary catheters, etc.

Unit educator to help address competency, onboarding, and learning needs

Charge nurse out of staffing or with limited patient load to facilitate daily operations

EPIC electronic health record

Virtual Nurses to help with admissions and discharges

Nurse Extern program

Residency program

CAP (Career Advancement Program)

Responsibilities:

Administrative and operational responsibility for assigned departments, including management of cost and finance, human resources, operations, quality of care and clinical outcomes, patient/physician and staff satisfaction, change management and any other relevant responsibilities related to this position. Serves as part of the entity management team and Shared Governance Model focused on promoting the mission, vision and values, of PHC and Nursing Professional Practice, embracing a person-centered philosophy while promoting patient- family centered services across the continuum and enhancing value-driven outcomes.

Responsible for succession planning, identifying talent, providing support, education, and resources to grow future nursing leaders. May be required to assists in staffing as necessary to provide clinical care for adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Coordinates the daily operations directly impacting patient care and the delivery of customer services.

2. Maintains safe work environment and culture, promotes excellence in customer care. Manages quality patient care and quality patient outcomes. Coordinate quality initiatives and process improvement strategies that improve unit based and hospital based score cards.

3. Oversees planning, growth and strategic initiatives for assigned departments.

4. Facilitates the process for the provision and documentation of personalized care based on the patients identified care needs. Utilize best practice standards to improve the Patient care experience

5. Manages cost and finances, together with the Director, responsible for creating and managing annual budget and specific targets. Maintains reconciliation process to ensure revenue is captured.

6. Manages and mentors Human Resources, keenly aware of efficiencies and maximizing productivity.

7. Manages Patient/Physician/Staff Satisfaction.

8. Collects and analyzes data to improve performances. Manages, implements and effects change.

9. Maintains readiness for regulatory inspections

10. Maintains clinical/technical proficiency and may provide direct patient care.

11. Provides direction to staff, collaborates in decision making and encourages staff participation at all levels to meet unit based objectives.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

Leadership Skills

Effective Communication Skills, both written and oral

Initiative/Self Starter

Independent Judgment

Ability to effectively prioritize and to handle stressful environments

Disclaimer

The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Disclaimer

The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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