Clinical Director

20 hours ago

Bend, OR, United States Bend Surgery Center Full time
Job Summary:

This Registered Nurse works with the Administrator in establishing, developing, planning and organizing operational programs and functions. The Clinical Director will be responsible for Clinical Operations of the ASC. Responsible for coordinating and directing activities of the Center according to accepted standards. Responsible for the fiscal activities of the center. Works collaboratively with Nurse Managers to oversee the supervision and direction of nursing care and patient scheduling, according to the centers policies, procedures, and objectives. Responsible for management of all aspects of personnel, education of personnel, and administrative duties in the clinical space.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises, coordinates and directs Clinical Managers. Directly supervises clinical support positions such as Pharmacy, Radiology and Informatics. Indirectly responsible for clinical coordinators and all clinical staff.

Duties/Responsibilities:
  • Monitors FTE utilization and makes recommendations to promote cost-effective man-hour practices
  • Oversees the comprehensive and informative orientation programs for new employees in all clinical areas
  • Directs and participates in Center committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
  • Provides input regarding short- and long-term goals of the Center
  • Ensures center is clean and facility is maintained per policy, accreditation, and regulatory compliance
  • Ensures equipment is clean, disinfected, sterile (as required) and operational at all times
  • Ensures continuing education for clinical staff members as needed
  • Monitors operational activities for effective and efficient management of daily operation
  • Prepares or delegates staffing schedules in accordance with vacations, holidays, daily personnel assignments and duties according to experience and skill level to provide quality patient care
  • Ensures staff are cross trained, as appropriate, to provide a productive and efficient work environment for all areas
  • Reviews daily time and attendance sheets and maintains attendance logs
  • Counsels center personnel and make recommendations for salary adjustments, promotions, and/or terminations
  • Assists with physician credentialing and onboarding
  • Maintains student affiliate agreements and ensures all students in the facility meet policy and regulatory requirements
  • Assist with student onboarding and communicates with appropriate persons as needed
  • Evaluates suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
  • Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with center personnel
  • Regular and predictable attendance
  • Attends all required education
  • Maintains open line of communication with Medical Director, Anesthesia Director, and QAPI Chairman
  • Adheres to the Nursing Scope of Practice
  • Promotes patient and physician satisfaction
  • Reports incidents in a timely manner
  • Recognizes and defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, draws valid conclusions, and corrects errors
  • Adheres to safety policies and practices good body mechanics and ergonomics
  • Follows all rules and regulations for PHI and HIPAA protections of patient information
  • Follows all policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, attendance, timeliness, and safeguarding confidential information
  • Reports incidents in a timely manner
  • Promotes patient and employee safety and communicates concerns appropriately, following Chain of Command
  • Attends in-service programs as requested
  • Performs other related duties as directed
Regulatory:
  • Remains current on applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and professional and accrediting-body standards
  • Submits required reports on a timely basis
  • Develops, interprets, and implements policies, procedures, regulations, programs, and recommended practices to meet requirements of regulatory and accrediting organizations
  • Reviews policies/procedures to ensure continued compliance with state, federal, and accrediting-body rules, regulations, and standards
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI):
  • Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the center's adopted quality assessment, performance improvement program
  • Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the center's adopted compliance program
  • Actively contributes to the QAPI process and identifies his or her own role and contributions
  • Serves on the Quality Assessment, Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee
Safety:
  • Promotes patient safety and communicates concerns appropriately
  • Implements best practices and regulations adopted, to provide safety in the workplace
  • Monitors the Center's physical environment and initiates methods for maintaining safety, comfort, cleanliness, and efficiencies
  • Monitors the care, cleaning, and required maintenance of equipment to maintain proper working conditions. Identifies and evaluates need for items relative to trends, center personnel requests, and positive patient outcomes
  • Works with the Safety Officer to resolve observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to ensure policy/procedure compliance
  • Ensures OSHA regulations are met, clinical staff are educated, and supplies are readily available
Maintenance and Materials Management:
  • Identifies need for new/different items, in regard to trends and center needs, within budget allowances, to promote cost effectiveness, and minimize waste
  • Promotes cost containment and efficient use of Center resources, utilizing Materials Management principals
  • Analyzes and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements within the center
  • Ensures center is maintained to provide a comfortable and safe working environment
  • Manages or delegates new product/equipment implementation
Marketing:

Maintains awareness of medical community and assesses new provider's candidacy for medical staff membership.

Financial:

Conducts and analyzes cost benefit analysis to identify potential cost-effective improvements and make recommendations.

Required Skills/Abilities:
  • Evidence of leadership qualities
  • Computer literacy
  • Comprehensive knowledge of general nursing theory and practice, including basic disciplines, relating to nursing such as biological, physical, social and medical sciences and their application to patient care.
  • Knowledge of the underlying principles of treatment and nursing procedures
  • Demonstrated communication skills which indicate ability to be successful at counseling, teaching, marketing and public relations
  • Knowledge of the typical organization policies and procedures of ambulatory surgical facilities
  • Knowledge of organization functions and policies of other facility areas and how they relate to patient care areas
  • Thorough knowledge of Operating Room Nursing and Peri-operative Nursing
  • Knowledge of management practice and principles of personnel administration
  • Knowledge of equipment and supplies used in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
  • Knowledge of distinctions inherent to ambulatory surgery, as well as general health care practices and technology
  • Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions and professionally interact verbally and/or in writing with managers, co-workers, patients, and the general public
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in a variety of forms and deal with abstract and concrete variables
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages
  • Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
  • Ability to successfully write business correspondence
  • Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with managers, employees, clients, vendors, and the general public
Education and Experience:
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and currently licensed to practice in the State as a Registered Nurse.
  • Must maintain BLS/ACLS/PALS.
  • Maintain status in professional nursing organization
  • Minimum of five (5) years' experience as a Staff Nurse with generalized experience in all areas of different types of medical/surgical nursing.
  • At least five (5) years of healthcare-management experience
  • At least one (1) year experience in an ASC
Physical requirements:

Never

Seldom

1-5%

Occasional

6-33%

Frequent

34-66%

Continuous 67-100%

Sit

X

Stand

X

Walk

X

Kneel

X

Twist

X

Bend

X

Reach

X

Keyboarding

X

Fine Manipulation Manipulation

X

Lift/Carry

Never

Seldom

1-5%

Occasional

6-33%

Frequent

34-66%

Continuous 67-100%

1-10 lbs..

X

11-20 lbs.

X

21-50 lbs.

X

X

xX

Push/Pull

Never

Seldom

1-5%

Occasional

6-33%

Frequent

34-66%

Continuous 67-100%

1-10 lbs.

X

X

x

11-20 lbs.

X

21-50 lbs.

X

**Lifting more that 50lbs requires an assistive device and or additional physical assistance.

Determination of employee exposure risk

Category I (Ex: Environmental Service, Staff Nurses, Surgical/OR Support Techs, Endoscopy Techs)
  • Tasks that involve the exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissues:
  • All procedures or other job-related tasks that involve an inherent potential for mucous membrane or skin contact with blood, bodily fluids, or splashes on these surfaces are
  • Category I tasks.
  • Use of appropriate protective measures should be required for every employee engaged in Category I tasks.


Salary Range: $170,000.00-$190,000.00 / Bonus Eligible / Exempt position

Please include cover letter with application materials.

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