Clinical Program Manager (Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Required) - Critical Care Institute

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Patients with life-threatening conditions come to the Institute for Critical Care Medicine (ICCM) at Mount Sinai in their greatest hour of need. Our team of intensive care doctors, nurses, and support staff is always available to perform life-saving measures for patients who require the most critical care possible. The Clinical Program Manager is responsible for assuring compliance with mandated clinical orientation, competency assessment and interventions in the assigned clinical program of designated nursing staff within the Medical Center. This individual interfaces directly with MSMC Departments, Administrators, Nursing, Medical and Quality Leadership, and Clinical Staff, managing the educational and operational impact of all clinical care delivery, staff performance, and outcome measures to support clinical practice.

Requirements

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing is required.
5 years directly related experience (some supervisory preferred)
New York State License with current registration as a registered professional nurse.

Nice To Haves

Masters in Nursing or health related field is preferred.
Certification in specialty area preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversees clinical operations within the program, using data and fact-based problem solving techniques to improve processes and outcomes.
Ensures that all clinical initiatives run according to institutional and departmental policies and in accordance with any government or regulatory requirements as applicable.
Recruits, orients, trains, coaches, counsels, mentors, disciplines, and evaluates staff in accordance with all internal policies and procedures.
Communicates values, strategies, and objectives of department or division on a regular basis.
Assigns accountabilities, delegates tasks and responsibilities, and plans, monitors and appraises job performance.
Develops, maintains and reconciles departmental budget with financial responsibility and oversight for department or division.
Plans, develops, and/or maintains departmental standard operating procedures.
Regularly reviews policies and procedures and makes changes, or recommends changes to superiors as necessary.
In conjunction with Nursing, Medical and Quality Leadership, coordinates educational and performance improvement activities within a designated clinical specialty.
Develops and designs of action plans to support clinical performance and competency and provides support and educational resources to departments and services relative to nursing care delivery within the context quality assessment and improvement processes.
Establishes and implements short and long term goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures for high level of performance in nursing care delivery.
Coordinates and leads in the execution of day to day educational program activities, as appropriate to program objectives and areas of clinical expertise.
Oversees the collection, compilation, and analysis of clinical program activity data to evaluate clinical performance and competence.
Provides technical assistance, resource services, consultation and education to clinical specialty service relative to orientation, ongoing assessment of competency and performance improvement activities.
Serves as a clinical role model and resource to the nursing staff.
Prepares reports and analysis associated with orientation of new hires, ongoing competency and evaluation of staff performance and identification of related outcome measures.
Provides timely status reports of results of assignments including identification of patterns and trends that require actions.
Collaborates with other members of the health care team in the development, implementation, and ongoing review of policies, procedures, and standards of care for designated patient populations.
Demonstrates knowledge of hospital, departmental and care center standards, policies, procedures and guidelines as well as regulatory agency standards.
Assures readiness for Joint Commission and other agency surveys and presents related programs during Joint Commission and other agency visits.
Participates in daily activities that reflect budgetary constraints and incorporates financial principles into program development and allocation of resources.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
Participates in the performance appraisal process of designated Nursing staff.