Director, Clinical Nursing Operations - Nursing Administration
About The Position
Central to all that California has to offer, Adventist Health Bakersfield has been providing an extraordinary team of world-class physicians, top-notch medical technology, caring professionals and award-winning quality since 1910. We are comprised of a 254-bed acute care hospital and 20 primary and specialty care medical offices. As one of America's fastest growing cities, Bakersfield offers affordable housing on the West Coast, beautiful weather, high-quality education and it is just a few hours away from Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, the Central California Coast and Southern California's great sports, theaters, concerts and amusement parks. Job Summary: Directs operations of the facility to ensure provision of high quality, cost-effective medical services. Directs overall clinical, quality, administrative and fiscal aspects of the organization. Provides leadership and oversight of the performance of Clinical Service Managers and/or senior level clinical professional staff. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree: Preferred
- Seven years' technical experience: Preferred
- Five years' leadership experience: Preferred
Responsibilities
- Works with the site medical expense team to provide direction for actions to control targeted costs for inpatient and outpatient services.
- Conducts regular agenda driven meetings with staff to address issues, concerns, and to communicate mission of organization.
- Directs, organizes, and plans the operation of assigned clinics.
- Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems.
- Develops and manages budgets.
- Directs and develops the health services leadership team and maintains accountability for clinical team development and performance.
- Plans, monitors and maintains staffing, capital, and operational budgets.
- Reviews clinic systems, concerns, budgets and goals with physicians, including cost reduction and revenue enhancement.
- Strategizes with the senior staff regarding program expansion, business development and new care models.
- Focuses on quality improvement, utilization and reducing medical costs while incorporating the skills of provider partners whenever possible.
- Provides leadership to staff, giving direction and guidance to managers and staff as appropriate.
- Plans, budgets, organizes and manages the department to accomplish operational and strategic objectives.
- Analyzes and interprets complex data sets and reports, i.e., variance analysis, financial/quality, population specific reports.
- Develops and updates comprehensive medical management work plans/programs to ensure revenue accuracy.
- Coordinates quality program and contractual requirements while maintaining compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
