Job Description

Job Summary: Key Job Responsibilities 
The Associate Director, Clinical Operations is responsible for organizing, directing and oversight of daily operations. Responsible for management of operational programs and services, financial oversight and staff management. Assumes fiscal responsibility through preparation of operational, capital and academic budgets for respective departments. Serves as liaison with medical staff, ancillary departments and other personnel to ensure patient advocacy. Guides and precepts nursing staff in the provision of nursing care/practice consistent with nursing standards. Promotes the maximum growth and development of each employee, supports research and participates in strategic planning, both long and short-term departmental goals. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

•Promotes departmental focus by establishing goals consistent with organizational practice. Collaborates and coordinates interdepartmental problem solving which supports and enhances operational flow and department efficiency.

•Develops business and operation plans for the departments and for specific programs by preparing, monitoring and controlling budget and ensuring conformity with established budgetary goals. Manage monthly reports to explain variances and make recommendations for corrective action, as needed.

•Reviews and approve departmental expenditures for appropriateness and compliance within budget; reduces expenses and generates increased revenue.

•Creates policies and procedures and implement performance improvement initiatives and set up data collection processes and reporting systems as necessary.

•Develops staffing plan to ensure appropriate staff level based on patient volume and activity. Responsible for hiring, maintaining and improving competencies, and staff development to increase their skills, knowledge and experience. Conduct performance reviews, disciplinary actions and action plans.

•Responsible for assuring staff competency for implementation regarding the provision of age related patient care. Provides appropriate assessments, interventions and evaluations of patients with consideration of developmental milestones in the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient population.

•Drives and ensures positive and effective full service patient care to include patient advocacy. Assures that the unit maintains a patient focus by serving as a role model with consistent focus of customer relations, providing feedback regarding positive and negative patient comments and participating in customer satisfaction initiatives

•Ensures compliance with all federal, state and municipal laws, regulations and ordinances of respective clinical support programs. Maintain staff compliance with CSMC policies, procedures, standards of care, clinical guidelines and protocols.

•Maintains positive work climate, ensure appropriate staff education, promote environment that foster self-directed staff, assist employees to develop and contribute to the organization, and applies human resource policies fairly and consistently.

• Applies Improving Organizational Performance principles in daily oversight of the department/unit.

Qualifications

Education Qualifications

Minimum Requirement - High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Requirement - Bachelor's Degree - Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Science in Nursing, and/or related.

Preferred Requirement - Master's Degree - Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Business Administration, Science in Nursing, and/or related. For Clinical Support Programs, the MSN is required. 

Work Experience Qualifications 

Minimum Requirement - 5 years - Within healthcare setting such as medical, surgical, stroke, radiation and/or related department/unit

Minimum Requirement - 4 years - Managing academic clinical department(s), service line(s), and/or related. 

Minimum Requirement - 3 years - Supervisory/Management experience and overseeing department(s)/service line(s) in a healthcare setting. 

Department Specific Licenses and Certifications

Time Frame - Required upon hire:

Minimum Requirement -  Pediatric Life Supports (PALS)Minimum Requirement - Basic Life Support (BLS) Minimum Requirement - RN State License Minimum Requirement - ANCC Specialty Certification 

Time Frame - 120 Days 

Minimum Requirement - Stroke Certified RN  Preferred upon hire - ONPC- Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner Certification 
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Req ID : 4210
Working Title : Associate Director, Clinical Operations, GI Lab and Pancreatic Biliary
Department : GI Lab
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Clinical Operations
Job Specialty : Clinical Operations
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $70.79 - $127.42