Job Summary
This position oversees and leads patient throughput and flow, overall staffing for the nursing workforce, and data management and informatics for the patient care division at Frederick Health Hospital. This Director provides strategy, development, and implementation of technology and data analysis to support nursing, nursing practice, and clinical outcomes. In conjunction with the manager, this position also has direct oversight of several departments including the transport team, centralized staffing and scheduling, nursing resources, and nursing informatics. In collaboration with other clinical leaders, provides clinical direction and management of activities related to the care management of assigned patient populations, including clinical policy development and implementation, clinical data management and reporting, achieving clinical outcomes, improving cost-effectiveness, and interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination in the management of patient care.
Supports, and is responsible for incorporating into job performance, the Frederick Health (FH) mission, vision, core values and customer service philosophy and adheres to the FH Compliance Program, including following all regulatory requirements and the FH Standards of Behavior.
Essential Functions:
Patient Throughput and Flow
o A key focus will be to provide oversight for safely managing flow and capacity through hospital stay as well as manage key leading metrics with the ability to share learning to improve the throughput process.
o Ensure optimal patient throughput strategies are developed, integrated, and standardized across the continuum of care.
o Interprets organizational throughput goals and objectives to staff. Facilitates staff discussion and response to issues that affect nursing practice and efficient care delivery.
Establishes standard operating procedures for staff in bed board and administrative coordinators; ensures the establishment of clear and concise work procedures and expectations, as well as assessment of performance.
Patient Transport
o Produces statistical data through various methodologies and provides bi-weekly reports to record the productivity of the department and accuracy of patient placement.
Centralized Staffing and Scheduling
o Oversight of staffing coverage for specified units 24 hours a day and scheduling of Float Pool staff as needed.
o Collects statistical data and prepares reports reflecting staffing levels and scheduling patterns.
o Optimize centralized scheduling and staffing systems that ensures a balanced allocation and deployment of resources across the organization.
Vacancy and Turnover Oversight
Finance & Data
Nursing Informatics
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Minimum Education, Training, and Experience Required:
Patient Contact
Performance of job does not require patient contact
Physical Demands:
Light Work - Lifting up to 20 pounds on an infrequent basis (less than one lift every three minutes and/or carrying up to 10 pounds, or requiring walking or standing to a significant degree (about six [6] hours a day).
Ergonomic Risk Factors:
Repetition: Repeating the same motion over and over again places stress on the muscles and tendons. The severity of risk depends on how often the action is repeated, the speed of the movement, the required force and muscles involved.
Forceful Exertion: The amount of physical effort required to perform a task (such as moving patients) or to maintain control of equipment or tools. The amount of force depends on the type of grip, the weight of an object or person, body posture, the type of activity and the duration of the task.
Awkward Posture: Posture is the position your body is in and its effect on the muscle groups that are involved in the physical activity. Awkward postures include repeated or prolonged reaching, twisting, bending, kneeling, squatting, working overhead with your hands or arms, or holding fixed positions.
Contact Stress: Pressing the body hard on sharp edges can result in placing too much pressure on nerves, tendons, and blood vessels. For example, using the palm of your hand to hit or stick objects can increase risk of musculoskeletal disorders.
Working Conditions:
Reporting Relationship:
Reports to VP Patient Care Services/CNO
Disclaimer:
The content of this document reflects the general duties, responsibilities, minimum skill, abilities, and competencies necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an exhaustive detailed description of all work requirements of the position.
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