The Regional Clinical Director is responsible for directing, coordinating and controlling all aspects of the daily operations and staff for the assigned region of ASC’s while demonstrating the primary goal of efficiently providing surgical services that exceed customer expectations and improve clinical operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensures continual delivery of high-quality ASC care.
- Supervises activities to ensure appropriate patient care and monitors efficiency of services.
- Ensures appropriate staffing levels.
- Fills in for nursing vacancies, as needed.
- Maintains a healthy, collaborative team environment.
- Implements a program of job-based orientation, training, and ongoing evaluation for all employees.
- Identifies areas that require additional reinforcement through education, consultation, or practicum.
- Adopts and implements innovative nursing practices to improve facilities.
- Ensures that surgical staff remains in compliance with professional development, Company, and regulatory standards.
- Ensures appropriate personnel are fulfilling duties as safety officer and infection control officer.
- Fills in as Infection Control and Safety Officer, as needed.
- Implements safe practices and provides knowledgeable guidance and evaluation of the environment of care management, including life safety (fire prevention), security, hazardous materials and waste management, emergency preparedness, infection control, the safe use of medical equipment, and utilities.
- Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
- Coordinates with physicians, medical staff, and senior ASC leadership to ensure that effective communication is maintained.
- Deals compassionately, professionally, and courteously with patients, their families, physicians, and fellow employees.
- Follows safety and infection control procedures.
- Identifies emergent situations and appropriately intervenes.
- Ensures that the surgical programs and clinical services are in compliance with the respective components of regulatory body and accrediting body standards (i.e.: Joint Commission, AAAHC, Medicare, CDC, and State), and assists in the preparation for appropriate audits.
- Participates in review and revision of the policies and procedures at the Surgery Center.
- Promotes the implementation of positive customer relations by the employees and physicians.
- Maintains patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA, Company and other regulatory standards.
- Maintains working knowledge of all equipment and procedures.
- Actively participates in safety, infection control, and quality control committees/meetings.
- Monitors and enforces staff compliance to established safety policies.
- Undergoes annual competencies specific to safety surveillance and monitoring.
- Monitors and enforces staff compliance to established Infection Control policies.
- Checks work e-mail on a regular basis throughout the workday.
- Participates in and completes all required training and in-services.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study WITH a minimum of five (5) years’ experience as a Registered Nurse AND at least one (1) year in a leadership nursing role; OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Three (3) years of prior experience working in an Operating Room or Ambulatory Surgical Center.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet and Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook).
- Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state in which the work is performed.
- Must possess a current ACLS and BLS certification.
- Must possess and maintain Infection Control Training as an Infection Preventionist.
- Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, including exceptional customer service.
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with doctors, clinical staff, other co-workers and the public.
- Must be able to work individually as well as within a team.
- Must be able to follow both verbal and written instructions.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule.
- Must be able to respond with patience and understanding during stressful conditions related to patient health and emergent situations.
- Must be able to multi-task and prioritize.
- Must demonstrate extreme attention to detail.
- Must possess strong organization skills.
- Must be able to problem solve and use reasoning.
- Must be able to meet predefined quality standards.
- Must maintain and project a professional attitude and appearance at all times.
- Must have a working knowledge of the healthcare field and medical specialty, as well as medical terminology.
- Must provide proof of influenza vaccination annually.
- Must complete all regulatory competencies prior to beginning work in the ASC.
- Must be able to effectively oversee, manage and direct a team of nursing professionals.
- All staff are expected to have a strong desire to provide excellent customer service; to comply with the rules and regulations of those organizations to which we are accountable; to have high ethical and professional standards of conduct; and to have an attitude of wanting to continuously improve their own professional performance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- One (1) year of prior experience working in a Pain Management practice.
- Five (5) years of prior experience working in an Operating Room or Ambulatory Surgical Center.
- One (1) year of prior experience working with an Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Driving/Travel:
The employee must have reliable transportation. Travel for this position will be required up to 100%. While the primary workplace may be closest to the employee’s home, work assignments could be in any of the Company’s locations.
Compensation and Benefits:
Pay Range: $110,000/year - $130,000/year
PTO: Up to 120 hours in first year (pro-rated based on start date)
Holidays: 7 (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day)
Retirement: 401(k) with employer match
Health Benefits: Medical (single and family), Dental (single and family), Vision (single and family)
Other Company-Paid Benefits: Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Basic Life/AD&D, Employee Assistance Program
Other Voluntary Benefits: Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
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