Sr Nursing Clinical Operations Director Radiation Oncology Outpatient Job Listing at MedStar Health in Washington, DC (Job ID 154145)

Description

About the Job

General Summary of Position
Coordinates and manages clinical care operations business planning program development. Manages daily operations budgets and supervises staff. Develops implements and evaluates patient care practice professional practice strategies services and programs that will distinguish MedStar as a preferred provider of healthcare services. Functions as an interface across departments provider groups and system-wide.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies procedures quality and safety standards. Ensures compliance with hospital/facility policies and procedures and governmental/accreditation regulations.
• Assures adequate numbers of competent clinical staff to include ongoing projection and adjustment of staffing needs. Continually assesses the needs of the practice patient population applies knowledge of appropriate roles and scope of practice implements and adjusts staffing and recruits hires and develops clinical and administrative personnel. Advocates for the highest quality patient care and creates a practice environment that is rewarding to the clinical and administrative staff.
• Collaborates and coordinates staffing including staffing patterns and implementation of changes to reduce redundancy and maximize efficiency. Participates in the development and implementation of manpower plans and associated strategy including recruitment and retention. May interview hire develop performance evaluation standards and objectives and evaluate the performance of staff disciplines and terminates as required. Assigns duties and responsibilities in conjunction with physician leaders. Ensures training and development of staff approves personnel actions and resolves staff grievances to ensure compliance with Hospital and contractual stipulations. Directly responsible for creating work schedules for all on-site department Radiation Therapists
• Serves as lead project manager to drive key clinical and operational initiatives of strategic importance to the service line in such areas as tracking of quality and safety metrics for the hospital and health system maintaining relevant accreditations improving patient experience enhanced data reporting from the EMR etc. Manages priority projects.
• Supports Chief of Radiation Oncology Operations in financial planning.
• Works collaboratively with associated service lines outside of Radiation Oncology on strategic initiatives and campaigns for Radiation Oncology. As a member of the Radiation Oncology Service Line participates collaboratively with assigned cancer committees.
• Works collaboratively with others to organize initiate and coordinate continuous quality improvement activities within areas of responsibility. Collaborates with leaders to optimize standardization of Radiation Oncology practices across the health system where appropriate. Enhance consistency in the care model and patient experience and optimize the use of the Care Path to improve timeliness of care and patient experience. Ensure alignment between local and systemwide Radiation Oncology centers.
• Directly oversees all levels of on-site department Radiation Therapists;
• Utilizes and promotes performance improvement principles methodologies and tools to effectively lead improvement initiatives and solve operational problems. Partners with external performance improvement resources as appropriate. Responsible for annual Radiation Therapist competency reviews
• Evaluates and supports clinical documentation initiatives and billing compliance standards. Ensures technical staff are properly trained on billing procedures and performs audits on a consistent basis. Works with practice leadership to identify opportunities to improve clinical documentation that affects coding and/or revenue cycle performance.
• Ensures charges are entered correctly in a timely manner by technical staff (physics dosimetry and radiation therapists) and ensures daily reconciliation of missing charges. Ensures audits of charges entered are done periodically.
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and business unit in community outreach efforts. Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams and maintains effective working relationships with other departments.

Minimal Qualifications
Education

• Master's degree in Health or Business Administration preferred or
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Radiation Therapy required

Experience

• 5-7 years Experience in clinical operations management. required

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Licensed as a registered nurse required or AART Licensed Therapist required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Leadership and human resource management skills.
• Financial and revenue cycle management and fiscal accountability skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective planning analysis synthesis and data interpretation skills. Problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Proficiency in principles/application of process improvement.
• Ability to develop and foster positive relations with physicians/hospital and community.
• Basic computer skills.