Physician Practice Coordinator - FT Days - Radiology Adm

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Physician Practice Coordinator is responsible for the daily operations of the RMF radiologists and advanced practice providers. The Physician Practice Coordinator assists the Radiology Leadership with maintaining RMF staffing schedules, compliance requirements and performance improvement reporting and serves as a liaison between the radiologists and physicians, residents, and other healthcare personnel.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent Data analysis skills and extended exposure to medical terminology

• High level proficiency in Excel, background in Cerner preferred

• Background in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement preferred

• Ability to read, write and speak English

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• Clinical proficiency level typically attained with at least 2 years’ experience

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians

• Demonstrated leadership experience

• Demonstrated high analytical skills
  

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others.
• Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices.
• Responsible for assisting the Radiology leadership in the data entry, data collection and analysis for the RMF Radiology staff.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, developing, managing, and evaluation clinical data and workflow.
• Develops and updates policies required for quality measures compliance.
• Compiles evidence and reports of compliance with established standards of quality patient care.
• Keeps informed of statutory and voluntary standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Promotes collaborative working relationships, creative problem solving, and flexibility.
• Reviews quality and performance measures for process improvement. Implements, evaluates, and monitors these activities.
• Responsible for translating the policies and strategies into action plans.
• Prepares and analyzes data and makes recommendations for improvement. Immediately addresses any discrepancies.
• Monitors and updates required licenses and certifications for radiologists and advanced practice providers.
• Monitors and analyzes changes in current accreditations and certification programs to assess the impact of these changes.
• Ensures staffing is in place to meet the demands of the provider's work schedules.
• Assists with scheduling of trainings, meetings, and other required special events to maintain flow in the department.
• Receives and reviews time off requests with Radiology Administration for appropriate staffing.
• Complete and review office correspondence including invoices, statements, and reports.
• Performs other similar or related duties as assigned.

Other information:

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES:

(Chain-of-command)

1. Assistant Director of Radiology 2. Director of Radiology 3. VP of Imaging Services 4. Radiology Medical Director

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3

I have read and reviewed my job description with my supervisor or designee and I understand the job I am expected to perform.

If applicable ____________ certification will be completed within _________ time frame of hire/transfer date.

Employee Signature: ________________________________ Date: ____________________

Transfer/Hire Date Effective: ________________________.