What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Care Transitions (Full Time) position at Mount Auburn Hospital?
Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Responsible for the overall operation of care transitions discharge planning and/or utilization management departments through oversight of daily and long-term activities at BILH. Accountable for achieving established performance targets through actively engaging multiple disciplines and professional staff. Must appropriately manage people, relationships, and processes to achieve maximized results. Establish working relationship with medical staff and utilize the physician advisors when necessary. Ensures that the department achieves goals and objectives by engaging internal and external stakeholders in clinical care coordination and outcomes management processes. Participates, leads and coordinates multidisciplinary teams/committees supporting clinical process improvement and delivery of quality services, while utilizing the most cost-effective measures. Responsible for ensuring system-wide regulatory compliance for continuum of care. Supports Magnet Model to engage staff if applicable.Job Description:
PLANNING: Plans department's clinical services and operations including review of tracking and trending data to assess need for performance improvement targeting the requirements of all stakeholders.
1. Develops distinctive strategies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage for top performers.
2. Aligns the organization and allocates resources according to strategic priorities.
3. Translates broad strategies into clear objectives and practical action plans to provide guidelines to meet goals.
4. Promotes collaboration and removes obstacles to teamwork across the organization.
QUALITY: Utilizes patient focused, continuous improvement techniques to reach key performance targets.
1. Provides report card of key metrics to administration.
2. Seizes opportunities to resolve/improve processes.
3. Ensures interdepartmental collaboration, customer services, and positive working environment with physician advisors.
4. Ensures regulatory compliance and monitoring of key systems, including review and actions towards key performance management indicators related to strategic imperatives of entire system.
FINANCIAL: Develops and meets department budgets.
1. Oversees expense and revenue management including resource utilization for supplies and staff.
2. Oversees relationship management with payers and network providers.
3. Establishes and maintains communication with financial services.
4. Provides oversight to reduce denials through proactive utilization and case management.
OPERATIONS: Directs the development of policies, procedures, and staffing patterns essential to the day-to-day operation of multiple departments.
1. Conducts annual reviews, revisions to meet current trends and organizational needs.
2. Oversees and supports managers in hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, terminating, assigning and rewarding employees.
3. Participates as needed in discipline and grievances.
COMMUNICATION: Maintains multi-directional communication network across the system with administration, faculty, house staff, clinical chairs, managers and employees.
1. Support the needs of the physicians to provide care for his/her patients in the most clinically appropriate setting by developing and implementing clinical care coordination and outcomes management practices.
2. Builds, establishes, fosters, develops, and nurtures relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders to garner satisfactory customer results.
3. Establishes systems, processes, people, and education that will improve customer satisfaction and BILH results.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE: Oversees and maintains accountability for compliance with all regulatory standards including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), The Joint Commission, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts licensing requirements as well as organizational quality improvement programs.
PROFESSSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Maintains continuing education to remain current in trends and major advances.
1. Participates in local, regional, and national programs to stay current in trends, major advances, and business strategies related to healthcare.
2. Mentors and encourages membership in local, regional, and national associations
3. Encourage submission and participation in professional journal articles.
4. Encourage participation in presenting at professional organizations
Supervisory Responsibility:
Functional:
Budget Development
Budget Management
Corrective Action, Counseling
Performance Reviews
Purchasing
Salary Administration
Staffing, Hiring, Terminating
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Required: Bachelor’s degree, RN licensure in the state of Massachusetts
Preferred: Master’s degree, certification in InterQual®, ACM, CCM or CMAC
Specify Degree(s): Master’s in nursing or comparable clinical degree, Business, or Health Care Administration
Experience:
Required: 6-10 years of previous job-related experience
Preferred: Previous experience in leadership
Managerial Experience: 3 years
Required Skills:
Ability to analyze and interpret data
Ability to communicate verbally
Ability to compile complex reports and develop presentations
Ability to compose letters and memorandums
Ability to deal calmly and courteously with people
Ability to deal with stressful situations
Ability to function independently and manage own time and work tasks
Ability to lead work teams
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to negotiate, persuade and establish direction
Ability to organize workflow
Ability to plan, coordinate and develop multiple projects
Ability to work as an effective team member
Other: Ability to function effectively in a matrix environment.
Physical Requirements & Environment:
Working Conditions:
Normal light, heat, air and space in work environment
Work takes place on hospital unit or clinical setting
Occasional exposure to unpleasant physical conditions and/or health & safety hazards
Occasional travel between sites is required
Physical Demands:
Occasionally:
Climb-Stairs
Reaching with Arms
Finger/Hand Dexterity
Pushing/Pulling
Lifting/Carrying (Up to 25 lbs)
Frequently:
Standing
Walking
Sitting
Talking
Hearing
Seeing
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