SUMMARY:
The Vice President of Clinical Operations (VPCO) has overall authority for providing
leadership, direction, and administration of direct patient care activities,
nursing practice, and nursing education and development across the
organization. The VPCO is responsible for driving, supporting and modeling a
culture focused on employee engagement, quality, patient safety, fiscal
responsibility, and the overall patient experience.
The VPCO
also has overall authority for management, development and guidance for
regulatory, legal and compliance across the organization.
ESSENTIAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Strategizes and drives process improvements focused on
innovative care delivery and/or operational models designed to improve
clinical services, outcomes, patient throughput, and patient safety.
- Promotes the use and implementation of technology in
the workplace in order to streamline operations, facilitate
communications, and optimize work processes.
- Collaborates with other disciplines for the
implementation of programs, policies, and procedures that address how
patient care needs of the patient population served are assessed, met, and
evaluated.
- Ensures patient and family centered care is
comprehensive and coordinated and monitored for effectiveness through the
quality improvement model that leads to systematic improvements over time
resulting in outcomes measures that outperform benchmark statistic of
national database used in patient and nursing sensitive indicators.
- Promotes interdisciplinary collaboration with clear
expectations and direction to all practicing nurses about the importance
of partnerships with patient and families, and with all disciplines to
ensure a comprehensive care plan.
- Enhances quality outcomes by partnering with leadership
for shared clinical decision making, but has overall responsibility for
all of patient care.
- Serves as a member of the executive leadership team,
building and supporting effective collegial relationships with applicable
internal and external constituents and stakeholders and ensuring optimal
operating effectiveness and strategic positioning.
- Approves nursing policies, nursing standards of patient
care, treatment and services.
- Directs employees in regulatory compliance and
maintains the effectiveness of the Corporate Compliance Program.
- Develops risk management controls and systems.
- Designs processes to eliminate or mitigate potential
risks.
- Creates contingency plans to manage crises.
- Identifies potential threats and creates plans to
prevent and mitigate problems.
- Practicing and adhering to the “Code of Conduct”
philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”
- Performing other duties as assigned.
COMPETENCIES:
- Strategic Thinking.
- Business Acumen.
- Leadership.
- Results Driven.
- Financial Management.
- Problem Solving/Analysis.
- Collaboration Skills.
WORK
ENVIRONMENT:
This job operates in a professional office
environment. This role routinely uses
standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing
cabinets.
PHYSICAL
DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee
is regularly required to talk and hear.
This is largely a sedentary role.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree nursing plus a minimum 5
years of experience in clinical nurse management in the long term care
business.
- Currently licensed as a registered professional
nurse in the state in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and
regulation.
- Working knowledge and proven experience in
managerial and administrative techniques.
- Minimum of seven years’ experience in health care facility administration.
- Possession of an advanced degree in a related
field desirable.
