About This Role
This role involves organizing, planning, and directing department operations to ensure compliance with hospital policies and objectives. The Clinical Manager establishes and implements departmental philosophy, goals, objectives, standards, policies, and procedures to achieve quality patient care and customer service, while maintaining accountability for clinical and operational functions. The position suits a leader who models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision, and Values, carrying forward the mission of caring for the community and impacting patient lives with compassion and excellence.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility for departmental budgets
- Plan, organize, implement, and monitor departmental activities and operations in collaboration with Directors and Medical Director
- Plan and schedule work, ensuring distribution of assignments and adequate staffing based on workload and productivity standards
- Direct a unit-based Performance Improvement Program in which individuals are an integral part of the Performance Improvement process
- Hire, develop, and maintain a competent, productive, and quality-conscious workforce while maintaining own management competencies
- Promote awareness and ensure Associates' compliance with safety standards
- Assure compliance with hospital policy and regulatory agency requirements
- Integrate organizational/administrative/corporate goals and objectives into unit/department operations and communicate these goals and objectives to Associates
- Ensure good working relationships between departments; serve as a resource and liaison with physicians for advanced problem solving related to operations
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- 5-7 years of nursing experience
- BASIC LIFE SUPPORT - American Heart Association certification
- Registered Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing license
- Demonstrated skill in personnel management and interpersonal relations
- Ability to understand and prepare complex written materials, such as business plans and contracts
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of associates, management, physicians, outside review agencies, patients, and families
- Ability to lead, motivate, and maintain relationships with individuals and groups of people toward accomplishment of work and organizational goals
- Skill in negotiating with and between individuals and groups of people, including associates, management, and physicians
- Ability to plan and schedule tasks and projects and to maintain control of own and others' workflow
- Skill in developing and implementing long-range plans and programs
- Ability to work without close supervision or professional guidance and to exercise independent judgment
