Administrative Director of Pulmonary Services- Full Time

About the role

The Administrative Director of Pulmonary Services leads, directs, plans, and implements strategies to improve and ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency, while supporting clinical excellence for Elliot Pulmonary Services. The Administrative Director reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer, and indirectly to the Vice President of Clinical Operations for HME oversight.

Responsibilities

• Participate in system-wide strategic development and deployment of long-term and annual goals.
• Leads strategic planning efforts to ensure sustainability and service line growth. This includes identification of key initiatives, definition of program goals with alignment with EHS strategic plan, financial forecasting, and resource allocation for assigned areas within service line.
• Identify market trends, growth opportunities, and emerging technologies to guide service line evolution and differentiation.
• Ensures services are clinically and financially sound and responsive to the changing health care environment locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Develops and implements vision, as well as business plan for service lines, partners with Medical Directors, providers and nurse leaders across the service line to implement organizational strategies and initiatives.
• Ensure Elliot’s mission and vision to be your first choice to give and receive care and all areas of the 5Cs (i.e., Comprehensive, Confident, Coordinated, Convenient, and Cost-Conscious) are deployed throughout the Center and adjacent service lines.
• Provides administrative leadership for the Pulmonary Services lines, including oversight for the operational management of practices and departments within the service line across the continuum of care delivery.
• Responsible for participation and representation within assigned Operating Board structure with direct responsibility for management of key performance indicators, strategic initiatives, emerging priorities and integration of Elliot Management System within assigned specialty areas.
• Lead daily operations ensuring patient access, clinical workflow, provider productivity, and efficient use of resources.
• Ensure programs are designed and managed to reflect the full continuum of care and support optimal outcomes at every stage.
• Demonstrate constancy of purpose in embedding and sustaining the Elliot Management System.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational transparency through visible leadership and ongoing use of Lean management tools.
• Responsible for selecting and maintaining qualified personnel, identifying needs, recommending employee actions, and communicating the progress of plans.
• Develops succession planning and leadership development strategies for key clinical and operational roles to ensure long-term strength and resilience of the service line.
• Supervises practice manager(s), supervisors and assigned staff throughout the Pulmonary Service Line.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with EHS and EPN/S policies, procedures, protocols, standards of care and standards of practice to meet regulatory requirements, including system policies, infection control standards, OSHA, DNV and state of New Hampshire licensure standards as applicable. Establishes and implements policies when appropriate.
• Maintains excellent communication with all partners.
• Interviews and selects candidates for employment within area of responsibility. Develops a comprehensive orientation plan for new employees. Initiates and/or makes recommendations for personnel actions. Prepares and conducts formal/informal performance evaluations, or performance improvement plans. Facilitates compliance and personnel record requirements.
• Ensures staff members are clinically competent upon hire and on an ongoing basis. Monitors client/patient acuity and complexity as it relates to staff skill and knowledge. Plans and implements staff education, development, policies and procedures and provide guidance when necessary. Ensures competency of IV staff providing care to VNA patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Doctorate in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business, Public Health, or related healthcare field. Previous administrative responsibilities. Master’s Degree or higher preferred.
• 5 to seven 7 years of experience in clinical areas and leadership. Experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive quality improvement initiatives. Background in managing budgets, resources, and operational expenses. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement. Proven experience leading complex care delivery programs. Epic experience preferred.
• In-depth understanding of healthcare quality standards, regulatory requirements, and accreditation processes. Familiarity with the latest developments in relevant fields. Knowledge of evidence-based practice guidelines and clinical quality metrics in related fields.