Center Administrator

About the role

The Center Administrator oversees three onsite locations of the Digestive Endoscopy Center in Dayton, Ohio. This position works collaboratively with center leadership to supervise and direct nursing care and patient scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and evaluates nursing care to improve quality of care given
• Coordinates patient-care activities with surgeons and anesthesia providers to provide continuity of patient care
• Aids Center staff in identifying and solving problems
• Participates in primary care of patients as needed and oversees clinical areas to verify that patient needs are met
• Enforces nursing practice standards and licensing/accreditation rules and regulations to provide quality patient care
• Serves as a liaison between patients, families, and the healthcare team to promote quality patient care
• Recommends revision of patient-care policies and procedures as necessary to conform to accepted principles and practices
• Responds to emergency situations and maintains competency
• Oversees all nursing activities during emergencies to ensure patient needs are met
• Manages optimal patient and staff flow to prevent opportunities for healthcare acquired and surgical site infections
• Analyses clinical documentation to ensure Center’s policies/procedures are followed
• Supports and directs services provided based on policies and procedures, accreditation, and regulatory requirements
• Observes universal precautions and infection control practices
• Monitors FTE utilization and makes recommendations to promote cost-effective scheduling practices
• Aids in providing education as requested
• Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff
• Prepares clinical staffing schedules in accordance with vacations, holidays, daily personnel assignments and duties according to experience and skill level to provide quality patient care; reviews and adjusts assignments as needed based on daily activity
• Ensures staff are cross-trained (as appropriate) to provide a productive and efficient work environment across all clinical areas
• Reviews daily time and attendance sheets and maintains attendance logs (as required)
• Observes and evaluates the performance of all clinical personnel and works to continuously improve the quality of care and services
• Works with Center Leader to evaluate suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
• Interprets and enforces established Center policies and procedures
• Promotes adherence to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
• Works with Center Leader to implement best practices and regulations adopted, to ensure safety in the workplace
• Maintains the Center’s clinical environment and initiates methods for maintaining safety, comfort, cleanliness, and efficiencies
• Oversees the care, cleaning, high-level disinfection, sterilization, and required maintenance of instruments, supplies, and equipment to maintain proper working conditions
• Identifies and evaluates need for items relative to trends, center personnel requests, and positive patient outcomes
• Reports deficiencies to Center Leader
• Works with the Safety Officer to resolve observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to ensure policy/procedure compliance
• Submits information to licensed (as state required) healthcare risk manager, for preparation of risk management reports
• Ensures OSHA requirements are met by healthcare team and necessary supplies are readily available
• Promotes cost containment and efficient use of center resources
• Analyzes clinical areas and makes recommendations on purchasing equipment and supplies to provide optimum patient care within budget allowances
• Aids in the development and implementation of capital and operating budgets (as required)
• General Actively participates in center committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
• Shares input regarding short and long-term goals

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an Accredited College/University (Master’s Degree preferred)
• At least (5) years of healthcare-management experience
• At least 2–3-year experience in an ASCRN
• CPR certification and ACLS certification
• Ability to multi – task effectively and efficiently
• Recognizes and defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, draws valid conclusions, and corrects errors
• Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact verbally and/or in writing with others
• Computer literacy
• Communication

Skills

• Collaborative work with center leadership on the supervision and direction of nursing care and patient scheduling, according to center policies, procedures and objectives
• Effective presentation of information, response to questions, and professional interaction with managers, employees, clients, vendors, the general public, and physicians
• Analysis and evaluation of nursing care to improve quality of care given
• Coordination of patient-care activities with surgeons and anesthesia providers to provide continuity of patient care
• Assistance in the primary care of patients as needed and oversight of clinical areas to ensure patient needs are met
• Enforcement of nursing practice standards and licensing/accreditation rules and regulations to provide quality patient care
• Liaison between patients, families, and the healthcare team to promote quality patient care
• Recommendation of revisions to patient-care policies and procedures to align with accepted principles and practices
• Response to emergency situations and maintenance of competency
• Supervision of nursing activities during emergencies to ensure patient needs are met
• Optimization of patient and staff flow to prevent healthcare acquired and surgical site infections
• Analysis of clinical documentation to ensure Center’s policies/procedures are followed
• Support and direction of services provided based on policies and procedures, accreditation, and regulatory requirements
• Observance of universal precautions and infection control practices
• Monitoring of FTE utilization and making recommendations for cost-effective scheduling practices
• Development and implementation of comprehensive and informative orientation programs for new clinical employees
• Recommendation of continuing education opportunities for clinical staff
• Preparation of clinical staffing schedules in accordance with vacations, holidays, daily personnel assignments and duties according to experience and skill level to provide quality patient care; review and adjustment of assignments as needed based on daily activity
• Ensuring staff are cross-trained (as appropriate) to provide a productive and efficient work environment across all clinical areas
• Reviewing daily time and attendance sheets and maintaining attendance logs (as required)
• Evaluation of the performance of all clinical personnel and efforts to continuously improve the quality of care and services
• Collaboration with Center Leader to evaluate suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
• Interpretation and enforcement of established Center policies and procedures
• Promotion of adherence to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
• Implementation of best practices and regulations adopted by Center Leader to ensure safety in the workplace
• Maintenance of the Center’s clinical environment and initiation of methods for maintaining safety, comfort, cleanliness, and efficiencies
• Overseeing the care, cleaning, high-level disinfection, sterilization, and required maintenance of instruments, supplies, and equipment to maintain proper working conditions
• Identification and evaluation of need for items relative to trends, center personnel requests, and positive patient outcomes
• Reporting of deficiencies to Center Leader
• Collaboration with the Safety Officer to resolve observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to ensure policy/procedure compliance
• Submission of information to licensed (as state required) healthcare risk manager for preparation of risk management reports
• Ensuring OSHA requirements are met by healthcare team and necessary supplies are readily available
• Promotion of cost containment and efficient use of center resources
• Analysis of clinical areas and recommendations on purchasing equipment and supplies to provide optimum patient care within budget allowances
• Aid in the development and implementation of capital and operating budgets (as required)
• Active participation in center committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
• Sharing input regarding short and long-term goals

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Disability
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Limited Healthcare FSA
• FSAs for Transportation and Parking
• HSAs
• Matching 401(K) Plan

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Monday-Friday