Nurse Manager I - Ortho, Sports Medicine and Podiatry

About the role

Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.

Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.

Manages ambulatory operations to support patient care by: driving implementation of action items and supporting compliance with timelines and financial commitments; using and providing feedback on standard reports and identifying needed ad hoc reporting to meet specific client needs related to workflow and performance targets; providing feedback as needed on data collection, reviewing data, and translating reports into short-term operational initiatives; managing human resources activities related to recruitment, creating and ensuring the use of standardized procedures and processes for employee management; designing survey and compliance readiness activities, including mock rounds and mitigating issues, to maintain compliance and regulatory standards and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports; and assisting in the development and management of their departments budget, expenditures, and payroll with input from a higher-level leader.

Ensures standardized care delivery by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians and subject matter experts and managing complex work streams and implementing strategic initiatives with significant program impact; using data and analysis to ensure strategic alignment while developing and implementing plans; proactively monitoring and managing daily operational activities involving patient care management; managing resources in clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing multidisciplinary ambulatory team(s); implementing emergency preparedness programs and ensuring the teams emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current and that staff are trained and know what is expected during and after an emergency; and leading project teams, initiatives and monitoring implementation and delivery on objectives.

Manages improvements to patient-centered operations and technology processes by: defining issues and overseeing the development of goals and priorities for strategic projects designed to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; applying a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic department initiatives.

Responsibilities

Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

Attention to Detail

Business Knowledge

Communication

Constructive Feedback

Critical Thinking

Cross-Group Collaboration

Decision Making

Dependability

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support

Drives Results

Facilitation Skills

Health Care Industry

Influencing Others

Integrity

Leadership

Learning Agility

Organizational Savvy

Problem Solving

Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall

Strategic Thinking

Team Building

Teamwork

Topic-Specific Communication

Emergency Preparedness

Evidence-Based Medicine Principles

Licensure Principles

Nursing Principles

Patient Safety

Change Management

Confidentiality

Conflict Resolution

Human Resources Systems

Legal And Regulatory Requirements

Microsoft Office

Outcome Driven Innovation

Stakeholder Management

Training

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) AND minimum three (3) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.

Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

Minimum two (2) years of customer or member/patient service experience.

Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire

Basic Life Support required at hire

Qualifications

Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) OR Master's degree in a business, nursing, health care, or directly related field and Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN).

Two (2) years of project/program management and/or implementation-related experience.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication

Teamwork

Project Management

Strategic Thinking

Customer Service

Quality Improvement

Healthcare Compliance

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Outcome Measurement

Technology Implementation

Benefits

Our compensation and benefits are designed to help you and your family stay healthy and thrive.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Varies

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