Assistant Manager Ambulatory Care Department

Job Summary:
Assists an Ambulatory Care Department Manager by supervising assigned operations of a department providing ambulatory patient care services; ensuring that staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care and patient-focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state, and federal requirements; implementing and maintaining clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development; delivering nursing/patient care services that add value, are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards/performance measures
Essential Responsibilities:

• Supervises daily operations and ensures staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, TJC, and federal, state and local requirements.
• Implements and maintains patient care and quality service standards to meet members and internal clients expectations.
• Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.
• Recommends and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.
• Assists in developing and monitoring budgets and resource allocations.
• Monitors financial performance and identifies and recommends strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.
• Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.
• Assists in providing on going staff development.
• Implements and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.
• Collaborates with physicians, department chief and nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department.
• Assists in managing and resolving human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.

Basic Qualifications: Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in ambulatory care or other relevant healthcare experience required.
• OR
• Minimum two (2) years in leadership capacity.

Education

• Bachelors degree required or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills; knowledge of ambulatory care practices/operations/issues.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency with electronic health record as indicated within six months of hire.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of supervisory experience.

PrimaryLocation : California,Los Angeles,4950 Sunset Radiation Center
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri,
WorkingHoursStart : 08:30 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level : Team Leader/Supervisor
Job Category : Clinical Support
Department : 4950 Sunset Medical Office - Radiation Therpy- Regular Clin - 0806
Travel : No
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