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RN / Director of Nursing Job in El Paso, Texas / Hospital |
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Description Standard Qualifications: Las Palmas Medical Center is a Level III Trauma, 186-private patient room, full service acute care hospital. Las Palmas Medical Center offers comprehensive healthcare and provides leading-edge technologies. Our Lifecare Center offers inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs, as well as our fully equipped fitness and wellness center in one convenient location. We also house the region's only Kidney Transplant Center. We are located on the Westside of El Paso, Texas close to the University of Texas El Paso campus. We provide exceptional patient care services to the El Paso and Fort Bliss communities, as well as Southern New Mexico and West Texas Regions. POSITION SUMMARY: The Director of Throughput coordinates patient flow through the hospital and clinical coordination of care across the continuum. Responsibilities will include developing length of stay (LOS) and resource reduction strategies, as well as capitalizing on facility best practices. The Director will also ensure that improvement opportunities are appropriately channeled to effect change, coordinate compliance initiatives with outside agencies, intervene with the hospitalists & PCP's to address and resolve issues related to facility utilization and patient flow process and facilitate strong working relationship between caregivers, case management, and admitting departments to promote effective utilization management through coordination of efforts involving patient flow. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Evaluation and implementation of patient flow to ensure maximization of the hospital resources. Continually evaluate, monitor and improve the patient flow program effectiveness as it relates to utilization review, resource management, and discharge planning and care coordination. Establish patient flow goals in coordination with hospital executive management and monitor progress toward the goals through tracking tools such as ED dashboard and Teletracker. Manage Patient Flow department to include development of proper staffing levels, management of expenses in line with budgeted expectations, development of appropriate departmental policies and hospital policies to address regulatory requirements, coordination of the hiring of developmental staff, assignment of duties, training and supervision of all members of the team. Facilitate the on-going training and education of staff to meet regulatory, hospital and department policies, as well as, completion of staff evaluations in accordance with hospital policy. Ensure staff practice and adhere to the Las Palmas Medical Center "Code of Conduct" philosophy, "Mission and Value Statement" and the "ICARE" standards. Oversees the hospital's Admin Supervisors and bed control; ensures efficient hospital operations and communications. Coordinate Medical Center Patient Flow responsibilities with the Case Management Director for Medical Center Adult Services and the division Revenue Integrity Department Director to ensure all patient flow needs of the Medical Center are met and to ensure similar policies and procedures are in place, as applicable. Serve as the educational leader to physicians and Las Palmas Medical Center employees as it relates to utilization review, resource management and patient flow. Oversee the One Call transfer process and implement actions for increased throughput. PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES: Individual Leadership : Demonstrates confidence in own skills, knowledge and ability and opportunities for personal growth and ability to accept and adapt change. Customer Service: Demonstrates customer service skills with both internal and external customers. Educator: Identifies, implements, and/or evaluates opportunities for patient/family education. Infection Control: Demonstrates infection control practices congruent with policies and procedures. Safety: Demonstrates safety practices consistent with policies and procedures. Transcultural Sensitivity: Treats patients/customers as individuals with unique values, beliefs, and practices. Performance Improvement: Performs, participates, implements and evaluates performance improvement activities at the department level. Financial Accountability: Identifies opportunities for waste reduction and department efficiency. Information Management: Demonstrates adherence to information management policies and procedures, maintaining confidentiality at all times. Communication: Works as a team member through interaction, assistance and demonstration of appropriate communication skills and reporting/activation of the chain of command appropriately. Practices Professionalism: Performs, participates, implements and evaluates personal performance. Time Keeping/Attendance: Demonstrates accountability to the facility and healthcare team by adhering to the time and attendance policies and procedures. Ethics/Compliance: Performs all duties ethically, complying with all policies and procedures, federal, state, and local laws. Job Specific: Director, Patient Throughput * Some information such as the email and phone number are hidden unless you are registered and logged-in
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