• Provides essential management functions to assure effective day-to-day operations
  
  • Budgets within parameters
  • Monitors and adjusts staffing as appropriate
  • Conducts interviews, hires, and terminates staff in collaboration with Human Resources
  • Audits time and attendance
  • Monitors inventory and par levels
  • Monitors staff/department to ensure compliance with MHG policies/procedures, regulatory, and accreditation agencies
• Facilitates the development and implementation of team processes
  
  • Encourages involvement and equal work distribution
  • Coaches team members in accountability and leads the team toward improvement
  • Empowers the staff to make clinical and process decisions
  • Interacts with all shifts
  • Performance appraisal process is completed per policy
• Mentors staff through performance feedback processes
  
  • Acts as a resource and support for staff in developing conflict-management, delegation, and communication skills
  • Counsels staff and completes disciplinary actions as appropriate
  • Moves the team to quality outcomes through shared planning, voluntary expression, and acceptance of members as valued individuals
• Responsible for own practice within legal, ethical, and professional boundaries
  
  • Maintains current license
  • Maintains expertise in the area
  • Successful completion of probation and annual skills/competency requirements
  • Serves as a role model by demonstrating positive team-based behaviors
  • Shows commitment to personal professional growth through the pursuit of advanced knowledge and skills
  • Participates in performance-improvement activities
  • Regular and timely attendance is required for this position
  • Performance of duties will be in compliance with all laws and regulations governing healthcare organizations
• Participates as a member of the team to achieve business goals, quality outcomes, and customer satisfication
  
  • Participates in the long-range planning for the area by facilitating development and achievement of goals and objectives
  • Participates in financial planning for the area
  • Performs analysis of operational expenses and makes recommendations for improvement
  • Monitors Performance Improvement/CQI reports and customer satisfaction reports for compliance, and takes appropriate action
  • Assures compliance with regulatory and accreditation agencies
  • Communicates operational issues clearly and effectively within the team and outside the team as appropriate
  • Safeguards confidential information
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested
  
  • Contributes to the daily operation of the division/department by performing other roles as needed
  • Completes special duties/projects as assigned

Education:

• Required: Bachelor's Degree
  
  • Graduate of an accredited program with minimum of a Baccalaureate degree
• Preferred: Master's Degree
  
  • College courses in management and organizational behavior

Licensure/Certification:

• Required: License
  
  • Current MS license as required for profession or temporary permit (valid for 90 days) for same

Experience:

• Four (4) years experience in the specified clinical area or specified operational experience

Knowledge:

• Competency in  team building skills with accountability to the team
• Decisiveness when needed, integrity, responsibility, and accountability
• Fair and rational

Skills:

• Good written and communication skills

Abilities:

• Ability to effect change by assuming leadership roles in interdisciplinary teams and supporting the growth and development of team members
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with physicians, staff, and community to meet the patient needs for the area of management

Working Environment:  Exposure to chemicals which may be used in patient care

Physical Demands:  Ability to communicate with hospital staff and the public.  Sufficient mobility to move about the the hospital.  Manual dexterity to process information.  Position may require long hours