Putnam County Hospital Hiring for Vice President, Clinical Operations Job at Greencastle, IN Full Time

Internal Job Title: Vice President, Clinical Operations

Business Unit: Administration

Reports To: CEO

Scope of Responsibility: The VP, Clinical Operations focuses on both nursing leadership and organizational administration. The responsibilities are typically related to setting patient care standards, establishing processes and protocols for achieving those standards, and managing the work of nurses and nurse managers who care for patients.

Supervision:

Direct: Nursing Managers- Surgery, Med Surg/ICU, ED; Practice Manager- PCH Cancer Center, Case Management

Indirect: Hourly Nursing Staff reporting up to Nurse Managers

Job Summary: The Vice President of Clinical Operations is responsible for overseeing all clinical aspects of the organization to ensure proper care is administered and our patients are satisfied. This position focuses on the overall strategy and path to success. The VP Clinical Operations will help to lay out this path so that it’s clear and understood, as well as help to provide resources and remove barriers for the team to ensure that they can meet these goals and milestones.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Leading all nursing staff toward immediate and long-term success by improving patient outcomes for the organization
• Evaluating the performance of individual nurses, and the entire healthcare organization to ensure the staff is competent and trained
• Implementing new procedures and or making improvements that can streamline operations and contribute to more efficient nursing procedures
• Supports hiring new nurses and ensure they are trained and competent

Supports and leads the charge around compliance and training for existing staff to ensure patient care standards and compliance goals are met

• Informing and communicating with existing nursing leadership and staff of any new policies, procedures, or changes to be implemented across the department
• Supports managing financials for Nursing and other supported clinical areas
• Assesses feedback and reporting to draw conclusions that can contribute to more efficient organizational operations
• Reports results to the leadership team or board of executives to help them be informed to make decisions and provide additional resources to the organization
• Provides feedback and support to direct report clinical managers to help them make decisions that grow and improve the organization
• Reviews the staffing needs on a regular basis to ensure that staffing asks match the patient flow current and future

Acts as the clinical liaison between the business needs and patient focused outcomes to continually ensure our goals and actions are tied directly to the patient as well as meet the financial goals that were set

• Performs other duties as assigned

Education Experience: Master’s Level Degree

Years of Related Experience: 5-10 Years

License/Certificate Required: Yes

Driver’s License Required: No

Travel Requirements: None

Age Requirement: 18+

Job Requirements:

• Healthcare management. The ability to appropriately manage all aspects of a healthcare environment including budgeting, nurse management, hiring, employee training, and data analysis.
• Interpersonal communication. The ability to correspond well with healthcare organization team members, including nurses.
• Problem-solving. The ability to identify and creatively solve problems that nurses or patients may face.
• Technological proficiency. The ability to operate all necessary pieces of medical technology, including any computers, tablets, phones, and online programs

Preferred Skills:

• Prior Nursing Leadership Role
• Prior experience in various hospital areas/locations