Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

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The Throughput Manager for Patient Logistics Department is an integral part of Hub ensuring timely patient throughput which is a multifaceted process requiring inter-professional collaboration. This position will supervise the operations and team members of the hub and proactively work to identify and resolve patient throughput opportunities.

The Throughput Manager of Patient Logistics Department is registered professional nurse that is accountable for applying positive strategies to promote operational management and supports an environment of excellence for the department. Guides evidenced based practice that leads and supports the administrative coordinator staff in performing their role of directing patient care, making immediate administrative decisions, utilizing accepted hospital standards, policies, and procedures in the absence of area Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents. Provides communication updates concerning organizational changes. Ensures compliance with all healthcare standards and requirements established by various licensing, regulatory, and accreditation bodies. Develops and implements day to day operational plans, goals, and objectives. Maintains a working knowledge of policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior. Supports the vision, mission and strategic plans of St. Joseph's and Trinity Health.

Organization Highlights:

• Our Trinity Health Culture: Our staff know, understand, incorporate & demonstrate our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, through their actions, behaviors, practices & decisions.
• Recognized Leader: Ranked #1 in Syracuse for best regional hospital for the 9th consecutive year. Innovative leader in healthcare since our founding in 1869.
• Leadership: Shared Governance to leaders are accessible. Unit practice counsels and open-door guiding principle for shared decision-making. All our employees have a voice.
• Well-Being: Practice in an environmentally safe, professional & healthy atmosphere. Our staff are supported by a variety of resources for physical and mental health.
• Professional Relationships: Strong rapport with our interdisciplinary team including physicians/clinical providers, rehab services, pharmacy, nutritional services and support staff.

• Professional Development: Strong education program, leadership development programs, generous tuition allowance and clinical ladder incentives.
• Work/Life: Scheduling options balance work/life/school calendars.

• Safety: Only local hospital to receive a Leapfrog A for safety.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with house supervisors, bed control, transport, environmental services, unit leadership, and nursing operations leadership to manage patient beds through the acute care service area.
• Rounds on units to ensure accuracy of discharged patients, and dirty and clean beds.
• Collaborates with unit team leads and managers regarding patients throughout process improvement.
• Develops and reports quality metrics specific to patient throughput.
• Demonstrates event resolution through the timeliness and accuracy of reporting and record- keeping.
• Supervises hub team members; assists with schedules, evaluations, and performance management.
• Supervises hub operations; establishes and maintains departmental processes to better serve our patients. Trains on departmental processes.
• Ensure adequate staffing plan to promote safe quality care coverage 24/7.
• Develops and evaluates unit productivity plan and adjusts to reach targeted levels.
• Collaborates with finance department to develop and maintain unit/department budget for cost effective, efficient care delivery.
• Understanding and utilization of data that will be incorporated to improve patient placement and length of stay.
• Process oriented.
• Coordinates all staff to achieve most appropriate bed utilization.
• Coordinates response to urgent/emergent situations as evidenced by reallocation of personnel and resources.
• Unit and organizational quality improvement and outcome-based initiatives.
• Strategic goal achievement and support.
• Collaborate with others including peers, physician colleagues, and administrators.
• Nursing Leadership rounds and implementation of service recovery strategies.
• Coaches, mentors and supports all colleagues and staff.
• Hires, evaluates, initiates corrective action and terminates employees as needed.
• Participates in patient care activitie