Clinical Optimization Throughput Supervisor/Part time/24 hours per week

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Clinical Optimization and Throughput Supervisor

Job Summary:

Accountable for clinical optimization and efficiency in throughput operations The role assumes responsibility for the overall oversight of day to day operations, throughput and efficiency in relation to patients and nurse staffing.Evaluating and assessing current staffing needs, barriers for admissions and discharges, assignment of beds and mobilizing teams in the greatest area of needs. Coordinating of resources and implementing best practices to improve throughput facilitation to support safety, increase bed utilization and reduce patient or bed turnaround delays. Resource for nurses in critical assessments, medications, care delivery and quality outcomes.Promotes an environment conducive to positive collaboration between physicians, department heads and staff. Demonstrates the organization’s commitment and mission to being the best community hospital in Connecticut.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership oversight for throughput, efficiency and staffing to clinical teams

• Facilitates the change process as required, including promotion of the PFC concept to patient’s staff, physicians and other departments. Uses principles of change theory to insure state of the art services, innovative solutions and a sense of direction to department employees.

• Tracks data for admit to bed assignment, barriers for admissions and discharges, nursing schedules and hours associated with ftes and budget.

• Establishes goals and objectives consistent with division and hospital goals on a participative basis with directors, managers and CNO.

• Provides leadership and knowledge to clinical teams to promote workforce engagement

• Monitors, and evaluates data monthly and shares outcomes with directors, managers and CNO.

• Ensure nursing units are properly staffed and work with schedulers to maintain staffing.

• Acts as a role model for professional practice by being an effective team builder, communicator, advocate and motivator who understands the issues and concerns of a diverse staff.

• Provides oversight for clinical teams during the day keeping the focus on quality of care, staffing, admissions and discharges and barriers to throughput

Ensures that 24 hour accountability is maintained for high quality patient care.

• Remains accessible to manager/staff/department leadership on an ongoing basis to assist with problem solving during a scheduled shift.

• Ensure and implement effective problem solving skills for the nursing teams.

• Supports and continues to have input in developing the role of clinical optimization and throughput supervisor.

• Provides feedback and recognition for nursing successes, both individually and as members of the team.

Provides a leadership role within the institution.

• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with members of the medical staff and nursing leadership.

• Exercises collaborative skills to work with other departments at all levels to promote Hospital wide goal achievement a