Associate Administrator - Doctor’s Hospital of Manteca

MARKET SUMMARY:

Northern California Group 

Doctors Hospital of Manteca – Manteca, California

Doctors Hospital of Manteca was born in 1962, after local physicians realized their patients were leaving the community in search of their healthcare needs. When it opened its doors, the hospital had just seven doctors and 41 employees.  Today, Doctors Hospital of Manteca, a 73-bed facility, is the largest private employer in the community with nearly 500 employees and a staff of more than 180 physicians. Each year, more than 35,000 patients receive some of the most advanced medical care and technology available.  But even though the hospital is larger, it has not lost sight of its original mission of providing the best possible care to the community of Manteca.

For more than 50 years, Doctors Hospital of Manteca has been recognized for delivering quality care.  Among our distinctions are:

• Received an “A” rating for hospital safety by The Leapfrog Group, an independent industry watchdog. Its Hospital Safety Score rates how well hospitals protect patients from errors, injuries and infections.
• Earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with its national standards for healthcare quality and safety.
• Received accreditation as a Level 2 Bariatric Center by the American College of Surgeons for its weight-loss program. The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program also recognized Doctors Hospital of Manteca as a comprehensive center.
• Been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers program. This honor represents our commitment to providing the highest quality breast-health care to patients in our community.
• Been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) by the American College of Radiology.
• Received designation as a Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders (NICHE) hospital. This designation indicates a hospital’s commitment to providing exceptional clinical care and service for older adults.
• Been recognized by the American Heart Association’s “Get with The Guidelines” program with the Heart Failure Silver Plus award for commitment to quality heart care. The award recognized Doctors Hospital of Manteca for achieving at least 12 consecutive months of 85 percent or higher adherence to all the program’s quality indicators.

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Associate Administrator has responsibility for developing management objectives and policies for the various departments and monitoring the results.  He/she also interprets objectives, policies, and procedures.  Further, the Associate Administrator is responsible for coordinating the activities of the assigned departments with other departments both within and outside the hospital.  The Associate Administrator resolves problems with department heads concerning use of resources, as well as encourages and maintains open lines of communication with and between employee groups, other medical personnel, and patients and their family members.

FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 

The Associate Administrator has responsibility for evaluating the performance of the various departments, as well as the performance of key managers and supervisors.  He/she advises employees promptly when performance problems arise or changes are needed. Other functional requirements include:

• Establish the operating budgets for the various departments and monitor performance against budgets.
• Assist Administration with special projects and with short and long term strategic planning.
• Attend promptly to the administrative details of the position including the signing of documents, preparation of reports, completion of performance appraisals, and other employee-related actions.
• Ensure that all operations within the scope or the position are carried out in an ethical, responsible manner.
• Develop, with the help of the responsible department heads, standard operating procedures for the departments within the position’s span of control.  Coordinate with other d