Surgical Program Manager

Job Description

Surgery Verification Program Manager

Full Time 40 Hours / week

Days 8a-430p

Exempt

Hybrid

Summary :

Responsible for the coordination of the American College of Surgeons™ Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement program. Manages the organization of services and systems necessary for a multidisciplinary approach to providing care to children with surgical needs. Must play an active role in the administration and review of children's surgical care across the perioperative continuum. Assumes day-to-day responsibility to process and performance improvement activities. Serves as the practice leader / advocate for the surgical program in order to accomplish organizational and departmental strategic goals and objectives.

Responsibilities :

1.\tSupervises employees, provides direction, coaches, trains, develops, and manages performance to organizational goals and expectations.

2.\tPrepares, manages, and adheres to department budget to maintain expenditure controls.

3.\tCoordinates management across the continuum of surgical care, which includes planning and implementation of clinical protocols and practice management guidelines, monitoring care of in-hospital patients, and serving as a resource for clinical practice.

4.\tProvides intra-facility and regional professional staff development, participates in case review, implements practice guidelines, and directs community-education programs.

5.\tMonitors clinical processes and outcomes and system issues related to the quality of care provided; develops quality filters, audits, and case reviews; identifies opportunities to improve surgical care in a proactive manner to implement best practices and continuity of care across the perioperative continuum; identifies trends and sentinel events; and helps to outline remedial actions while maintaining confidentiality.

6.\tManages, as appropriate, the operational, personnel, and financial aspects of the program. Serves as a liaison to administration, and represents the program on various hospital and community committees to enhance and foster optimal care management.

7.\tSupervises collection, coding, and developing processes for validation and analysis of data. Designs and oversees the data collection to facilitate performance improvement activities, trend reports, and research while protecting confidentiality.

8.\tStabilizes the complex network of many disciplines that work in concert to provide high quality surgical care. Serves as an internal resource for staff in all departments, and acts as an extended liaison for other system entities.

9.\tParticipates in research projects, analysis, and distribution of findings. Facilitates protocol design for accurate data collection, feedback, and analysis, and understands the requirements of research oversight.

10.\tParticipates in the development of children's surgical care systems at the community, state, or national levels.

11.\tOversees the writing, review and submission of the PRQ document prior to verification visit.

12.\tOther duties as required

Other information : Technical Expertise

1.\tExperience in pediatric perioperative nursing is required.

2.\tExperience in performance improvement is preferred.

3.\tExperience working with all levels within an organization is required.

4.\tStrong leadership skills including communication / organizational skills, time management, coping skills, motivation, problem-solving, autonomy and supporting the team is required.

5.\tStrong skill set in analytics, writing, and editing, is required.

6.\tProficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.

Education and Experience

1.\tEducation : BSN is required. MSN required within 5 years.

2.\tCertification : Preferred

3.\tYears of relevant experience : 5 years is preferred

4.\tYears of experience supervising : 2 years is preferred

5.\tMust show evidence of educational preparation, with a minimum of 16 hours of pediatric continuing education per year (or 48 hours over the 3-year period prior to application) and clinical experience in the care of children undergoing surgery.

Full Time

FTE : 1.000000

Status : Fixed Hybrid