Nuvance Health Careers

Description

Manager Ambulatory Care RN - Poughkeepsie Clinical

Full-time, 40 hours; M-F, 7:45am - 5:00pm

Summary:

The Ambulatory RN Manager works with the clinical staff, physicians and advanced practitioners in the coordination of assigned staff, equipment and resources to facilitate smooth daily operational flow. They optimize patient care and direct and assist the assigned staff in their daily work processes. Span of Control to include RN's, LPN's and potentially MA's (Dependent on Practice Structure). 

Responsibilities:

• Patient check-in, document chief complaint, vital signs, history, capture charges for provision of ancillary services, assists with the completion of patient summaries, medication/allergy, history forms, and obtain appropriate treatment consents.
• Administers and document injections, dispenses and documents medications as directed by physician/provider. Labels and handles labs, paps, cultures, biopsies and other specimens, prepare laboratory and imaging requisitions.
• Assists with coordination of further patient care and follow-up and carry out tasks as directed by RN and/or physician/provider. This may include communication with patient, hospital, labs, imaging centers, pharmacies, physician offices, insurance plans.
• Independently manages patient triage calls and seeks out direction from providers as needed. Assists LPN's and MA's with triage disposition and assures documentation is reflective of the disposition.
• Measures and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) in conjunction with the Practice Leadership. KPIs include Growth/Financial Stability, Patient Experience, Operational Efficiency, Employee Satisfaction/Culture, Quality
• Demonstrates clinical expertise and serves as a resource for the clinical staff.
• Monitors inventory and orders medical supplies as requested by physicians as well as follow up on all outstanding orders.
• Responsible for managing PTO requests and maintaining appropriate staff and provider schedules and levels.
• Develops guidelines for prioritizing work activities, evaluates the effectiveness and modifies activities as necessary.
• In collaboration with Medical Practice Nursing Education, mentors, orients, trains, educates and supervises clinical staff to improve competency and patient satisfaction using established workflows and policies.
• Works in conjunction with Practice Manager, Medical Practice Nursing Leader and Human Resources for hiring, discipline, grievance management, performance evaluations, feedback and coaching to achieve optimal team performance.
• Monitors all clinical workflows of office, addressing inefficiency of providers and clinical staff and formulates corrective action plans to achieve KPIï's.
• Holds monthly clinical meetings with providers and staff to review clinical KPI and implement/monitor process improvement plan.
• Utilizes patient satisfaction data to create targeted improvement plans.
• Escalates issues and concerns proactively to Manager, or clinic practice Leadership, as needed.
• Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Foundational Values. 
• Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required. 

Qualifications:

This position requires a minimum formal education of Associated Degree and a minimum of three years of job-related experience. This position requires a NY State RN license.

Working Conditions:

Manual: Some manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Hudson Valley Cardiovascular

Org Unit: 943

Department: Pok Clinical

Exempt: Yes

Salary Range: $45.29 - $84.11 Hourly, commensurate with experience