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RN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Optum • Seattle, WA 98101 • Posted 1 day ago
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In-person • Full-time • $104,700-$190,400/yr • Senior Manager
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The Associate Director of Professional Administration Department at Optum is responsible for multi-site clinical operational support, focusing on safety, education, orientation and competency, clinical quality, infection prevention, and employee health. This role involves collaboration with the Optum West Region Operations Team and Provider/Physician Leadership to improve quality, cost, patient service, and operational performance. The position also includes developing and executing strategies to implement organizational mission, vision, and values that optimize patient outcomes and financial performance.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a clinical resource to teammates
- Leads the practice health and Safety team
- Participates in performing practice health and safety assessments
- Participates on/leads committees, policy and procedure development, special projects and process improvement initiatives
- Supports Performance Improvement Programs and patient safety programs and initiatives
- Collaborates with clinical education team and educators to create, implement and evaluate education, special projects and quality programs
- Implements and leads teammates development activities
- Develops and teaches comprehensive curriculum
- Analyzes research and integrates into current practice
- Supports/Leads process improvement activities (LEAN Performance improvement)
- Leads structured clinical quality and infection prevention assessment (audit) process
- Monitors quality of patient care in an out-patient environment
- Identifies and assesses the appropriateness and safety of care
- Develops policies and procedures that meet regulatory agency compliance and standards of care
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in nursing
- Graduate degree in healthcare or nursing
- Active unrestricted RN license in the State of Washington
- BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
- 5+ years of clinical nursing experience
- 3+ years of management experience with successive promotions and Site Audit (assessment experience)
- Ability to review root cause of problems, issues, develop plans in collaboration with others and implement plans for process improvement
- Demonstrated ability to lead others and to think outside of conventional processes
- Possess knowledge of research techniques, data analysis and reporting, forward/strategic planning and integration of technologies within staff development initiatives
- Knowledgeable about regulatory requirements such as OSHA and regulatory/accrediting requirements
- Principles of adult learning and education
- Epidemiology principles and concepts of infection prevention and nursing theory
Preferred
- Masters in Nursing
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program
- Solid leadership and organizational skills including group and team building, coaching, communication of vision, change management, and integration of technologies within staff development initiatives
- Advanced ability to develop people, empowerment and accountability at all levels
- Solid sense of integrity and ability to command the respect of patients and employees at all levels
- Ability to create and maintain a caring culture
- Demonstrated ability to lead groups successfully coupled with solid interpersonal, excellent oral and communication skills
- Demonstrated skills in performance improvement process, program development, project management, computer technology, database development and management and instruction design
- Proficient in field of nursing practice and possess independent clinical skills
Full Job Description
For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position is accountable for multi-site clinical operational support with focus on safety, education, orientation and competency, clinical quality, infection prevention and employee health. Receives direction from Senior Director of Nursing and Optum West Chief Nursing Officer. Demonstrates excellent clinical knowledge of nursing process, understands inter-disciplinary approach to clinical management. Oversees professional administrative practices to ensure health and safety regulatory compliance and accountabilities Position is accountable to collaborate with Optum West Region Operations Team and Provider/Physician Leadership to improve quality, cost, patient service and operational performance. Develops and executes strategies to implement organizational mission, vision and values that optimize patient outcomes and financial performance. Facilitates excellent customer service and satisfaction while achieving organization-specific quality and financial goals. Develops and participates in companywide policy and procedures to monitor and ensure company and regulatory compliance and consistency. Recruits, retains and promotes outstanding teammates.
Primary Responsibilities:
General:
Required Qualifications:
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Position is accountable for multi-site clinical operational support with focus on safety, education, orientation and competency, clinical quality, infection prevention and employee health. Receives direction from Senior Director of Nursing and Optum West Chief Nursing Officer. Demonstrates excellent clinical knowledge of nursing process, understands inter-disciplinary approach to clinical management. Oversees professional administrative practices to ensure health and safety regulatory compliance and accountabilities Position is accountable to collaborate with Optum West Region Operations Team and Provider/Physician Leadership to improve quality, cost, patient service and operational performance. Develops and executes strategies to implement organizational mission, vision and values that optimize patient outcomes and financial performance. Facilitates excellent customer service and satisfaction while achieving organization-specific quality and financial goals. Develops and participates in companywide policy and procedures to monitor and ensure company and regulatory compliance and consistency. Recruits, retains and promotes outstanding teammates.
Primary Responsibilities:
General:
- Acts as a clinical resource to teammates
- Leads the practice health and Safety team
- Participates in performing practice health and safety assessments
- Participates on/leads committees, policy and procedure development, special projects and process improvement initiatives
- Supports Performance Improvement Programs and patient safety programs and initiatives
- Collaborates with clinical education team
- Collaborates with educators to create, implement and evaluate education, special projects and quality programs
- Implements and leads teammates development activities
- Develops and teaches comprehensive curriculum
- Analyzes research and integrates into current practice
- Supports/Leads process improvement activities (LEAN Performance improvement)
- Develops/leads distance education and standardization
- Leads structured clinical quality and infection prevention assessment (audit) process
- Monitors quality of patient care, in an out-patient environment, utilizing the nursing process and performance improvement models
- Identifies and assesses the appropriateness and safety of care for known and potential problems; evaluates outcomes
- Develops policies and procedures that meet regulatory agency compliance and standards of care
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing
- Graduate degree in healthcare or nursing
- Active unrestricted RN license in the State of Washington
- BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
- 5+ years of clinical nursing experience
- 3+ years of management experience with successive promotions and Site Audit (assessment experience)
- Ability to review root cause of problems, issues, develop plans in collaboration with others and implement plans for process improvement
- Demonstrated ability to lead others and to think outside of conventional processes
- Possess knowledge of research techniques, data analysis and reporting, forward/strategic planning and integration of technologies within staff development initiatives
- Knowledgeable about regulatory requirements such as OSHA and regulatory/accrediting requirements
- Principles of adult learning and education
- Epidemiology principles and concepts of infection prevention and nursing theory
- Masters in Nursing
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program
- Solid leadership and organizational skills including group and team building, coaching, communication of vision, change management, and people/product focus balance
- Advanced ability to develop people, empowerment and accountability at all levels
- Solid sense of integrity and ability to command the respect of patients and employees at all levels
- Ability to create and maintain a caring culture. Must possess strong analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead groups successfully coupled with solid interpersonal, excellent oral and communication skills
- Demonstrated skills in performance improvement process, program development, project management, computer technology, database development and management and instruction design
- Proficient in field of nursing practice and possess independent clinical skills
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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