Career Details

Core

• Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
• Establish objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units managed.
• Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring, and training of personnel.
• Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
• Develop and implement organizational policies and procedures for the facility or medical unit.
• Conduct and administer fiscal operations, including accounting, planning budgets, authorizing expenditures, establishing rates for services, and coordinating financial reporting.
• Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
• Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning.
• Maintain awareness of advances in medicine, computerized diagnostic and treatment equipment, data processing technology, government regulations, health insurance changes, and financing options.
• Manage change in integrated health care delivery systems, such as work restructuring, technological innovations, and shifts in the focus of care.
• Prepare activity reports to inform management of the status and implementation plans of programs, services, and quality initiatives.
• Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
• Review and analyze facility activities and data to aid planning and cash and risk management and to improve service utilization.
• Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs.