Director of Clinical Operations

Job Overview: Embark on a rewarding leadership journey as the Director of Clinical Operations at our premier Orthopedic Surgery Center! In this influential role, you will lead a dedicated team, driving excellence in patient care and ensuring seamless clinical operations. Your focus will be on enhancing patient outcomes, optimizing workflows, and fostering a collaborative environment for healthcare professionals. If you are a dynamic professional passionate about improving patient care and leading teams to success, we invite you to be a key contributor to our mission of delivering top-quality orthopedic services.

Reports to: CEO/Director of Business Development

Schedule/Type: FT - Salary

Wage: $105,000-160,000 per year commensurate with experience

Bonus Eligibility: Yes

Requirements:

Leadership/Management:

• Develop an efficient organizational structure for optimal patient care.
• Oversee policy development, compliance, and educational efforts for nursing/clinical staff.
• Stay abreast of professional issues impacting healthcare at local, state, and national levels.

Clinical:

• Directs and supervises all areas of the Centre’s clinical care.
• Keeps administration informed of clinical activities.
• Oversees development and medications of clinical programs and patient care activities.
• Establish, maintain, analyze, and evaluate standards of nursing care to maintain compliance with professional standards and recommend perioperative practices to ensure patient satisfaction and efficiency of services in a timely manner.
• Act as staff and or charge nurse as necessary to fill in in times of staff shortage.
• Coordinates with Anesthesia providers for case coverage.
• Ability to evaluate and correlate clinical data with patient care.

Business:

• Play a vital role in budgeting processes and cost control efforts.
• Oversee materials management, inventory, and contribute to facility marketing initiatives.
• Make recommendations for medical supplies and equipment purchases to the administrator based on the needs of the Centre and evaluation of new products and services.

Human Resources:

• Carry out supervisory responsibilities, including interviewing, hiring, training and evaluation of clinical employees, supporting staff development and fostering positive relationships.
• Ensure compliance with HR policies, conduct performance evaluations, and facilitate staffing plans.

Quality of Care and Patient Rights:

• Ensure high-quality care services in adherence to professional principles and ethical conduct.
• Investigate and address patient complaints, maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
• Identify areas which require additional reinforcement through education, consultation, or practicum.

Quality Improvement:

• Drive accreditation and quality improvement activities, overseeing incident reporting and infection control.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and contribute to ongoing accreditation programs.
• Oversees and participates on QAPI and MAC Committee and serves as quality improvement coordinator to facilitate quality improvement activities under the direction of the administration and the Quality Improvement Committee.
• Responsible for ongoing accreditation programs including but not limited to: QI, RM, IC and facility and fire safety.
• Maintains knowledge of and understand regulatory requirements of:

1. Federal ASC Conditions of coverage
2. AAAHC Standards
3. State of Colorado ASC and CC standards

Facilities and Environment:

• Assist in ensuring a safe and sanitary environment, including emergency preparedness.
• Provide training to employees for organized response to emergency situations.

Communications and Teamwork:

• Demonstrate effective communication and transparency with staff, physicians, and vendors.
• Foster teamwork through collaboration, open communication, and conflict resolution.
• Recognizes privileged and protected information and applies discretion and confidentiality.

Other Duties:

Embrace various responsibilities as assigned to contribute to the overall success of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor of Science degree required; MSN preferred or master’s in business, health administration or other related field. Current license as a Colorado registered nurse. Current certification in BLS and ACLS. The knowledge, skills and abilities of a staff nurse are required for this position including the maintenance of specialty certification in either perioperative nursing, CNOR or in a paranesthesia nursing, CAPA or CPAN.

Experience: Minimum of ten years in perioperative setting, with at least five years in ASC supervisory setting.

Benefits

Company Paid Benefits

• Employee HDHP Plan
• Basic Life/AD&D – Guardian
• PTO
• EAP
• 401(k) Safe Harbor Contribution

Benefit Options Requiring Employee Contributions

• Medical
• HSA and FSA
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life and AD&D
• General Purpose Healthcare FSA
• Optional Protection Benefits (Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Cancer Care and Critical Illness Insurance)
• 401K

Application Closing Date: Accepted Ongoing

Boulder Centre for Orthopedics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer...