The Associate Director reports directly to the Administrator for the Department Radiology, Laboratory, and Pathology may be assigned to any Department/Division/Specialty within the scope as identified by the Chair/Administrator and is responsible for daily operations, patient throughput, and coordination of care delivery. This individual can problem solve, troubleshoot and resolve problems arising from daily operations. This individual is accountable for the operational performance by building a cohesive team and establishing a positive working relationship with the medical staff sufficient to encourage volume growth, efficient patient care processes, quality clinical outcomes, and information systems necessary to support reliable outcomes reporting.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to personnel resource management, budget management, supply and equipment inventory management, clinical information systems management, professional staff development, and to ensure that regulatory requirements and guidelines are continuously adhere to and independently makes changes to operations as required to meet standards.
Support project management of key strategic initiatives and deployment of capital projects through assistance with planning, designing workflow and throughput, implementing, and evaluating process through completion.
This individual will also develop and maintain a positive relationship and interaction with other Service Line leaders towards the enhancement of physician, patient, and employee satisfaction, and quality improvement initiatives. Organizes, delegates, and coordinates the activities of the assigned services, and supports medical and administrative staff within each assigned department. Has the ability to take on multiple projects while still maintaining a high level of productivity on existing projects. Takes a leadership role in developing policy and standards for patient care services.
This position requires providing service to adult populations in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Primary Location Address
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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