What are the responsibilities and job description for the Center Administrator position at AMSURG?
Center Administrator
New Jersey
Position Summary:
We are currently searching for a Full Time Center Administrator to work Mondays – Fridays who can work cooperatively with staff and physicians and perform a variety of tasks.
The Center’s management company, AMSURG is a nationally recognized leader in the strategic and operational management of ambulatory surgery centers with medical specialties ranging from gastroenterology to ophthalmology and orthopedics. With more than 250 surgery centers across the U.S., we partner with physicians and health systems to deliver the highest standards of patient care and quality. For more information, please access our website: https://www.amsurg.com/.
Through AMSURG, our clinician-led organization is changing the face of healthcare by delivering high-quality care that puts the patient first.
Position Summary:
We are currently searching for a Full Time Center Administrator to work Mondays – Fridays who can work cooperatively with staff and physicians and perform a variety of tasks.
Major responsibilities include:
- Monitors operational activities for effective and efficient management of daily operations
- Works collaboratively with Medical Directors, Board Members, Director of Operations and Clinical Director
- Direct supervision of nursing and patient care
- Oversees medical staff/allied health credentialing and human resources
- Directs and participates in the centers Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Committee (QAPI)
- Manages services provided by contracted vendors
- Develops, interprets, and implements policies, procedures, regulations, programs, and recommended practices to meet requirements of regulatory and accrediting organizations. Including but not limited to: infection control, environment of care, and emergency preparedness.
- Monitors and analyzes monthly operating report to promote cost containment and efficient use of Center’s resources
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required:
• Associates and/or Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited college or university
• At least two (2) years of healthcare-management experience
• At least one (1) year experience in an ASC or outpatient setting
• Evidence of leadership qualities
• Strong ethical and moral character references
• Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in
American English (if Center requires bilingual, this section can be modified)
• Computer literacy
Medical Staff
• Maintains open line of communication with Medical Director, Anesthesia Director, and QAPI Chairman
• Oversees medical staff/allied health credentialing program
• Coordinates with Medical Director ongoing and event related Peer Review Processes
• Maintains confidentiality of medical staff/allied health credentialing files
Regulatory
• Remains current on applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and professional and accrediting-body
standards
• Submits required reports on a timely basis
• Develops, interprets, and implements policies, procedures, regulations, programs, and recommended practices to meet
requirements of regulatory and accrediting organizations
• Reviews policies/procedures to ensure continued compliance with state, federal, and accrediting-body rules, regulations,
and standards
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI):
• Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the center’s adopted quality assessment, performance improvement
program
• Assists in the maintenance, education, and implementation of the centers policies and procedures to the Governing
Board, the QAPI committee (as required) and the wider Healthcare team
• Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the center’s adopted compliance program
• Actively contributes to the QAPI process and identifies his or her own role and contributions
• Ability to analyze data from performance improvement program, prepare reports, and develop action plans for
presentation to the QAPI Committee
• Serves on the Quality Assessment, Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee
Safety
• Implements best practices and regulations adopted, to provide safety in the workplace
• Monitors the Center’s physical environment and initiates methods for maintaining safety, comfort, cleanliness, and
efficiencies
• Monitors the care, cleaning, and required maintenance of equipment to maintain proper working conditions. Identifies
and evaluates need for items relative to trends, center personnel requests, and positive patient outcomes
• Works with the Safety Officer to resolve observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to ensure policy/procedure
compliance
• Submits information to licensed (as state required) healthcare risk manager, for preparation of risk management reports
• Ensures OSHA regulations are met, clinical staff are educated, and supplies are readily available
Maintenance and Materials Management
• Identifies need for new/different items, in regard to trends and center needs, within budget allowances, to promote cost
effectiveness, and minimize waste
• Promotes cost containment and efficient use of Center resources, utilizing Materials Management principals
• Analyzes and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements within the center
• Ensures center is maintained to provide a comfortable and safe working environment
• Chairs or participates on designated committees
• Ensures adequate inventory and manages new product/equipment implementation
• Monitors and verifies required materials management documentation (i.e., purchase orders, invoices, delivery receipts
etc.) are current and complete
• Ensures appropriate purchasing practices are followed
Marketing
• Assists with marketing plan in collaboration with Governing Board
• Markets to physicians and their staff (as required by center)
• Maintains awareness of medical community and assesses new provider’s candidacy for medical staff membership
If you are interested in working in an environment that provides exceptional patient care, please apply online.
Apply Now! Come Join our Team!
We offer Competitive Pay with Bonus Opportunity, Medical, Dental and Vision Plans Plus Work/Life balance by Paid Time Off
Must pass a background check and drug screen.
We do not discriminate in practices or employment opportunities on the basis of an individual's race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other prohibited category set forth in federal or state regulations.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
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