Manager of Ambulatory Nursing Clinical Practice Program

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The Manager of Ambulatory Nursing Clinical Practice Program is responsible for the implementation, enhancement, and continuous improvement of clinical practice across the ambulatory care sites within the Health System. The Manager is accountable to the Physician leaders, clinic and regional administrators, and Jefferson Health senior leadership for executing a vision for clinical practice that aligns with the mission, goals, and strategy of Jefferson Health and achieves the continued success of the overall health system

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson
• Accurately identifies real/potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow through and communication
• Program development and planning: In collaboration with senior leadership, explore, recommend, develop, and implement new opportunities to optimize clinical practice leading to exceptional patient care. In collaboration with local and regional leadership, optimize the role and contribution of ambulatory clinical staff. Supports clinical practice initiatives and helps prioritize resource allocation to ensure that service needs are met, while maintaining Jefferson's quality standards Identify and resolve issues, communicate information, and/or facilitate required actions.
• Operations
  o Standardize services, processes, resources, and practices to improve efficiency maximizing continuity of patient care while maintaining professional standards within disciplines and across patient care centers.
  o Collaborate with ambulatory leaders for alignment and standardization of clinical practice
  o Align work based on ambulatory strategic initiatives
• o Quality management
  o In collaboration with local and regional leadership, determine and align priorities for quality and safety metrics.
  o Identify and develop process and outcome metrics specific to the practice environments to ensure the highest quality of care and patient satisfaction.
  o Ensure the completion of focused/ongoing professional-practice evaluation with appropriate leadership
  o Ensures integration with the hospitals and the clinical departments' QA/Safety structures and processes.
  o Monitors compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy, environmental, patient, and personnel safety
• Develops and mentors' staff while creating strong relationships and a positive culture for both staff and patients.
• Schedule and conduct routine team meetings
• Maintain awareness of team engagement; identify and respond to key challenges and areas of opportunity

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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.