HCA Healthcare
Director of Throughput
HCA Healthcare, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215
Description
This position is incentive eligible.
IntroductionLast year alone, HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours impacting our communities. As a Director of Throughput with Medical City Dallas, you can be a manager in an organization that is devoted to giving!
BenefitsMedical City Dallas offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
Colleague recognition program.
Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Come join our team as a Director of Throughput. We care for our communities and employees! HCA Hope Fund in fourteen years reached a historic milestone: 50 million in help to our colleagues in need. Last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated 13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and QualificationsThe Director of Throughput coordinates patient flow through the hospital and clinical coordination of care across the continuum. Responsibilities will include developing length of stay (LOS) and resource reduction strategies, capitalizing on facility best practices, providing facility-specific LOS analysis, and making recommendations for process improvement. The Director will also ensure that improvement opportunities are appropriately channeled to effect change, coordinate compliance initiatives with outside agencies, intervene with the hospitalists to address and resolve issues related to facility utilization and patient flow process, and facilitate strong working relationships between the Shared Service Center (SSC) and hospital case management and admitting departments to promote effective utilization management through coordination of efforts involving patient flow.
What you will do in this role:
Evaluation and implementation of patient flow to ensure maximization of the hospital resources.
Continually evaluate, monitor, and improve the patient flow program effectiveness as it relates to utilization review, resource management, discharge planning, and care coordination, as well as coordination of efforts with the Revenue Integrity Department to monitor and prevent insurance denials.
Establish patient flow goals in coordination with hospital executive management and monitor progress toward the goals through tracking tools such as a dashboard.
Manage Patient Flow department to include development of proper staffing levels, management of expenses in line with budgeted expectations, development of appropriate departmental policies and hospital policies to address regulatory requirements, coordination of the hiring of departmental staff, assignment of duties, training and supervision of all members of the team. Facilitate the ongoing training and education of staff to meet regulatory, hospital, and department policies, as well as completion of staff evaluations in accordance with hospital policy.
Coordinate Medical City Dallas Patient Flow responsibilities with the Case Management Director for Medical City Dallas Adult Services and the division Revenue Integrity Department Director to ensure all patient flow needs of the Medical Center are met and to ensure similar policies and procedures are in place, as applicable.
Serve as the educational leader to physicians and Medical City Dallas employees as it relates to utilization review, resource management, and patient flow.
What qualifications you will need:
Registered Nurse
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing (Preferred)
Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics, and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.HCA Healthcare Co-FounderBecome a manager with an organization that invests in your career while giving to the community. We are seeking distinguished applicants for our Director Throughput opening. Help HCA Healthcare create healthier tomorrows for patients and communities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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This position is incentive eligible.
IntroductionLast year alone, HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours impacting our communities. As a Director of Throughput with Medical City Dallas, you can be a manager in an organization that is devoted to giving!
BenefitsMedical City Dallas offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
Colleague recognition program.
Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence).
Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Come join our team as a Director of Throughput. We care for our communities and employees! HCA Hope Fund in fourteen years reached a historic milestone: 50 million in help to our colleagues in need. Last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated 13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and QualificationsThe Director of Throughput coordinates patient flow through the hospital and clinical coordination of care across the continuum. Responsibilities will include developing length of stay (LOS) and resource reduction strategies, capitalizing on facility best practices, providing facility-specific LOS analysis, and making recommendations for process improvement. The Director will also ensure that improvement opportunities are appropriately channeled to effect change, coordinate compliance initiatives with outside agencies, intervene with the hospitalists to address and resolve issues related to facility utilization and patient flow process, and facilitate strong working relationships between the Shared Service Center (SSC) and hospital case management and admitting departments to promote effective utilization management through coordination of efforts involving patient flow.
What you will do in this role:
Evaluation and implementation of patient flow to ensure maximization of the hospital resources.
Continually evaluate, monitor, and improve the patient flow program effectiveness as it relates to utilization review, resource management, discharge planning, and care coordination, as well as coordination of efforts with the Revenue Integrity Department to monitor and prevent insurance denials.
Establish patient flow goals in coordination with hospital executive management and monitor progress toward the goals through tracking tools such as a dashboard.
Manage Patient Flow department to include development of proper staffing levels, management of expenses in line with budgeted expectations, development of appropriate departmental policies and hospital policies to address regulatory requirements, coordination of the hiring of departmental staff, assignment of duties, training and supervision of all members of the team. Facilitate the ongoing training and education of staff to meet regulatory, hospital, and department policies, as well as completion of staff evaluations in accordance with hospital policy.
Coordinate Medical City Dallas Patient Flow responsibilities with the Case Management Director for Medical City Dallas Adult Services and the division Revenue Integrity Department Director to ensure all patient flow needs of the Medical Center are met and to ensure similar policies and procedures are in place, as applicable.
Serve as the educational leader to physicians and Medical City Dallas employees as it relates to utilization review, resource management, and patient flow.
What qualifications you will need:
Registered Nurse
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing (Preferred)
Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics, and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.HCA Healthcare Co-FounderBecome a manager with an organization that invests in your career while giving to the community. We are seeking distinguished applicants for our Director Throughput opening. Help HCA Healthcare create healthier tomorrows for patients and communities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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