Job Information
Albany Medical Center Nursing Resources Manager in Albany, New York
Department/Unit:
Patient Care Serv Admin
Work Shift:
Day (United States of America)
As a member of the Nursing Organization leadership team, the Manager of Nursing Resources provides oversight, management and expertise, with the knowledge, critical thinking and analytical skills required to establish operational and capital budgets, monitor/trend resource utilization and development of strategic plans to achieve organizational fiscal efficiency, optimizing quality of care.
Salary Range $89,731.20 - $148,054.40
Mission, Vision, and Values:
Mission
We are committed to improving health by attaining the highest standard of quality in care delivery, education, and research initiatives.
Vision
As an academic medical system, we will deliver the best possible experience for all patients wherever we interact with them. We will foster teaching, learning and discovery, fiscal responsibility, and adaptability to change.
Values
Excellence and continuous improvement - Integrity in every decision we make
Compassion and respect for the dignity of every person
A diverse, inclusive and welcoming environment
Collaboration throughout our organization
Responsiveness to the people of our communities
Essential Functions:
Operational & Capital Budget Planning/Monitoring:
Annual operational Budget planning for all expenses including salary and non-salary items and monitoring budget implementation.
Annual Capital Budget Planning and tracking throughout the budget process.
Preparation/Update Staffing Patterns & Budgeted Quota Planning Sheets.
Represents Nursing organization to finalize allocation of patient volume projection from Finance.
Development & Administration of Management Systems:
System administration for Management Systems including: Patient Classification Systems, Time & Attendance Systems, Enhanced Scheduling Systems, Health Catalyst Data Analytics System – Labor Management Explore module.
Provides leadership and expertise in data-mining to assist Nursing Leadership with information and analysis from multiple management systems and statistical data bases.
Responsible for the integrity of data and data flow through maintenance and validation of mapping tables among multiple systems.
Serves as a primary source of staffing and nursing workloads data (i.e. acuity and census) and productivity reports distributed to Nursing/Hospital leadership.
Support partners on workforce analytics and planning projects to ensure workforce needs align with business objectives. Gather and analyze data and participate in developing and maintaining such materials as staffing models, metrics, reports, presentations, and dashboards.
Represents Nursing organization to participate in external benchmarking system.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to establish and maintain Nursing Leadership Dashboard.
Strategic Planning and Feasibility Analysis for Nursing Initiatives:
Evaluate the financial feasibility of current and proposed Nursing Programs and services, providing analysis and recommendations.
Identifies trends, external and internal changes that may affect resources, and assist in developing strategies to address these changes.
Development & Monitoring of Pay Practices:
Collaborates with Nursing Leadership to develop and implement pay programs promoting consistent and efficient labor management.
Represents Nursing organization to coordinate implementation & monitoring pay programs with HR and Payroll.
Provides leadership to establish and monitor pay practice guidelines.
Staffing Resource Management:
Processes advanced knowledge of staffing resource planning and productivity management concepts, principles and problem-solving tools and techniques and demonstrates ability to apply in support of the development and management of organizational fiscal management programs.
Develops and monitors information systems which analyze productivity and cost benefit, and related fiscal management and personnel utilization to objectives and quality of care.
Manages/Monitors Travelers/Agency time reporting and reconciles invoices.
Oversees licenses/certification tracking process and compliance.
Approves electronic requisitions throughout Nursing Organization to ensure timely/accurate staffing resource management within the budgetary capacity.
Other Responsibilities:
Provides education and expertise for management reports available in Scheduling and Patient Classification Systems to Nursing Leadership.
Represents Nursing organization for Capacity Change work team and services as primary source of physical/operational bed capacity tracking.
Manages and negotiates contracts with the vendors.
Oversees Nursing Scheduling Office.
Works as a liaison between Nursing and Corporate Compliance through concurrent and quarterly focused timecard audits
Participates in LEAN training and serves as project participants/sponsors as a staffing/productivity expertise to promote innovative approaches in process improvement organization-wide
Acts as a resource of external reporting for staffing data to meet regulatory requirements.
All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodations.
Required for All Jobs:
Maintain strict adherence to the Albany Medical Center Confidentiality policy.
Incorporate Albany Medical Center Behavioral Standards and Guiding Principles into daily activities.
Comply with all Albany Medical Center Policies.
Comply with behavioral expectations of the department.
Maintain courteous and effective interactions with colleagues.
Demonstrate an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.
Demonstrate a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Service standards.
Participate in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
Participate in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.
Perform all other duties as needed or directed to meet the needs of the department.
Qualifications:
Education
Master's Degree in Healthcare or Business Administration - preferred
Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate
Work Experience
7-9 years of hospital/healthcare setting experience - required
and 4-6 years of supervisory/managerial experience - preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Competent in knowledge and proficiency in computer technology.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional, business, financial and legal documents.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with various range of audiences from top management to staff members.
Ability to organize and facilitate interdepartmental meetings.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to analyze complex data and synthesize.
Ability to interpret financial and healthcare statistical data.
Ability to demonstrate trends/findings using statistical tools.
Licenses and Certifications:
RN - Registered Nurse - NY State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure - preferred
Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!
Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.
This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:
Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
Albany Med is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.
Albany Med offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:
Excellent health care coverage (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-health-%20benefits/) with lower copays at most Albany Med providers.
A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-advantages/)
Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Med offers a full range outpatient and inpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 trauma center, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.
Albany Med partners with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.