Title: Executive Director Patient Throughput

Location: Long Beach, CA

Department: Clinical Access

Status: Full-time

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $195,758/annually-$269,162/annually

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary:

Provides leadership and strategic direction to drive optimization of capacity management and safe patient flow initiatives of all inpatient bed assignments for admissions and observation encounters (direct admissions, emergency department, and post anesthesia care), internal transfers, and discharges. Works collaboratively with nursing leaders, physician leaders, care coordination leaders, ancillary department leaders, and other Memorial Care campus and/or shared services leaders to ensure timely, efficient, safe, equitable, effective, and patient centered care. Retains responsibility and accountability over strategic direction for surge planning and emergency overcrowding policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Leads all throughput and patient flow related activities including providing direct supervision, coaching, and performance management to assigned team members.

Partners with physicians on patient placement strategies and decisions in collaboration with campus Medical Leadership

Partners with Nursing (Inpatient units, ED, Care Coordination) and Ancillary Department Leadership on patient placement strategies and decisions in collaboration with Chief Nurse Executive and VP Associate Chief Nursing Officers.

Participates in quality, safety, and risk management initiatives.

Escalates throughput barriers for resolution to Sr. Leadership.

Leads performance improvement initiatives, chart reviews, and data collection.

Perform other duties as assigned

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

Recent emergency department management experience: Preferred

Proven leadership, facilitative, and anticipatory/critical thinking skills: Preferred

Excellent communication and mediation skills: Preferred

Strong acumen for systems thinking and problem solving with a proven ability to work in complex environments: Preferred

Education/Licensure/Certification:

Bachelors of Nursing: Required

Masters of Nursing or other related health field: Preferred

Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license: Required

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers: Required