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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Clinical Director - Hospital, Coordination of Care

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeSacramento, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum two years of experience managing operational or project budgets.
  • Minimum two years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.
  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Nursing, Health Care, or a directly related field, plus at least seven years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field; alternatively, at least ten years of experience in those fields without the degree requirement.
  • Basic Life Support is required at hire.
  • One of the following is required at hire: Physician Assistant License (California); Registered Dietitian qualification; Surgical First Assistant Certificate; Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Certification; Pharmacist License (California); Speech-Language Pathologist License (California); Occupational Therapist License (California); Respiratory Care Practitioner License (California); Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California); Registered Nurse License (California); or Physical Therapist License (California).

Responsibilities

  • Establish best-practice models, perform strategic planning, and design patient-care delivery systems and practice standards across several locations.
  • Lead investigations of patient, family, and member concerns regarding patient care and services; partner with leaders to identify conditions and services suited to a multidisciplinary approach; direct interdisciplinary teams in designing assessment tools, interventions, and care-management plans to improve outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
  • Manage clinical-area resource needs and appropriate assignment and utilization; evaluate equipment, supplies, and medications; ensure patient and employee safety; maintain clinical expertise, supervision, competency, and licensing; delegate tasks within scope of practice; and perform clinical duties as required.
  • Collaborate with Nursing Clinical Practice to ensure staff deliver high-quality care and comply with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
  • Prepare individuals for advancement, build collaborative networks, solicit and act on performance feedback, set goals, coach for performance improvement, oversee recruitment, selection, and talent development, and ensure performance-management guidelines support business needs.
  • Share organizational best practices, processes, benchmarks, and industry trends; motivate and empower teams; align resource plans with business objectives; guide difficult decisions; and create opportunities for broader decision-making and impact.
  • Oversee multiple units within a department by identifying member and operational needs, ensuring work completion, translating business strategy into requirements, and ensuring products and services meet member expectations and organizational strategies.
  • Gain cross-functional support for business plans and priorities, make decisions, set standards, measure progress, resolve escalated issues, communicate objectives, analyze resources and costs and forecasts, prioritize and distribute resources, remove performance obstacles, and develop contingency plans.
  • Direct hospital administrative functions supporting patient care, including timelines and stakeholder strategies; ad hoc reports and workflows; department responses and performance targets; operational initiatives and program, service, and systems development.
  • Align workplace and patient safety, human resources, labor relations, training and development, and quality and risk management programs with organizational mission and values; direct survey-readiness activities, mock rounds, compliance issue mitigation, and review of audit documentation and reports.
  • Oversee budgets for assigned areas and ensure financial performance meets expectations.
  • Manage care-delivery operations and programs in a 24/7 environment; partner with physicians and clinical leaders on care initiatives and oversee workstreams.
  • Oversee long-term plans, policies, and processes for data gathering and analysis in alignment with guidelines and regulations; drive cross-functional patient-management solutions; and align hospital resources for appropriate assignment and utilization.
  • Direct multidisciplinary hospital teams and hold them accountable for performance; oversee emergency-preparedness program design and adjust emergency and recovery plans as needed; ensure managers and staff understand and are trained for emergency expectations.
  • Provide strategic direction to project teams and ensure implementation, equitable resource distribution, and delivery of objectives; oversee nursing services and patient-care teams in alignment with cost, quality, clinical, and utilization standards.
  • Direct strategic projects to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and operating efficiency; define standards for clinical teams to identify root causes, recommend solutions, and improve operational processes and quality and safety.
  • Drive strategic plans for integrated services across the continuum of care and consult senior and executive management to establish performance metrics for strategic improvement projects.
  • Develop and implement strategies for continuous improvement in the quality and safety of clinical practices, services, and operations for patients and staff; hold managers accountable for legal and regulatory compliance; and establish and monitor outcome objectives and systems for evaluating and improving patient care.

Desired Qualifications

  • Seven years of experience in direct patient-care delivery.
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification where applicable.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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