Care Management and Coordination Operations Supervisor - Military veterans preferred

Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.


Care Management and Coordination Operations Supervisor

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-34239
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Hospital/Clinic Support
Portland, OR (Waterfront)

Overview

Operations: This position supervises approx. 22 Team Coordinator and Care Coordinator staff and provides daily guidance in problem solving. Supervisor will be required to assign and approve business related work. Supervisor will be called upon to investigate operational problems within the practice environment. Supervisor will work conjointly with the Ambulatory Oncology Care Management and Coordination Nurse Manager to evaluate work performance and initiates performance appraisals for all employees under supervisor’s supervision. Works in concert with the Manger to counsel employees, develop work plans, and participates in discipline, communicates performance expectations, and business policies and procedures. Assists employees with problem identification and resolution. Coordinates business personnel work schedules, and time-away schedules. Will arrange coverage for absent business personnel. Other duties include:

• Monitors/audits standard work for Team Coordinator and Care Coordinator staff and provides timely coaching and positive/constructive feedback on work performed.

• Provides leadership in creating and implementing policies and procedures for clinic operations.

• Create staff schedules and appropriately uses support staff. Monitors staffing levels for the practice based on patient acuity, staff competencies and patient volume.

• Serves as an escalation liaison for patients, staff and providers.  

• Maintains and updates Master Care Management and Coordination Resource Grid.

• Maintains and updates Master Ambulatory Oncology Care Management and Coordination Schedule Grid.

• Maintains physical environment and equipment for effective operations.

• Anticipates and facilitates needs for repair, renovations, replacement, new purchases or modifications of work environment and equipment for the effective provision of services within the clinical space.

• Ensures work practices meet health, fire, safety, and regulatory requirements and compliance with DNV and HIPAA standards.
• Leads/attends monthly Coordination team meetings. 
• Participates on the talent pool hiring, as well as other meetings as assigned.
• Assists Manager in administrative duties as needed for clinical and/or operational flow.
• Attends OHSU leadership meetings as assigned. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Service:

• Serves as the KCI Clinic Service Excellence Ambassador by modeling and encouraging high quality, patient centered care. Implements and supports service excellence missions and standards. Develops and maintains relationships with referring physicians, patients, clinic staff, faculty, and management staff to ensure positive patient and staff interactions. Demonstrates active listening skills and supportive, professional behavior at all times. Handles patient and staff, complaints and problems promptly and courteously. Monitors service excellence metrics and responds to satisfaction survey data. In collaboration with Ambulatory Oncology Care Management and Coordination Manager, develops corrective action plans when metrics are below standard. 
• Provides high quality customer service to both external customers (patient, referring providers, and insurance carriers) and internal customers (OHSU health care providers and staff) which meets or exceeds the service standards of the health care industry and OHSU. These duties will include prompt and professional communication efforts in written and verbal forms, face-to-face customer contact skills, crisis management, knowledge of available informational tools and technology, standard complaint processing, flexible coverage of internal service needs, and the continuous application of process improvement methods and skills. The Clinic Operations Supervisor will serve as a role model for other clinical and non-clinical employees in KCI. 
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• Associates degree or equivalent education and experience.
• One year supervisory experience in health care, academic, or research environment
• One year care coordination support experience in a high volume medical practice clinical setting with direct contact with a culturally diverse patient population. Experience should include lead work experience, or demonstrate the ability to lead teams.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):

• Knowledge and experience of customer relationship management concepts.
• Knowledge of the academic and/or healthcare environment. 
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent organizational skills and strong time management skills; demonstrated exemplary customer service orientation and ability to work as a team member. 
• Must possess ability to work independently, to prioritize and manage own workload as well as ability to appropriately delegate to and coordinate workload of Medical Assistant staff.
• Proven interpersonal problem-solving and conflict resolution skills; possess leadership skills demonstrated by positive and professional role-modeling and an encouraging motivational attitude.
• Flexible, calm and non-judgmental; professional demeanor, strong patient, peer and physician communication skills; 
• Demonstrated skill in giving and receiving feedback; possess patience and ability to teach/train staff at various levels of the learning curve and with various learning style.
• Proficiency in OHSU computer applications.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of managed care, commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid programs.
• Strong relationship building skills with patients, providers, staff, management, and outside collaborators. 
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• If qualifying as an MA must have graduated from a nationally recognized accredited medical assistant training program, and have an active MA license

• Bachelor’s in a health science field.
• Two + years supervisory experience in health care, academic, or research environment
• Two + years care coordination support experience
• Experience working with an electronic medical record system, preferably Epic
• A bilingual fluency in Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Mandarin/Cantonese, Arabic or American Sign Language (Candidate must pass a language proficiency examination provided by OHSU prior to utilizing additional language skills in patient care encounters) 
• Formal customer service training, conflict management training, and/or communication training.
• Knowledge of OHSU’s business policies and procedures. 
• Demonstrated experience must include knowledge of OHSU systems, scheduling of appointments and obtaining authorizations, referrals and surgery scheduling; must have ability to meet deadlines and respond to urgent patient and system needs

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