Job Description
Overview
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
Patient Services Managers structure their activities to anticipate and respond to the impact of managed care and
other market forces on health care delivery. They ensure that their unit (s) demonstrate superior outcomes, provide
seamless delivery of care, and maintain competitive cost structures. Each manager is responsible for a defined
functional area of patient services and must collaborate with others to achieve the hospital 's strategic objectives and
mission: patient service, teaching, research, and community service. The Patient Services Manager serves as the
direct link between hospital strategies and the staff on the patient care team .
Patient and family centered care (PFCC) at YNHH is demonstrated by working with patients and their families based
on the 4 principles of PFCC: participation, dignity and respect, information sharing, and collaboration. This includes
providing service excellence by creating a great "First Impression" by demonstrating exemplary customer service
skills for all customer groups including patients, families/friends, physicians, staff and support department personnel.
Adheres to the "I Am YNHH" service excellence pledge and promotes a positive work environment.
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities
- 1. The Patient Services Manager is specifically responsible to:
- 1.1 Ensure that desired clinical outcomes are achieved through cost effective and efficient processes.
- 2. UNIT OBJECTIVES
- 2.1 Collaborates with division and unit leadership to design, develop, and implement clinically and fiscally
responsive program philosophies, goals, and objectives.
- 3. FISCAL MANAGEMENT
- 3.1 Develops and manages a unit budget to ensure the delivery of cost-effective, quality care.
- 4. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- 4.1 Provides vision and leadership to staff in a collaborative environment that offers job satisfaction ,
recognition, and stimulates innovative thinking to accomplish goals and objectives.
- 5. ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
- 5.1 Promotes the organization to all customers by interpreting and communicating Yale New Haven 's
mission and values, acting as a loyal, supportive, and informed spokesperson for the unit/program,
division, and Hospital.
- 6. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
- 6.1 Develops customer relations' standards reflecting excellence consistent with Hospital policy for
internal/external customers in collaboration with unit leadership and appropriate departments.
- 7. OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT
- 7.1 Identifies and analyzes trends in customer service/satisfaction and provides leadership in resolving any
negative trends.
- 8. KEY INTERFACES
- 8.1 The Patient Services Manager interacts primarily with the following external interfaces. 1. Patients 2.
Families 3. Physicians
- 9. DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY
- 9.1 Patient Services Managers have the authority to formulate and execute unit/program vision, goals, and
plans consistent with Hospital strategies and policy. They determine whether needed resources have
been committed and facilitate the acquisition of additional resource were indicated.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
o Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing required and/or a Masters Degree in Nursing.
o Masters Degree Preferred
o Masters Degree Required as of 1/1/2021. The degree does not have to be in Nursing depending on whether the
Bachelors Degree is a BSN. One of the two degrees (Bachelors or Masters) MUST BE IN NURSING.
EXPERIENCE
Five (5) to six (6) years experience including clinical practice experience and two (2) to three (3) years of demonstrated leadership/supervisory/management experience required.
LICENSURE
Current Connecticut State RN Nursing licensure required
o All eligible, nurse leaders must have one of the following nursing leadership certifications by December 31, 2028
and then be maintained.
o ANCC Basic (NE) Nurse Executive, or
o AONE (CNML) Certified Nurse Manager Leader
SPECIAL SKILLS
Demonstrated ability to direct a large, diverse work force in a twenty -four hour per day operational environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities. Excellent communication skills. Knowledge of and proficient in
the operation and use of computer-based information systems, to facilitate all aspects of care delivery .
Knowledgeable in budgeting and financing of operational units (salaried and non-salaried). Knowledgeable of Quality
Improvement processes, and capable of implementing concepts. Demonstrated ability to implement and support
change required.
PHYSICAL DEMAND
Twenty-four hour a day accountability for all operational aspects. (On call systems for patient call/care) Exposure to biohazards blood and body fluids. Prolonged standing, walking, and lifting required.