Job Description

THE ROLE

The Director of Infusion Nursing reports to the Sr. Director of Infusion Services and works closely with the operations teams of the Providence Cancer Institute, Arthritis Center, and Hospital teams including PPMC, PSVMC, PNMC and PWFMC in ensuring safe and efficient care of infusion and navigation patients throughout the East and West service areas at multiple sites. The director collaborates with staff, physicians, APPs, schedulers, and teams throughout the delivery system. Provides direct supervision to nursing leaders and teams. The director works within EPIC, and infusion software to evaluate productivity and manages budgets to ensure effective stewardship. The director demonstrates advanced leadership skills and ability in the management and growth of teams.

MAJOR CHALLENGES:

1. To effectively manage and balance between competing initiatives, demands, and priorities, while achieving outstanding patient care and financial outcomes.

2. To assist clinicians and managers to systematically plan for and sustain change.

3. Assure adherence to accreditation guidelines.

4. Balance stewardship, patient care experience, and quality.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for collaborating with the Sr. Director of Infusion and Executive Director of PCI on the strategic plan for Infusion services and recommendations for nursing services to accommodate patient care throughout the East and West service areas. Advises on planning for operational and capital purchases and participates in the development of business plans.

• Assures that resources and services support the mission of the departments and organization.

• Formulates realistic budgets, including plans for capital equipment, space, human, and other resources to carry out department and organization-wide functions.

• Demonstrates effective control of resources and maintains appropriate monitoring systems.

• Identifies and implements change in systems as needed to increase productivity, promote cost containment, and enhance patient care and safety.

• Participates in planning for the future needs and direction of the organization and direct areas of responsibility.

• Demonstrates leadership ability by facilitating individual and team development. Removes roadblocks to improve employee and organization performance. Motivates, challenges and develops employees.

• Assures that performance appraisals, coaching, counseling, feedback, and discipline are conducted in concert with policies, values and standards. Develops and applies nursing policies and procedures using current standards of nursing practice and research.

• Effectively recruits, hires, orients, trains, and evaluates staff to assure competency and meeting of patient, departmental and organizational needs.

• Assures provision of department and organizational meetings for all staff to meet the needs of the department and regulatory requirements.

• Monitors activities, identifies trends, and takes actions which assess and improve departments’ performance. Maintains appropriate quality control programs.

• Is knowledgeable about and participates in the Plan for Improving Organization Performance and the departments’ functions/role in the plan. Is knowledgeable and practices performance improvement skills and techniques. Utilizes HRO tools.

• Assures safe environment for customers and others; identifies and takes effective action when necessary to assure safety standards are met.

• Ensure compliance and achievement of accreditation standards including JCAHO, QOPI and CoC. Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.

• Coordinates and integrates services within the departments and with other departments in order to assure that customer needs are met.

• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, and workshops.

• Actively participates in the Oregon Regional Infusion Committee. Participates in other hospital and department meetings as required.

• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

• Master's Degree in Nursing (preferred)

• Upon hire: Oregon Registered Nurse License (Vendor Managed)

• 5 years of one of the following: oncology, outpatient or rheumatology Infusion experience.

• 3 years of experience in a supervisory role or above

• Working knowledge of 340B, accreditation guidelines including JCAHO, QOPI, COC

• Experience with iQueue systems.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

About the Team

Providence has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1856 when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence is located in areas ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 277591
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Nursing-Patient Facing
Job Function: Nursing
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Leadership
Department: 5001 OR PPMC CANCER RESEARCH ADMIN
Address: OR Portland 4805 NE Glisan St
Work Location: Providence Portland Medical Ctr-Portland
Pay Range: $63.60 - $102.38
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

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