Patient Care Manager

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY The Patient Care Manager has a pivotal role in co-ordination and management of activities and resources of Access, works as a key member of the ED management team and assumes 24 hour accountability for overall management and for the delivery of quality Patient Care services to achieve optimal patient outcomes.KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Coordination and management of activities and resources of access to ensure patients? satisfaction in the department.
• Advocate for healthcare staff, patients and families ensuring open lines of communication.
• Leads and coordinates collaborative multi-disciplinary partnerships and manages potential incidents.
• Attends to patients? family in case of resuscitation/trauma/difficult situation.
• Ensures patients? satisfaction in the department and works with department staff to meet patients? needs and expectation.
• Facilitates communication between patients and healthcare staff.
• Addresses patients? concerns and issues and communicates them to the medical team and other higher Emergency Department administrators
• Keeps an open communication with other medical facility in the country to facilitate patients transfer and address patients? needs.
• Facilitates patients? transfer to other facilities after liaising with the medical staff and ensuring availability of beds in the existing facility.
• Acts as an advocate for patients and families; addresses any issues that negatively impact on patient experience and care.
• Leads and coordinates collaborative multi-disciplinary partnerships working towards the achievements of constant improvement in patient satisfaction. Monitors patient flow for ED patients. Takes effective action to address issues with the main stakeholders. Participates through team working and collaborative partnerships in identifying and implementing solutions.
• Serves as a change agent as necessary.
• Manages untoward incidents/complaints by effective and timely investigation ensuring lessons learnt are effectively communicated.
• Communicates effectively with all staff in a manner consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background proactively seeking out solutions to improve communications and teamwork.
• Upholds the organizational values at all times.
• Follows all Sidra related policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Assists in collecting key performance indicators for department.
• Builds trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, other disciplines, ancillary services, physicians, nurses and other medical staff for the best interest of patients.
• Willing to cover in-house 24/7 service. 8hours /shift
• Adheres to Sidra?s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra?s Values

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS ? SELECTION CRITERIA:Education:Bachelor?s degree in Social Studies or other related field.Experience:

• 4+ years? relevant work experience post degree
• Demonstrated management experience overseeing large numbers of patients

Job Specific Skills and Abilities:ESSENTIAL:

• Demonstrated mature understanding of multicultural organizations and ability to work in such environment.
• Demonstrated ability be a customer satisfaction oriented health care advocate.
• Demonstrated team player skills.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Fluency in written and spoken English

PREFERRED:

• Preferably female Qatari national

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