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**City/State:** Saint Louis, Missouri

**Categories:** Nursing Services

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 102548

**Pay Range:** $83,865.60 – $136,593.60 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Location:

St. Louis Children's Hospital

One Children's Place

St. Louis, MO 63110

Purpose: lead efforts to obtain and maintain Children’s Surgical Verification (CSV) with the American College of Surgeons. The Program Manager will help establish and coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to pediatric surgical quality and performance improvement across the continuum of care. This position is responsible for program development, implementation and ongoing evaluation in accordance with the American College of Surgeons national standards for achieving Level 1 Children’s Surgical Verification. This position will coordinate all responses to the verification application and site visit, documenting and facilitating issue resolution and corrective action plans.

+ Benefits eligible

+ Monday - Friday

+ Full-time; 40 hours per week

+ Days; five 8-hr shifts, with flexibility as needed

Additional Preferred Requirements

+ At least 2 years of OR experience

Overview

**St. Louis Children’s Hospital** is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides ongoing program management of the department/programs across all geographic locations in the region. Coordinates development and implementation of strategic plans working closely with hospital(s) administration and physician leadership.

Responsibilities

+ Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.

+ Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.

+ Ensures, through direction and coordination of activities, the goals and strategies of the strategic plans are developed, prioritized and implemented in collaboration with WUSM physician leaders/business directors and hospital administration. Manages joint WUSM & hospital comprehensive infrastructure, steering committees, implementation committees and subcommittees in collaboration with the WUSM physician leaders/medical directors and hospital directors/vice presidents for the purpose of addressing inpatient and outpatient services; policies, procedures and treatment protocols; supply chain; clinical outcomes; patient experience; growth and capacity planning; and financial performance.

+ Leads and manages new initiatives and implementation of evidence based practice. Develops continuing alliances and communication with peer institutions. Foster relationships and collaboration amongst all key stakeholders (Clinical/non-clinical).

+ Develops/executes improvement programs using solid data/analytics and lean methodologies that directly impact key metrics related to people, service, growth/innovation, quality and margin. Monitors and develops program contracts and scorecards to support analysis for use in mission support agreements, medical directorships, physician co-management, operational excellence and performance/care improvement.

+ Ensures compliance with all applicable regulations.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ Master's Degree - Bus/HC Admin/Nursing/related

Experience

+ <2 years

Supervisor Experience

+ < 2 years

Licenses & Certifications

+ Cert/Lic/Cert Prog-Area of Exp

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our** **Benefits Summary** **.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer