Ophthalmology POD Coordinator- UPMC Vision Institute - Mercy Pavilion
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Employer: UPMC Senior Communities
Industry: Physician Services
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Ophthalmology POD Coordinator to support the Vision Institute located at the brand new, Mercy Pavilion. This position will work Monday through Friday daylight hours
This position will primarily be responsible for overseeing staff, schedules, and troubleshooting, partner and guide providers on workflow plans and issues, communicates effectively with all techs and imagers schedule within that service, and other duties as listed.
Purpose:
Responsible for coordinating processes and procedures for multiple sites to ensure operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.
This position will primarily be responsible for overseeing staff, schedules, and troubleshooting, partner and guide providers on workflow plans and issues, communicates effectively with all techs and imagers schedule within that service, and other duties as listed.
Purpose:
Responsible for coordinating processes and procedures for multiple sites to ensure operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Use IPROC home, MPS, and daily testing orders reports to inform their clinic flow within the assigned pod.
- Decide if same-day add on testing can be accommodated (considering all others in the clinic).
- Lead the daily huddles with doctors, and all assigned clinical staff: techs, imagers, scribes etc. This daily task will ensure the entire team has a plan for each day on how patients will be roomed, transported, tested to ensure no wait.
- Partners and guides providers on workflow plans and issues. Keeps providers and staff on task to a no wait workflow. Authority to guide providers if running behind, and will escalate non-compliance/physician behavior, that is not compliant with the no wait protocols to next level of management.
- Communication responsibilities. If patients wait time exceeds 10 minutes in any segment once brought back to the pod, the pod manager will communicate the reason for delay to the patient, and address any bottlenecks to the best of their ability.
- Unassigned Imagers. Responsible to ensure Imagers are not assigned to a provider, but only image patients within their pod. Note: There may be few exceptions when patients must travel outside of their pod for specific imaging equipment.
- Responsible to Cross-train Staff. All techs and imagers will be cross trained for ophthalmic work up and all testing. Any tech/imagers can provider any/all services for any patient presenting to the clinic.
- Testing-Only Patients. Testing only patients will be scheduled as usual. Pods cannot currently be dedicated to testing only patients (across subspecialties) because of imaging equipment limitations.
- Pod Assignments Support working up and imaging patients when needed Ensure that all imaging and lane equipment within the assigned POD is utilized, inspected/updated and cleared according to regulations.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 6 years ophthalmic experience; 3+ years supervisory/coordinating experience and/or 1 year as a Lead Coordinator
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
JCAHPO certified (any level/min COA), Valid CPR certification - Act 34
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.
Created: 2024-06-22
Reference: 6183727388
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
ZIP: 15216
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Number of Employees: 110000
Website: https://www.upmc.com/
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