Children's Health

Job Title & Specialty Area: Program Manager Clinical Support Programs

Department: Health Equity

Location: Children's Health

Shift: Days

Job Type: (Hybrid)

Why Children’s Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary:

Under the general direction of executive leadership, the Program Manager will plan, facilitate, and implement strategies that support initiatives to advance nursing practice across all ambulatory/outpatient settings and align with CHST goals and strategic priorities. The supported programs will include clinical practice, quality/process improvement, professional development, and evidenced based practice. In addition, this Program Manager builds relationships and fosters collaboration across all ambulatory/outpatient areas and key stakeholder divisions, including but not limited to Accreditation, Quality and Safety, Infection Prevention, and Enterprise Care Management.

Responsibilities:

• Utilizes clinical skills and knowledge to provide direction, supervision, and support for the development, education, and administration of new and existing nursing initiatives.
• Monitors performance outcomes and process improvement and changes in practice that impact clinical, financial, or operational outcomes and assists with developing action plans to address areas for improvement
• Ongoing analysis of new and existing processes. Analyzes users’ problems; assists in determining and recommending optimum approach to resolve problems based on system capabilities and user needs. May aggregate and analyze findings to identify opportunities to improve processes or delivery of services; makes recommendations as appropriate
• Contributes to system level clinical policy development and review
• Participates in clinically driven shared governance structure
• May interact with medical leaders, administration, management, caregivers, ancillary staff, coworkers, vendors and agencies outside of Children's Health; participates in hospital or department committees as assigned
• Maintains professional mastery through continuing education and professional development

Other information:

WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 years Clinical Experience required.
• At least 3 years Leading projects, initiatives or teams required.

EDUCATION

• Four-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas Upon Hire required.
• Nationally recognized certification preferred.

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Caregiver Leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.