Care and Capacity Management Associate Director

Description

Responsible for directing all aspects of the Care Management program and capacity management which includes the Admitting Bed Coordinating Center (ABCC), in alignment with the organizational strategic plan to ensure processes meet or exceed regulatory and industry standards. This position provides structure and leadership to ensure the defined purpose, principles and metrics of the programs are met. This position provides operational leadership and strategic direction for capacity management, throughput initiatives and related outcomes for patient admission, placement and discharge for all of the Michigan Medicine hospitals, and provides leadership to ensure the defined purpose, principles and metrics of the programs are met. This Classification requires registration, certification or licensure with the appropriate agency as identified on the Primary Source Verification Matrix. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.