Logistics Center Operations Supervisor

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As a Logistics Center Operations Supervisor, this is not a desk job. You’ll be visible, mobile, and hands-on across every unit-supporting patients, families, and staff while guiding critical decisions that keep the hospital moving. From expediting discharges and transfers to responding to crises and leading during emergencies, you’ll function as the clinical expeditor and flow champion the hospital relies on 24/7.

This role is built for seasoned clinicians who thrive under pressure, bring mastery-level expertise to complex situations, and want to make a hospital-wide impact every shift.

Bring your clinical leadership to the center of operations-where your decisions directly shape patient care and outcomes. Apply today.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reports up through the Logistics Center.
• Utilizes strong communication, professionalism and leadership skills to drive access, capacity, efficiency, high quality and safe care for patients.
• Supervises and helps manage the Logistics Center which is responsible for all aspects of patient flow into, through, and out of the hospital.
• Mastery-level understanding and performance of core functions of the Logistics Center including but not limited to capacity command, bed management, transfer, consult, and tele-consult facilitation, direct admission coordination, and decedent management.
• Support development and execution of training plans for Logistic Center staff.
• Mentors and develops teammates within the department.
• Uses previous clinical experience and leadership skills, along with data analytics and technology to make real-time assessments and patient flow decisions expeditiously.
• Point-person for real-time questions and challenges identified by Logistics staff prior to escalation to Logistics Management.
• Mitigates patient flow barriers even prior to them occurring.
• Assumes ownership of the most difficult flow scenarios and high-profile situations.
• Facilitates flow as a clinical expeditor, flow navigator, champion and project manage throughput initiatives.
• Oversees other areas under the umbrella of Logistics Operations such as the Discharge Hospitality Suite.
• Maintain visibility and interface on a continual basis with patients, families, and staff in all areas of the hospital through rounds.
• Intervene when issues/concerns, responds to codes and crises, provide staff and patient support as necessary.
• Helps to assess, triage and resource allocate as necessary to maintain clinical operations.
• Trained in Emergency Management and may be delegated to serve in leadership role for Incident Command if requested to do-so on behalf of the commander.
• Expanded leadership role to support other clinical operations leaders and their staff when leadership not physically present or immediately available.
• A resource for locating and interpreting hospital policy and procedures.
• Escalates barriers timely when unable to manage or mitigate via appropriate chain of command.
• Determines when the Administrator On-Call is notified for second-level intervention.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree - required
• Bachelor's Degree - preferred
• 10+ years Clinical Experience - required
• Leadership Experience - preferred
• Ability to lead within and across large teams. (High proficiency)
• Excellent communication and able to demonstrate highest level of professionalism. (High proficiency)
• Ability to independently assess, navigate, coordinate, negotiate, and make timely decisions. Effectively resolving/escalating issues. (High proficiency)
• Clinical expertise and experience with navigation of the healthcare setting. (High proficiency)
• Ability to interpret real-time data to drive decision-making. (High proficiency)
• Mastery-level skills, knowledge, and productivity related to patient flow and throughput. (High proficiency)
• RN/MD/DO/MBBS/Paramedic Upon Hire - required

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

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