Manager Anesthesia Services

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Req Number: 28351
Department: KDIP FAC Anesthesiologists
Job Type: Full Time
Shift: Days
Address: 2201 Lexington Avenue
City, State: Ashland, KY

JOB SUMMARY
- The Manager of Anesthesia Services is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all aspects of anesthesia operations. This includes managing daily workflows, provider scheduling, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and resource utilization. The manager acts as a key liaison between anesthesia providers, perioperative leadership, nursing staff, and hospital administration to ensure safe, efficient, and patient-centered anesthesia care. This role requires strong operational leadership, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to supporting a collaborative team environment in a community-focused setting.
DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Overall performance of below indicated essential job duties:
- - Coordinate and manage anesthesia services across multiple departments
  - Develop and enforce policies, procedures, and protocols for anesthesia operations
  - Ensure appropriate anesthesia coverage for scheduled and emergent procedures. Ensure coverage grids/models according to CMS regulations for coverage of anesthetizing rooms in a medically supervised model
  - Manage scheduling for anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and anesthesia techs
  - Recruit, onboard, and supervise anesthesia personnel
  - Conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing staff development
  - Facilitate continuing education and credentialing compliance
  - Resolve staffing issues or interpersonal conflicts
  - Ensure compliance with hospital policies, TJC, CMS and other regulatory agencies. Also maintains compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
  - Monitor and improve quality metrics, patients safety outcomes and customer satisfaction scores (NRC)
  - Lead performance improvement activities when adverse events occur
  - Oversee documentation accuracy for anesthesia records and billing in collaboration with the finance department. Collaborates with providers and IST to improve documentation in EPIC and/or other medical record processes
  - Develop and manage the anesthesia department budget
  - Oversee procurement and maintenance of anesthesia equipment and supplies, project future capital needs
  - Monitor, analyze and act upon billing, coding and reimbursement issues related to anesthesia services
  - Identify cost-savings opportunities while maintaining high standards of care
  - Collaborate with surgical services, nursing and hospital administration to align goals
  - Participate in perioperative leadership meetings, performance improvement initiatives, and OR governance
  - Forecast future needs based on case volume trends and surgical expansion
  - Implement new technologies, service lines and protocols as needed
EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum requirement:
  - Graduate of an accredited school of Nurse Anesthesia and Certified or eligible for certification by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetist.
    
    Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of KY and State of OH, or other applicable NLC state.
    
    Current American Heart Association BLS, PALS, and ACLS certifications.
    
    Demonstrates skills in leadership, communication, finance/budgeting, marketing, physician relations and customer service.
    
    Strong communication skills required along with solid organizational and problem solving skills.
    
    Preferred 3 years progressive experience in a healthcare leadership or operations role, preferably in perioperative or anesthesia services.
    
    Knowledge of anesthesia workflows, clinical best practices and healthcare regulations
    
    Ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment
    
    Experience in managing functions/departments located across multiple sites that have matrixed reporting relationships.
    
    Knowledge of current approaches to the delivery of anesthesia care.
- Preferred qualifications:
  - Completion of UKKD LEAD Academy.
    
    Master’s degree in healthcare administration (MHA), business (MBA), or nursing (MSN)
    
    Experience working in a community hospital
    
    Familiarity with electronic health records (EPIC) and anesthesia documentation systems
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
- Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
- Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
- Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
- Frequently required to walk and move about.
- Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
- Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
- Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
- Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
- Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
- Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
- Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.

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