Dental Chair

岗位职责:
Department chairs report to the CMO for all professional and medicaladministrative activities within their departments, particularly for thequality of patient care given by department physicians and for theperformance of any patient care evaluations and monitoring functionsthat the quality committee delegates to their departments.
Department chair shall:
• Submit written reports to the MAB concerning the findings of thedepartment*s patient care evaluation and monitoring activities (e.g.,Peer Review cases) and any resulting actions;
• Make recommendations for maintaining and improving the quality of careprovided in the department and the hospital, and any other matters theMAB considers appropriate for reports;
• Develop and implement departmental programs, in cooperation with theCMO and other committees as assigned by the CMO for:
1. Evaluation of patient care,
2. Growth of the department,
3. Increasing complexity and advancing the level of medical careprovided by the department,
4. Ongoing monitoring of clinical practice,
5. Credentials and privileges review,
6. Medical education, and
7. Utilization review;
• As a member of the MAB, provide input on medical policies of thehospital, and make specific recommendations regarding her or his owndepartment;
• Continuously review the performance of all physicians with clinicalprivileges and specified services in the department, and regularlyreport the findings of such reviews to CMO, the MAB, and the qualityimprovement committee;
• Transmit recommendations concerning clinical privileges, specifiedservices, or corrective action with respect to physicians in thedepartment to the MAB and the CMO;
• Appoint and designate chairs for any intradepartmental committees thatare necessary for conducting department functions;
• Enforce medical staff by laws, rules, regulations, and policies withinthe department, and initiate investigations of clinical performance ororder consultations, when necessary;
• Implement any actions taken by the MAB and/or the board within thedepartment;
• Participate in every phase of administration in the department, suchas cooperating with nursing services and administration in mattersaffecting patient care, including personnel, supplies, specialregulations, standing orders, and techniques;
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly reports pertaining to thedepartment, including budgetary planning reports, as required by theMAB, the General Manager of the hospital, or the board;
• Act as the lead (with assistance of the CMO and the Human Resourcesdepartment) in medical staff recruiting;
• Appoint an assistant department chair, if necessary, with theconcurrence of the CMO; and perform any other duties as may be requestedby the CMO, the MAB, or the Governing Body.
任职资格:
Department chair must be a full member of the medical staff as definedin the Medical Staff Bylaws. Preference is given to those candidateswho also have a working knowledge of management techniques and/or haveprior successful service within the medical staff structure — forexample, as chair of a medical staff committee, member-at-large of theMAB or medical staff representative to a hospital committee.

• Leadership
• Excellent communication
• Management skills
• Doctoral degree
• Residency training
• Previous work in an administrative capacity