Clinical Director Job Description
Clinical director
provides the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, National Committee of Quality Assurance federal, state and local requirements.
Clinical Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Attend meetings with key customers, insurance groups, state and local governments officials as directed by the Sr
Encourage professional growth of personnel through regular training sessions, and by acting as a resource to clinical staff
Provide guidance and comments on SOPs revisions
May visit sites with Managers and/or Clinical Research Associates as needed to provide hands-on training to discuss study related issues and problems with the Principal Investigator and/or site staff
Keep up to date on scientific and medical progress in the area of development and actively develops and maintain relationships with outside experts
Support the development of products and day-to-day clinical support for the organization
Provide feedback on policies and procedures that dictate the data abstraction process
Develop clinical education modules to support the education needs of various Research teams
Keep Research teams abreast of new drug developments and how they impact our products and our customers
Be a member of the broader Oncology team
Clinical Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Clinical Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BCLS, CPR, CPI, BLS, PMP, START, URAC, NCA, ASCP, ICANL
Education for Clinical Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the clinical director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Management, Education, Performance, Communication, Supervision, Computer, Graduate, Business, School of Nursing
Skills for Clinical Director
Desired skills for clinical director include:
Development of the service line / program vision and operational plan
State
Nurse Practice Act
Federal regulations
Local
Joint Commission
Quality improvement and clinical care processes
Staffing and budgeting
Clinical systems and operations
Quality assurance
Desired experience for clinical director includes:
Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine and clinical pharmacology and associated disciplines
Work with statisticians, laboratory colleagues and project team-members to optimally interpret and report results of completed studies
Design early development plans for drug candidates
Contribute to regulatory filings, dossiers, and updates
Work with external and internal scientists to identify and validate new drug targets and related biomarkers
Work on cross-disciplinary teams to evaluate outside opportunities for licensing or acquisition
Clinical Director Examples
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Clinical Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a clinical director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for clinical director
- Leads the implementation of large scale initiatives and/or organizational changes that affect the department
- Drives setting of team goals and milestones
- Design of clinical trials and writing/review of protocols and other critical study documents (Investigator Brochures, IND submissions, Clinical Study Reports )
- Focuses and guides leaders and employees in accomplishing work objectives
- Drive the development of Data Visualization tools providing information about data quality, study metrics
- Collaborative work with the Vice President of Sales and Director of Education (? New title) to execute and continuously improve field clinical education execution as it relates to achievement of the annual NxStage business objectives
- Collaborative work with the Regional Director of Sales to execute and continuously improve the Area Manager and Clinical Educators team(s) as it relates to achievement of the NxStage business objectives
- Successful implementation of clinical education tools, new product information and ongoing education for NxStage customers
- Logistical and competency management of field Clinical Educators
- Preparation and monitoring of quality improvement plans, retention programs, key performance indicators, evaluations and documented developmental plans
Qualifications for clinical director
- Provides medical/scientific input into and assists with the preparation of FDA regulatory submissions (PMAs and 510(k)s)
- Provides medical strategy expertise and leadership across the organization
- Strong MS Office Skills including production of GANTT charts/timelines
- Strong project planning, leadership, negotiation and presentation skills ability to contribute creative yet practical solutions/resolutions to problems
- Proven ability to forge cross-functional working relationships with internal teams
- A strong preference for a candidate with broad technical experience
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a clinical director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for clinical director
- Active participant managing and planning Business Plan and Strategic Plan processes with VP, Medical Affairs
- Serves as facilitator of multi-disciplinary project teams
- Facilitates large hospital-wide, system-wide, or national/international quality projects, assisting senior leadership in maximizing quality outcomes and the efficient use of resources
- Provides consulting advice to top nursing, administrative and medical management, including hospital management teams
- Guides junior staff members in performing quality improvement activities
- Keeps management informed of project progress and problems, particularly as to needed changes in schedule, resources, or opportunities
- Serve as medical monitor with primary responsibility for patient safety and conduct of assigned trials overall data interpretation and safety surveillance
- Establish and approve scientific methods for design and implementation of applicable clinical protocols, data collection systems, and final reports
- Supervise project team members in planning, conducting and evaluating clinical trials
- Demonstrates the ability to create a shared vision
Qualifications for clinical director
- RN or higher clinical training with 5-8 years of clinical experience
- Manages the design, implementation, interpretation, reporting and publishing of clinical research studies to support cancer diagnostic product registrations
- Ability to work independently collaboratively in a matrixed team environment
- Must process knowledge of direct clinical services emergency procedures, supervision management and marketing
- Must possess demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office and Outlook
- 5 years in a management or supervisory role
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Clinical Director Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a clinical director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for clinical director
- Develop, review, update internal clinical procedures, related outcomes measurement, patient satisfaction, clinical scorecards to ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state and other third party regulatory requirements
- Maintains a broad working knowledge in all healthcare regulations and understanding of health care regulations pertaining to the management of medical equipment
- Partners with operational / clinical / regional and corporate groups to conduct monitoring activities, implement corrective action plans and evaluate the effectiveness of the medical equipment management plan
- Oversees the clinical operations of the Diagnostic and Sleep Centers
- Directs efforts to ensure effective Quality Program and Performance
- Improvement implementation throughout the practice
- Provides guidance to practice employees/management in complying with the requirements and intentions of the program
- Perform and lead all activities associated with the development and execution of contracts for clinical
- Review and ensure clinical care and compliance activities in assigned facilities
- Work collaboratively with corporate staff, physicians, risk management, and other corporate leaders to address clinical and safety issues
Qualifications for clinical director
- Hands-on Experience in medical data collection and analysis
- Experience with current Payor Incentive Programs
- Proven successful experience in Quality Management and Clinical Performance
- Expertise in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
- Understands the impact of decisions and maintains awareness of business drivers and alternative solutions for project delivery
- Master’s degree in social work or equivalent master’s degree in a recognized mental health field
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Our company is hiring for a clinical director. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for clinical director
- Active participation in clinical design, development and support launch of pilots/proof of concepts focused on improvement of health outcomes including increasing the likelihood of desired outcomes [compared to a baseline] and reducing health disparities among specified populations
- Collaborating with Informatics/Analytics and other key metrics partners to understand results and define areas of clinical opportunity- advancing the performance of our programs and services
- Service utilization patterns of clinical outcomes
- High dollar claim trend patterns
- Quality outcomes
- Negotiate and manage ongoing vendor budget negotiation and change control process
- Oversee and lead supplier governance activities
- Create, track, and report vendor KPIs and performance metrics
- Lead and manage vendor selection process
- Define and document SOP for vendor selection process and changes and/or revisions throughout study duration
Qualifications for clinical director
- Outpatient and/or multi-specialty medical group/practice experience
- Bachelors Degree in a health care or other scientific discipline with 12 years of clinical trials experience including 7 years line management experience
- 5+ years of Clinical Research experience obtained in the Pharmaceutical Industry and excellent knowledge of the drug development process
- Experience of conducting clinical trials in metabolic/endocrine areas and experience in conducting clinical studies for thrombotic disorders would be desirable
- Comprehensive and detailed experience of clinical trial design, implementation and sponsor/site interactions in conduct of clinical trials
- Must have experience of working in a leadership role within the development project team member of a core project team, sub-team leader
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a clinical director. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for clinical director
- Ensure that all pipelines and weekly reports are consistently completed and submitted to the appropriate stakeholders, including updates/written reports as required by Sheridan leadership
- Work collaboratively with the Vice President of Clinical Recruitment on all sourcing and practice recruitment activities and challenges
- Proactively make recommendations for improvements where opportunities and challenges exist, including sourcing and selection
- Engage in on-site practice profiles and development of interview panels for effective and legal hiring practices
- Adhere to the department’s financial budget with all candidate activity and sourcing initiatives
- Proactively pursue new candidate sourcing strategies for candidate identification
- Ensure where vacancies exist that accurate candidate requirements, practice profiles and strategy action plans are in place
- Participate in medical specialty trade shows and conferences as needed
- Manage and control the development work in the Quality Measures team
- Lead, build and deliver automated sets of clinical measures that provide insights into performance and clinical outcomes
Qualifications for clinical director
- Drives the development of new services, with an emphasis on niche areas of expertise and assesses/rebuilds services that have experienced a decrease in volume
- Responsible for imaging equipment maintenance, physics inspections and adherence to all regulatory guidelines to ensure American College of Radiology (ACR) and TDSHS compliance
- Works with the radiologists, physician leaders and executive team to ensure that the department tools and systems promote high levels of patient care and staff productivity
- Familiar with a variety of imaging concepts, practices and procedures
- 10+ years of experience in dialysis preferably in all areas (acute, chronic, PD)
- Experience with protocol writing, IRB submissions, planning and executing studies according to GCP and SOPs