Assistant Director (Hospitals) - Level 2 at NYC Health

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. 

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Summary: 

Under direction of the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Assistant Director Level 2, Data Manager is responsible for maintaining the efficient and accurate operation of the cardiac surgery registries and databases for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures compliance with New York State (NYS) Department of Health, adult Cardiac Surgery Report
• System (CSRS), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (STS ACSD), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons / American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valvular Replacement and Repair Registry (STS/ACC TVT); reviews and submits all reportable cases to the above cardiac surgery registries according to their Data Submission Schedule
• Identifies cardiac surgery patients and inputs all required data points (per NYS and STS requirements) into the cardiac surgery registries; maintains exclusion report for NYS and reviews required documentation for NYS validation reports with the chief of cardiothoracic surgery, director of advanced practice and associate director prior to submission
• Ensures that all cardiac surgery cases that meet NYS DOH and STS criteria are entered into the registries within 30 days of patient discharge
• Ensures the consistency and quality of the data collection by performing ongoing data validation using multiple methods and approaches, as outlined for each cardiac surgery registry and the chief of cardiothoracic surgery
• Retrieves data/reports for the purposes of internal department review, infection prevention, performance improvement, patient safety and other quality assurance processes
• Provides standard/custom reports for internal department review, heart team meetings, clinical business unit meetings, and other meetings as requested
• Assists the chief of cardiothoracic surgery, director of advanced practice, associate director, and other staff members in projects assigned regarding registry and data elements
• Appropriately interacts with Medical Records, Information Technology and acts as liaison with registry software vendors
• Maintains the technical needs of the cardiac surgery registries and takes initiative to troubleshoot technical issues
• Oversees data mapping and ensures weekly compliance and accuracy of data download
• Reviews, corrects, and validates cardiac surgery registry reports with the associate director and chief of cardiothoracic surgery prior to submission to NYS and STS
• Leads activities related to the cardiac surgery registries during TJC verification site visit

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in hospital administration,
health care administration, public health or a related discipline; or
2. Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in disciplines, as described in “1” above,
and one (1) year of administrative experience; or
3. An equivalent combination of training, college education and experience in related fields.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs