Week 1 – Assignment: Interpret the Role of the Clinical Department Manager

Instructions

Prepare a review of the primary role and responsibilities of the clinical department manager. Some of the main areas include personnel management, budgeting, financial performance, physician interaction, and patient satisfaction, although other areas also exist. Define this type of manager, their responsibilities, what those responsibilities entail, and their place in the organizational structure. Finally, it is important to note that many clinical department managers may oversee more than one department. Determine the challenges this represents.

Support your paper with a minimum of three resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Assignment Title: Interpret the Role of the Clinical Department Manager

Grading Rubric

CriteriaContent (7 points) Points

Characterized roles of the clinical department manager (2 points).

Described the responsibilities of the role within the organizational structure (2 points).

Provided challenges experienced by clinical department managers overseeing multiple departmentsOrganization (3 points).

Included a minimum of three scholarly references, with appropriate APA formatting applied to citations and paraphrasing. Paper is 5-7 pages long not including the title and reference pages (3 points).

Total 10

Videos for additional help:

The Business of Medicine

Directed by Hugh Downing, fl. 1984; produced by Martha Elliott, fl. 1986, Media and Society Seminars, in Managing Our Miracles: Health Care in America (New York, NY: Ruth Friendly, 1986. (VIDEO)

First Do No Harm

Directed by Marc Shaffer, fl. 1998-2011 and Frank Christopher, fl. 1980-2014; produced by Marc Shaffer, fl. 1998-2011, Crosskeys Media, in Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2006). (VIDEO)