MANAGER, SPINE PROGRAM - SOUTH

Manager, Spine Program - South

HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Borough of Red Bank, New Jersey

• Requisition # 2025-160383
• Shift: Day
• Status: Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health, we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Manager, Spine Program - South is a regional role supporting the spine service line across the South Region, with a primary focus on enhancing and elevating the hospital-based surgical spine programs.

A day in the life of a Manager, Spine Program - South at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Assume responsibility for administering and maintaining the existing Spine DSC.
• In partnership with physician leadership, co-lead the efforts to pursue Spine DSCs at additional agreed upon sites.
• Responsible for program data management including but not limited to: formal data tracking and submission for DSCs; development and maintenance of performance dashboards or scorecards to support management of the spine programs.
• Collaborate with the total joint program clinical managers to leverage programming, protocols, and capabilities in place for the total joint patients and extend it to spine patients where appropriate.
• Facilitate the development of tools and resources to support adherence to protocols, including order sets and/or Epic clinical pathways or care paths for spine patients.
• Assist in the development of the full range of patient engagement and navigation capabilities pre and post operatively.
• Lead process improvement efforts to address gaps and align with evidence-based, standardized care.
• Support the spine programs participation in a national spine registry.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Clinical background in either nursing or physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Five years of relevant experience - program coordination or quality/process improvement.
• Data management experience.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite programs.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise and utilizes advanced assessment skills in areas of clinical specialty.
• Organize teams and coordinate meetings to progress initiatives.
• Manage calendars, timelines, and project plans to drive program improvement.

Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or allied health.
• Advanced degree.
• Direct experience in the spine, neurosciences, or orthopedic service lines.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran.