The Deputy Executive Director, Medical Center’s managerial duties and responsibilities involve final decisions which have a direct and substantial effect on the health care organization and programs. These include, but are not limited to, decisions affecting the nature, scope and quality of, and emphases in the facility’s/system’s patient care programs and activities.
The Deputy Executive Director, Medical Center in collaboration with the Executive Director, Medical Center:
- Determines program goals and objectives, and develops short and long-range plans for achieving them, in conjunction with the overall plans of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) consistent with the strategic planning process;
- Directs a comprehensive evaluation of program goals and objectives and makes necessary adjustments to improve delivery of patient care services;
- Establishes local policy in such areas as program emphases and operating guidelines;
- Administers a system for the development and communication of program policies and procedures in accordance with new or existing rules and regulations, and ensures adherence to them;…
