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Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years.  More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people.  For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org

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The Director is responsible for implementation, ongoing management and strategic growth of the program: outpatient Wound Care Center and HBO as core programs as well as inpatient and SNF programs if implemented. The Director oversees day-to-day program operations and is responsible for: budgeting, revenue and cost management, reimbursement, quality management, performance improvement, marketing and community education, and human resource management. The Director is responsible for maintaining collaborative and consultative Physician and other Provider relationships, integration of programs and creating effective working relationships within the hospital, as well as external to the hospital organization. The Director should also have the ability to operate the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber if he/she has previous clinical training and experience, and/or is an RN. Ultimately, the Director is accountable for achieving program metrics, and ensuring quality of care.

Education and Work Experience

1. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Nursing or related field. Master's in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration preferred.
2. Experience: Three to five years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3. Essential Technical/Motor Skills: Ability to manipulate various types of electronic and clinical equipment. Ability to operate specialty equipment related to area of expertise and to perform computer tasks at a "users" level.
4. Interpersonal Skills: Must possess the ability to interact and to communicate in English, both orally and written, with all levels of staff, physicians, patients, and families in an effective manner, based on the patient?s willingness to and ability to learn. Must be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.