SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
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Student Name: Asheta Thurairajah

Student Number: 16720323

Unit Name: Clinical Operation Management 561

Assignment: St Elsewhere Case Study

Tutor: Prof Phill Della

Date Due: 24th June 2013

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Student Name: Asheta Thurairajah Student Number: 16720323_

Unit Name: Clinical Operation Management 561

Assignment: St Elsewhere Case Study

OVERVIEW As the newly appointed Clinical Operational manager of the Integrated Same Day Unit at St Elsewhere, my goals are to provide high quality care, to ensure the patient is the centre of focus in inter-professional care delivery, to ensure that resources are managed efficiently and to optimise healthcare integration opportunities. The post of Clinical operation manager has been occupied by a series of relief managers. The staff turnover has also increased in 25%, in which a number of them were senior clinicians. The budget variances for the Integrated Same Day Unit are deficient and some are exceeding. Some under budgeted expenditure, such as management, medical, nursing, staff education, pathology investigations and pharmaceuticals are under budgeted as much as 26% to 9%. Some over budgeted expenditures would be allied health, travel, catering, minor equipment pathology and medical supplies. These expenditures have been over budgeted by 10% to 15%. In total the variance of the actual and budgeted values is negative $138,400. The total variance till th end of the financial year is negative $839, 200. According to reports on quality