Job Description Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2025-2026" rankings. When you join our team, you'll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career. Blood cancers require advanced treatment from expert providers. Cedars-Sinai's Hematology and Cellular Therapy Program brings together specialists in all areas of blood cancer care to provide you with personalized, compassionate care every step of the way. CAR T-cell therapy is an innovative treatment that uses your body's immune cells to fight cancer. It can provide excellent outcomes for people with blood cancers who have not responded well to other treatments. At Cedars-Sinai, our commitment to treating cancer includes researching new ways to use CAR T-cells for many types of cancer. Bone marrow transplant (BMT) plays a key role in treating blood cancers. We are one of the country's top-ranked transplant programs based on our patient survival rates.
Why Work Here Beyond an outstanding benefit package and competitive salaries, we take pride in hiring the best, most committed employees. Our staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a multifaceted, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
Job Summary The Clinical Program Manager (BMT/CAR T Quality in Hematology and Cell Therapy Division) plays a key role in advancing Cedars-Sinais commitment to exceptional patient care by driving operational efficiency, clinical excellence, and value-based outcomes. This position blends advanced clinical expertise with strategic leadership and program management to elevate the patient experience and improve clinical results.
Responsibilities The Clinical Program Manager delivers direct patient care while also leading specialized clinical programs that support departmental goals. The position requires a strong foundation in clinical practice, leadership, and education to design and implement effective care models. Responsibilities include:
• Overseeing multidisciplinary teams, supporting physicians and staff, and ensuring seamless program execution. • Leading continuous quality improvement initiatives, using data to enhance both cost-effectiveness and patient outcomes. • Developing, implementing, maintaining, and improving as necessary a Quality program(s) for the care of Hematology and Cellular Therapy patients. • Performing surveillance audits, analyzing data, writing reports in accordance with FACT accreditation standards. • Maintaining a log with information related to events that are considered a deviation from standards of care, or policy. • Preparing, scheduling, organizes, and leads all QA meetings, Morbidity & Mortality and AE reviews, SOP meetings, and other ad hoc QA related meetings. • Acting as point of contact and lead onsite liaison for FACT accreditation agency. • Responsible for FACT applications completions and program readiness for accreditation inspections. • Owning TCT program SOPs with duties that include oversight in the Policy and Procedure Management (PPM) system in accordance with the practice requirements of the OLAR/PPM dept. • Ensuring that SOPs are reviewed no less than every 2 years as well as manage SOP that require edits due to practice changes. • Is point of contact and oversight for OLAR/PPM dept.
Qualifications Experience Requirements: • Five (5) plus years of experience in Acute care inpatient setting. • Knowledge of FACT (Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy) Accreditation. • Leadership experience in healthcare setting preferred.
Educational/Licenses/Certification Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Nursing, or related field required. • RN (Registered Nurse) CA State License required. • BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification required.
Cedars Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the United States, and it is the largest private academic medical center in the Western United States. The Cedars Sinai main campus, which encompasses nearly 24 acres, is located at the point where the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood meet. Cedars Sinai has been recognized annually by U.S. News & World Report’s top 10 best hospitals in the U.S. The institution most recently placed No. 7 among a select group of 20 Honor Roll hospitals and ranked nationally in a dozen specialties. In addition, Cedars Sinai ranked No. 3 in California and No. 2 in the Los Angeles metro area.
Within Cedars Sinai, the Institute for Research on Health Aging conducts multi-disciplinary research that prioritizes the prevention of cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive disease, and cancer. Our focus is on translating new research discoveries into pragmatic interventions aimed at promoting healthy aging across diverse populations. Our approach involves human physiology, cohort, and clinical trial studies and our team includes established experts in population, clinical, translational, basic, and data science.