Assist supervisor in various operational requirements such as, assisting in staffing and scheduling coordination for inpatient, outpatient, and outside contracts, ensuring all shifts and holidays are covered appropriately, ensure work flow/patient coverage in absence of supervisor, assist in annual departmental budget preparation and monthly budget monitoring, bringing items that are near to or outside budgeted amounts to the attention of the Assistant Director, act as lead on quality/audit projects, etc. Acquire advanced professional competency in a clinical topic or specialty, advanced degree, coordination of a study group, specialty certification, conduct research, publish articles, present at professional conferences, hold elective office in a state or national professional organization and/or function as a clinical resource to colleagues in a specialty topic.