Director Gastroenterology

Overview:

Job Description Summary:

Oversees and manages administrative operations and staff in the gastrointestinal department, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of patient care. Collaborates in overseeing physician group, physician scheduling, billing activities, physician recruiting and management of physician time allocation.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Manages and supervises the daily operations of the department, outpatient clinic, and procedure rooms. Develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective departmental functioning. Ensures compliance with all accrediting bodies, and governmental, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
• Oversees the recruitment, training, and performance lifecycle of departmental staff. Assists in establishing annual performance metrics for the service line including research, clinical, financial, etc. and analyses departmental performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and implementation of action.
• Assists the Chiefs in establishing annual performance metrics for the service line including research, clinical, financial, etc.
• Collaborates to support, implement, and coordinate physician recruitment and retention, compensation and incentive programs, schedules, and templates.
• Works closely with the Division Chief, Section Chief and PAA Administration to implement and monitor physician compensation and incentive programs.
• Works closely with Division Chief, Section Chief, PAA Administration and Central Scheduling to assure physician schedules and templates are built and implemented to achieve the organizations goals around access and scheduling.
• Works closely with Planning, Marketing, Information Services, Billing, etc. to develop and implement service line plans and activities.
• Facilitates change management and oversees major projects including operational restructuring. Monitors and administers activity, revenue, expense, annual operating, and capital projects. Analyses, monitors, and controls allocations for financial, human, and material resources.
• Facilitates and completes annual operating and capital budgets for the service line. Monitors and administers activity, revenue, expense, and capital budgets. Analyses, monitors, and controls allocations for financial, human, and material resources.
• Initiates, promotes, and stimulates the continuous performance improvement process to improve clinical, service, administrative, educational and customer service outcomes. Collaborates with other departments to ensure seamless patient care and optimal resource utilization.

Education Requirement:

Master's Degree in Hospital Administration, Business Administration, Nursing or related field, or equivalent education and experience, required.

Skills:

• Flexible and innovative thinker with demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Highly collaborative work style.
• Interpersonal skills needed for resolving complex employee and multisystem problems.
• Strong knowledge and experience with performance improvement process required.
• Strong financial skills/knowledge required.

Experience:

Seven years or more of progressive experience, required.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

FREQUENTLY: Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing - Far/near, Sitting

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"