Beth Israel Lahey Health
Administrative Director - General Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Plastic Surge
Beth Israel Lahey Health, Burlington, Massachusetts, us, 01805
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When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Administrative/Operational Responsibilities
1. Oversees the operation of the ambulatory clinics and manages staff including nurse/operations manager, administrative and nurse supervisors and other application divisional management positions. 2. Provide feedback, recognition, and support for the team. Evaluate training needs and coordinate ongoing staff training and education. 3. Principal liaison with all clinicians to ensure their satisfaction with the administrative and financial support of their practice. Monitor clinical workflows to ensure best practices are followed in patient care, documentation, coding, and medical record maintenance. 4. Collaborate with clinical teams to monitor workflows, schedules, and patient experience, implementing strategies to deliver high-quality care in a cost-efficient manner. 5. Work with patient access, administrative staff, and clinical teams to ensure accurate provider templates, effective patient scheduling and efficient clinic flow. Manages assignment of clinical providers to all practice locations and ensures all clinical shifts are covered and QGenda or AMION scheduling software reflects the most up-to-date assignments. Helps oversee and manage provider time away process. 6. Participate in the recruitment and onboarding processes for administrative staff and clinical providers, including orientation programs. Address staffing issues, making adjustments based on operational needs, and ensure compliance with personnel policies. Conduct performance evaluations and administer merit salary increases in accordance with established standards. 7. Forecast and address needs related to personnel, supplies, equipment, training, and contract management. Assist in negotiating and managing contracts for services within assigned divisions. 8. Informs senior management of any site/divisional problems. These may include but are not limited to safety, equipment, staffing, medical staff and interpersonal problems. 9. Counsels, disciplines and follows appropriate management expectations for direct reports. Fiscal Responsibilities
1. Oversee the revenue cycle in assigned divisions, ensuring accurate charge capture, billing, insurance verification, and co-pay collection to optimize financial performance. 2. Regularly review and analyze operational and financial performance data, providing leadership with reports highlighting key performance indicators and opportunities for strategic growth. 3. Manages physician productivity by ongoing monitoring of productivity metrics (e.g. charge submission and wRVU reporting) to ensure alignment with budgeted target. Provide feedback and collaborate with division chairs on physician financial incentive programs. Address productivity, performance, or behavioral issues and respond to physician concerns as needed. 4. Works with Division Chair to set performance expectations for all staff in conformance with applicable policies and expectations. 5. Assist with maintenance and ongoing development of annual operating budgets for assigned divisions, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic goals. Assist in capital budgeting, prepare cost/benefit analyses, and ensure optimal resource allocation while maintaining high quality patient care. 6. Monitor the physical plant to ensure the maintenance of an appropriate environment. Identify construction, remodeling, redecorating or relocation requirements. Perform a cost assessment, vendor selection and negotiate terms/conditions of leases, construction arrangements and equipment purchases. 7. Create awareness of physician group budget process, productivity/ revenue projections, and ongoing involvement in assessment of revenues and expenses. Work to minimize overtime expenses and maintain budget levels. Strategic Responsibilities
1. Collaborate with executive leadership and division chairs to define and implement strategic plans for divisional growth, market share expansion, and improved financial performance. 2. Regularly review patient experience data to measure patient satisfaction and implement corrective action as needed to ensure patient-centered care is provided. 3. Maintain contact with local community resources to develop the practice and identify growth opportunities. Suggests marketing and advertising strategies for practices to elevate LHMC's reputation as a preferred healthcare provider. Seeks out and follows-up on opportunities to increase awareness of new physicians and practices throughout the communities served. 4. Develops programs and processes to ensure compliance with healthcare standards and to meet quality patient care initiatives. 5. Participates in divisional and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities. Incorporates Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities. Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's in Business Administration, Health Care Administration or related area of study and 5 years of directly related experience in a hospital or health care setting. Master's in business administration or health care or related field, preferred. Licensure, Certification, Registration: None required. Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: Strong knowledge of managerial and budgetary practices. Excellent personnel management skills and demonstrated ability to provide leadership. Strong emotional and social intelligence. Strong approach and commitment to cost containment. Skills in critical judgment and thinking. Strong project management skills. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Must be a self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision and direction. In the absence of any of these skills, demonstrates the ability to be thoroughly trained to meet organizational standards. Must possess high potential to take on more responsibility and be ready for the possible growth of this role into a more senior position. Experience: Minimum of five years management in an academic medical center setting or equivalent. Scope/Impact Statement: Staff is kept informed of policies. Structures are in place for communication. Knows when to involve the Executive Director/Division Chairs. When resolving Employee Relations Issues, provides necessary intervention to allow for the best possible outcome for the employee and the Organization. Demonstrates improvement strategies through new processes or proposals. Demonstrates a clear understanding for the budgetary process. As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. Administrative/Operational Responsibilities
1. Oversees the operation of the ambulatory clinics and manages staff including nurse/operations manager, administrative and nurse supervisors and other application divisional management positions. 2. Provide feedback, recognition, and support for the team. Evaluate training needs and coordinate ongoing staff training and education. 3. Principal liaison with all clinicians to ensure their satisfaction with the administrative and financial support of their practice. Monitor clinical workflows to ensure best practices are followed in patient care, documentation, coding, and medical record maintenance. 4. Collaborate with clinical teams to monitor workflows, schedules, and patient experience, implementing strategies to deliver high-quality care in a cost-efficient manner. 5. Work with patient access, administrative staff, and clinical teams to ensure accurate provider templates, effective patient scheduling and efficient clinic flow. Manages assignment of clinical providers to all practice locations and ensures all clinical shifts are covered and QGenda or AMION scheduling software reflects the most up-to-date assignments. Helps oversee and manage provider time away process. 6. Participate in the recruitment and onboarding processes for administrative staff and clinical providers, including orientation programs. Address staffing issues, making adjustments based on operational needs, and ensure compliance with personnel policies. Conduct performance evaluations and administer merit salary increases in accordance with established standards. 7. Forecast and address needs related to personnel, supplies, equipment, training, and contract management. Assist in negotiating and managing contracts for services within assigned divisions. 8. Informs senior management of any site/divisional problems. These may include but are not limited to safety, equipment, staffing, medical staff and interpersonal problems. 9. Counsels, disciplines and follows appropriate management expectations for direct reports. Fiscal Responsibilities
1. Oversee the revenue cycle in assigned divisions, ensuring accurate charge capture, billing, insurance verification, and co-pay collection to optimize financial performance. 2. Regularly review and analyze operational and financial performance data, providing leadership with reports highlighting key performance indicators and opportunities for strategic growth. 3. Manages physician productivity by ongoing monitoring of productivity metrics (e.g. charge submission and wRVU reporting) to ensure alignment with budgeted target. Provide feedback and collaborate with division chairs on physician financial incentive programs. Address productivity, performance, or behavioral issues and respond to physician concerns as needed. 4. Works with Division Chair to set performance expectations for all staff in conformance with applicable policies and expectations. 5. Assist with maintenance and ongoing development of annual operating budgets for assigned divisions, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic goals. Assist in capital budgeting, prepare cost/benefit analyses, and ensure optimal resource allocation while maintaining high quality patient care. 6. Monitor the physical plant to ensure the maintenance of an appropriate environment. Identify construction, remodeling, redecorating or relocation requirements. Perform a cost assessment, vendor selection and negotiate terms/conditions of leases, construction arrangements and equipment purchases. 7. Create awareness of physician group budget process, productivity/ revenue projections, and ongoing involvement in assessment of revenues and expenses. Work to minimize overtime expenses and maintain budget levels. Strategic Responsibilities
1. Collaborate with executive leadership and division chairs to define and implement strategic plans for divisional growth, market share expansion, and improved financial performance. 2. Regularly review patient experience data to measure patient satisfaction and implement corrective action as needed to ensure patient-centered care is provided. 3. Maintain contact with local community resources to develop the practice and identify growth opportunities. Suggests marketing and advertising strategies for practices to elevate LHMC's reputation as a preferred healthcare provider. Seeks out and follows-up on opportunities to increase awareness of new physicians and practices throughout the communities served. 4. Develops programs and processes to ensure compliance with healthcare standards and to meet quality patient care initiatives. 5. Participates in divisional and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities. Incorporates Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities. Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's in Business Administration, Health Care Administration or related area of study and 5 years of directly related experience in a hospital or health care setting. Master's in business administration or health care or related field, preferred. Licensure, Certification, Registration: None required. Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: Strong knowledge of managerial and budgetary practices. Excellent personnel management skills and demonstrated ability to provide leadership. Strong emotional and social intelligence. Strong approach and commitment to cost containment. Skills in critical judgment and thinking. Strong project management skills. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Must be a self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision and direction. In the absence of any of these skills, demonstrates the ability to be thoroughly trained to meet organizational standards. Must possess high potential to take on more responsibility and be ready for the possible growth of this role into a more senior position. Experience: Minimum of five years management in an academic medical center setting or equivalent. Scope/Impact Statement: Staff is kept informed of policies. Structures are in place for communication. Knows when to involve the Executive Director/Division Chairs. When resolving Employee Relations Issues, provides necessary intervention to allow for the best possible outcome for the employee and the Organization. Demonstrates improvement strategies through new processes or proposals. Demonstrates a clear understanding for the budgetary process. As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled