University of Iowa · 1 day ago
Associate Director, Clinical Performance Management
Iowa City, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expThe University of Iowa is seeking an Associate Director of Clinical Performance Management responsible for planning, monitoring, and supporting strategic priorities across the clinical system. This role involves collaborating with local senior leadership and managing relationships to implement new initiatives and enhance clinical performance outcomes.
Higher Education
No H1B
Responsibilities
Collaborate with hospital leaders, administrators, and physician leadership across UI Healthcare to develop key strategic goals to align budgetary, operational, and clinical initiatives for internal communications, including but not limited to UI Health Care's Annual Operating Plan, UI Strategic Plan, and targeted external communications
Collaborate with hospital and departmental leadership to identify needs and build support for creating the best performance outcomes across the organization in a consultative manner
Develop a network of relationships with administrative and physician leaders across all departments to support enterprise collaboration
Serve as a change agent and work closely with hospital, service line, and department leaders in identifying priority areas, developing goals, planning improvement, and monitoring effectiveness and progress towards goals
Benchmark, develop, and recommend key performance indicators for hospital and department-level metrics to drive best performance outcomes across the organization in a consultative manner; ensure alignment to UI Health Care strategic goals and priorities in collaboration with leadership, physicians, and departments
Provide education, resources, and data analytics to advance organizational goals and priorities at local levels and collaborate with departments to support understanding and application of available tools
Provide support of critical relationships and tracking of clinical performance metrics; participate and contribute to specific initiatives or tactics to successfully implement interventions or proposals to advance critical metrics within individual departments to ultimately contribute towards successful implementation and completion of institutional goals and priorities
Provide mentorship, development, and training opportunities for administrative colleagues and future leaders within the institution. Provide advanced development opportunities and mentoring for staff interested in career development and scope expansion. Enhance alignment of strategic initiatives and priorities through departmental, unit, and functional collaborative relationships
Provide executive and collaborative support of critical projects or activities as directed by the CEO or other senior leaders
Develop and/or critically review and analyze opportunities for financial investment in clinical programs across the organization, in conjunction with department and hospital leaders
Support clinical program development and improvement through collaboration and partnership, as well as by providing guidance and alignment with organizational goals and metrics
Serve as primary point of contact and operational owner of critical access hospital network and relationships. Includes review and development of contracts, validation of contractual obligations by UI Health Care and CAH, coordination, development, and delivery of quarterly meetings with the critical access hospital network participants. Develop and operationalize data reports and analyses to guide and support the operational and strategic direction of the senior leadership team concerning projects related to the critical access hospital network
Collaborate with individual departments, hospital, department and physician leaders to develop recommendations and work products that include full scope evaluation and assessment including but not limited to: resource allocation, standards of care, best practices, quality outcomes, financial impacts and strategic priorities
Develop or contribute to budget development review and recommendations for hospital units and create systems for effective implementation and monitoring
Provide data analysis regarding clinical operations, productivity metrics, and strategic benchmarks to ensure operational, financial, and strategic initiatives are being achieved
Serve in an advisory capacity to the Administrative Chief of Staff in the development or implementation of strategic priorities and initiatives
Other duties as assigned by the Administrative Chief of Staff, the CEO, or Hospital senior leadership
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in health care administration, business administration, finance or accounting or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required
Minimum of 5 years of related health care, business, or operational management experience with progressively more responsible experience
Demonstrated experience working with and managing relationships with senior-level administration or leaders and the ability to influence and motivate organizational constituencies
Demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate and influence key stakeholders, integrating ideas to achieve outcomes
Demonstrated ability to successfully anticipate considerations to critically prepare, evaluate, and present programmatic and strategic proposals for streamlined executive-level approvals
Demonstrated strong ability to translate complex data/information into simple, actionable insights
Demonstrated ability to manage financial, organizational, and staff resources
Ability to manage projects across the clinical enterprise
Demonstrated experience in strategy implementation and project management
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and computer software applications
Demonstrated experience working effectively in a welcoming and respectful workplace environment
Preferred
Operational and/or financial management experience in an academic health care setting
Experience working in a senior management position with contribution to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years), and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business or strategic plan
Demonstrated experience coaching and influencing leaders and teams
Experience with understanding and interpreting clinical quality reports and outcomes
Experience with Graduate Medical Education
Experience with EPIC and EPIC reporting
Experience working in a clinical department
Knowledge of University and UI Health Care policies, procedures and regulations
3-5 years of experience managing or coordinating a program
Experience with grants
Company
University of Iowa
On our beautiful campus spanning the Iowa River, our faculty and staff enjoy access to an array of cultural, educational, and recreational activities.
10001+ employees
Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Kurt H.
Assoc. Professor, E-MBA Business, UI College of Business; Advised 300 companies globally, CEO
Vince Nelson
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