Administrative Director of Pulmonary Services- Full Time

What You’ll Do:

The Administrative Director of Pulmonary Services, leads, directs, plans, develops, and implements strategies to improve and ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency, while supporting clinical excellence for Elliot Pulmonary Services. The Administrative Director reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer, and indirectly to the Vice President of Clinical Operations for HME oversight. Partners directly and collaborates with Director of Ambulatory Specialty Nursing and pertinent Medical Director(s) to effectively lead and direct operations within assigned practices to ensure delivery of patient safety, clinical quality, and operational effectiveness in a dyad and triad model. The Administrative Director provides direct administrative oversight of Elliot Professional Services Physician Practice(s) and Elliot Hospital Outpatient Departments within the Pulmonary Service Line. These include Elliot Pulmonary Specialists, The Elliot Sleep Center, Elliot Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Elliot Pulmonary Testing and Home Medical Equipment (HME) and other practices or services as assigned. Provides administrative leadership in the HME, and Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) Program through the management of personnel and client patient care in the home community. Oversees development, collaboration, and operations, evaluates program quality with providers, and ensures services address community and health system needs. Responsible for overall financial and operational performance of the service(s) line. Responsible for directing, developing and operating Home Medical Equipment.

About the Job:

Strategic & Business Planning

• Participate in system-wide strategic development and deployment of long-term and annual goals.
• Leads strategic planning efforts to ensure sustainability and service line growth. This includes identification of key initiatives, definition of program goals with alignment with EHS strategic plan, financial forecasting, and resource allocation for assigned areas within service line.
• Identify market trends, growth opportunities, and emerging technologies to guide service line evolution and differentiation.
• Ensures services are clinically and financially sound and responsive to the changing health care environment locally, regionally, and nationally.
• Develops and implements vision, as well as business plan for service lines, partners with Medical Directors, providers and nurse leaders across the service line to implement organizational strategies and initiatives.
• Ensure Elliot’s mission and vision to be your first choice to give and receive care and all areas of the 5Cs (i.e., Comprehensive, Confident, Coordinated, Convenient, and Cost-Conscious) are deployed throughout the Center and adjacent service lines.

Direct Operational Leadership

• Provides administrative leadership for the Pulmonary Services lines, including oversight for the operational management of practices and departments within the service line across the continuum of care delivery.
• Responsible for participation and representation within assigned Operating Board structure with direct responsibility for management of key performance indicators, strategic initiatives, emerging priorities and integration of Elliot Management System within assigned specialty areas.
• Lead daily operations ensuring patient access, clinical workflow, provider productivity, and efficient use of resources.
• Ensure programs are designed and managed to reflect the full continuum of care and support optimal outcomes at every stage.
• Demonstrate constancy of purpose in embedding and sustaining the Elliot Management System.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational transparency through visible leadership and ongoing use of Lean management tools.
• Responsible for selecting and maintaining qualified personnel, identifying needs, recommending employee actions, and communicating the progress of plans.
• Develops succession planning and leadership development strategies for key clinical and operational roles to ensure long-term strength and resilience of the service line.
• Supervises practice manager(s), supervisors and assigned staff throughout the Pulmonary Service Line.

Financial Responsibility and Resource Planning

• Develop and manage operational budgets services ensuring fiscal discipline and value-based decision making.
• Work with Revenue Cycle leadership to optimize billing and ensure all elements of front-end revenue cycle operations are managed and supported collaboratively, working in partnership with Director of Practice Operations and Optimization.
• Leverage clinical decision support and analytic tools to help clinical and operational leaders understand cost of care, contribution margins, and performance.