Assistant Director - Hybrid Remote

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Organization:

Pediatrics Chair

Job Summary:

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CLINICAL & BUSINESS SERVICES

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in a related field and a minimum of 48 months of relevant experience within an academic medical center setting. Successful applicants will have an extensive financial background and excellent oral and written communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills. Management experience, previous personnel management and a dynamic consensus-building leadership style are essential. The Assistant Director will work with senior leadership, develop goals and standards of excellence that are consistent with the Department of Pediatrics values, mission, strategic plan and annual priorities. Develop and implement new and creative approaches to achieving goals. Review and update key departmental processes and analyses.

REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's Degree (Master's preferred)
- 4 years of relevant experience in healthcare
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

This position will work traditional, day-time business hours, Monday-Friday. While there will be some work that can be performed remotely, we are seeking a local candidate who can work in our Nashville, TN office routinely for meetings and team-building exercises.

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DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

As one of the largest departments within the medical center, the Department of Pediatrics at VUMC is  proud to be home to some 460 primary faculty, 270 community-based volunteer faculty, 82 clinical fellows, 127 residents, and over 300 administrative and research staff. The Department is rooted in a rich history of commitment to excellence in research, education, and patient care. Our faculty, clinicians, fellows, and trainees represent the very best of academic medicine – extraordinary people doing incredible things to advance the care for children in Middle Tennessee, across the nation, and throughout the world. The result is a Department which reaches far beyond the walls of our hospital to provide high-quality patient care, to train the next generation of leaders in pediatric medicine, and to advance our knowledge of important conditions that affect vulnerable infants and children through world class research. For more information, please visit https://pediatrics.vumc.org/message-chair.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translate department strategic goals into financial administration structure and processes.  Ensure financial transactions, accounting and reporting conform to Medical Center policies and procedures. Assist in the preparation of the annual operating budgets for the Department and Divisions.  Complete related financial analyses to support assumptions or programs contained in the budget. Develop monitoring tools and specific benchmarks with regard to financial management measures.

• Provide financial management and support throughout the year. Maintain a thorough understanding of all elements of the Department’s financial reports. Monitor and manage the activity and balances for all departmental and divisional accounts. Based on special needs of the department, investigate potential financial issues; perform related financial analyses and direct efforts for corrective action.  Maintain oversight for Departmental security roles and compliance for procurement and purchasing functions.

• Manage the faculty compensation & productivity systems for the Department including management of the overall plan and productivity benchmarks at division and physician level and re-evaluating these standards on an annual basis.

• Liaison with Clinic management team, VMG coding and contracting teams to identify opportunities to promote the enhancement or practice revenue, to develop volume budgets, to enhan