Description

Description:
Manage all operational aspects of the practice sites to ensure quality patient care. This position is located at Children's Hospital working in the Pediatrics Gastroenterology department. This is a great opportunity to work at a nationally top ranked hospital! We offer a generous benefits package. Apply today!

Responsibilities:

• Ensure appropriate and high-quality through the strategic placement of office coordinators, office and practice managers.
• Supervise and oversee practice budgets.
• Develop and maintain a patient-centric culture, centered around patient arrival and follow up activities in line with the consumerism initiatives, if applicable.
• Serve as liaison to various UPMC departments and resources.
• Serve as liaison for renovations, construction and building utilization with UPMC and outside construction services.
• Develop strategic plans for practices.
• Monitor practice operations to identify areas for improvement, expansion of services, and potential new market areas.
• Ensure compliance with all UPMC policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with staff, physicians and peers through oral and written communications.
• Assist in the due diligence, practice valuations, contract negotiations and staffing as required.
• Assist in physician relations as necessary.
• Maintain knowledge initiatives as it relates to the operation of the practices.
• Oversee and assist in the recruitment of staff and new practices.
• Review and evaluate the effectiveness of current procedures and plans with Office/Practice Manager and Physician to develop and implement new, more efficient systems and procedures as required to improve office operations.
• Monitor and meet practice specific benchmarks inclusive of point of service and scheduling (inclusive of template management for timely patient access), if applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in health or business administration and three (3) years of office management experience including one (1) year in a health care organization required
• OR Master's Degree in health or business administration and 1 year of office management experience including one year in a health care organization required
• OR Associate's Degree in health or business administration and 8 years of office management experience including one year in a health care organization required
• OR High School Diploma and 8 years of office management experience including one year in a health care organization required

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran 

UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusion that is charged with executing leading-edge and next-generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resource Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Differences) Network, which support the implementation of our diversity strategy.

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