Director, Clinical Business Operations

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** Exemption Status:
** Exempt
* * Hiring Range:**$ - $
** Schedule Details:
** Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
** Scheduled

Hours:

** 8:30am - 4:30pm, some off shift and weekends
** Shift:
** 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)
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* Hours:

** 40
* * Cost Center:
** 10020 - 0124 CNOThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.# #
** Everyone Is a Caregiver
** At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

This position will serve as a key member in the Nursing Division’s Leadership Team. Responsible for the Nursing Division’s fiscal management of the Memorial Campus. Acts as primary contact and liaison for leadership for operational issues pertaining to business and financial operations. Leads teams to integrate and coordinate cross campus critical business activities with the primary goal of maintaining quality while maximizing profitability.

Responsibilities include planning and managing the administrative/business affairs of the University and Memorial campuses, which may include clinical, research, service and educational activities. Leads the development of business/strategic plans, collaborates to develop and manage the department’s budget, assists in facilitating continuous improvements in operating efficiency, and collaborates with the coordination of the department’s staffing activities. Responsible for fostering an environment that is highly responsive to patient and family needs, strong provider relations, and enhances efficiency and effectiveness.

I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Under the direction of the Senior Director Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis and the ACNOs, this position takes a lead role in identifying and promoting ways to continually improve both the human and supply resources of UMass Memorial’s Nursing Division.  
2. Assists Leadership in evaluating and initiating various departmental process changes, system changes or initiatives to maximize efficiency and reduce costs. Collaborates with the clinical leadership and staff as well as and other key departments.  Acts as primary contact and liaison for leadership for operational issues pertaining to business and financial operations.
3. Develops business plans, including analysis of startup needs, space and facility needs, human resource needs, capital investment needs, and financial projections for existing or proposed programs and services.
4. Collaborates with managers/leadership to develop budgets, track expenditures, identify variances and facilitates changes in practice to optimize patient outcomes while controlling costs on a daily basis.  Works with clinical leadership in the development of financial Corrective Action Plans and measures progress against the plans to bring department back on budget.  
5. Performs data and cost analysis.  Prepares analytical reports to assess product usage history and identify trends.  Monitors profit and loss statements to measure operating unit’s activities, and financial performance.
Implements changes as indicated by activity and performance measures to assure maximum effectiveness, and efficiency quality of service.
6. Collaborates with Clinical Leadership to investigate alternatives to achieving implementation and/or improvement of clinical process improvement projects. Implements changes as necessary.
7. Identifies, evaluates, and makes fiscally responsible recommendations regarding resource needs for the quality improvement related systems to the department, to include finances, materials, human resources, capital, and space. Devises funding strategies.  
8. Oversees non-salary…