Director Medical and Surgical Specialties - #1408817

Description

Director of Medical and Surgical Specialties

Pay: $63.32 - $101.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

Summary

• Operational responsibility for the Metro Denver region, including Longmont, overseeing a broad portfolio of specialty and surgical services. This role is pivotal in ensuring the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered care across multiple specialty departments within the health system.
• Directs the department's activities and resources to ensure alignment with the mission, vision, values, and objectives of the department and organization.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Medical and Surgical Specialties plays a key role in the health system's strategic and operational efforts by:

• Accountable for performance metrics across the region, including patient access, quality, provider engagement and retention, patient satisfaction and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with specialty clinical leaders and hospital and administrative partners to implement strategic initiatives and optimize care delivery.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, and accountability among multidisciplinary teams.
  
  

Candidate Qualifications

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

• 5 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations, with a focus on specialty care and surgical services.
• Strong background managing complex specialty practices or departments within a healthcare system.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing teams
• Bachelors Degree
  
  

Skills And Traits

• Exceptional leadership and team-building skills to effectively manage specialty provider groups and operational teams with a focus on culture building.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to engage diverse stakeholders, including providers, staff, and executive leadership.
  
  

UCHealth invests in its Workforce.

UCHealth offers an Annual Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.

UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package (benefit eligibility is based off of FTE status):

• Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
• 403(b) with employer matching contributions
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI)
• Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
• Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
• Wellness benefits
• Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
• Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
  
  

Loan Repayment

• UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
  
  

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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