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Associate Administrator

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States


We are seeking a Associate Administrator - Clinical who will provide leadership and management of the financial, operational, and administrative activities for the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. The position reports directly to the Department Administrator. The position manages finances, human resources, program/business development, operational oversight and other patient care fiscal and administrative operations that typically span the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (SOM) and the Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS). The Associate Administrator - Clinical partners with the Department Administrator and Division Directors to maintain sustainable financial success, implementing continuous performance improvement, and helping develop new programs. The Associate Administrator is responsible for the clinical practice operations and annual revenue generated by physicians and advanced practice providers.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Financial

Manage all divisional financial lines of business (clinical, research, gift, endowment, etc.) that generate budget expense and sponsored expense, including substantial institutional support that requires a high level of scrutiny and reconciliation.

Meet and exceed operating targets set by the department and SOM and participate in annual performance improvement goals.

Review monthly account and/or business plan activity, correct errors, and identify and report any problems or discrepancies.

Reconcile monthly financial statements between JHM entities.

Provide financial and other operational reports, as needed, for JHM, JHHS, JHU, and departmental leadership.

Provide, review, and analyze the clinical practice finances of assigned areas.

Develop appropriate billing strategies to maximize annual charges.

Develop faculty profit and loss statements or other metrics and provide regular updates to leadership on faculty productivity reporting.

Develop strategies with leadership and faculty for establishing and utilizing discretionary funds that align donor intent, budget guidelines and applicable JHU policies.

Monitor faculty, staff, and fellow percent of effort expended on research grants and contracts and maintain equivalent salary distribution on accounts.

Develop the annual operating budget for submission.

Assist with the clinical budgeting process and ensure performance improvement on bottom line.

Design and produce various reports utilizing institutional data to create monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for leadership.

Prepare or ensure the correct preparation of various forms such as journal vouchers, check deposits, check requests, and telephone service requests.

Prepare electronic budgets and expenditure transfers.

Operations Management

Collaborate with faculty, nursing, and administrative leaders to ensure optimal clinic operations.

Provide practice management leadership as needed to all faculty practices.

Ensure patient access goals are met for clinic visits and other appointment scheduling.

Develop systems for administrative workflow in accordance with departmental goals.

Manage departmental operations to ensure patient-centered activities and maximize patient satisfaction scores.

Utilize patient satisfaction data to identify opportunities for improvement in departmental workflow and improve patient satisfaction.

Investigate and respond to patient complaints.

Ensure appropriate levels of staffing in all administrative areas.

Make recommendations about opportunities to improve space utilization and define needs and justification for additional space to the administrator and chair.

Program/Project Planning & Development

Support development of tactical business plans in conjunction with administrative leaders.

Develop comprehensive project plans for identified opportunities, establish project goals, objectives and outcomes, secure leadership support and endorsement.

Determine project timeline to accomplish identified goals with milestones.

Assist in the implementation of projects, utilize skills of communication, negotiation and problem solving to execute steps of implementation, monitor progress towards outcomes and modify action plan, plan interventions as necessary to maintain timeline, recognize potential for integration/collaboration.

Evaluate project outcomes, collect relevant data to determine efficiency of project, make and implement recommendations to improve outcomes or processes, develop written summary reports and make recommendations to the leadership.

Human Resources

Work closely with department, JHU SOM and Central, and JHHS human resources staff on routine and non-routine HR issues.

Ensure performance management is carried out consistent with appropriate policies.

Provide recommendations for staffing resource allocations.

Other duties as assigned.

Technical Skills & Expected Level Of Proficiency

Budgeting - Advanced

Documentation and Reporting - Advanced

Financial Acumen - Advanced

Financial Administration - Advanced

HR Management - Advanced

Operational Oversight - Advanced

Oral and Written Communications - Advanced

Process Improvement - Advanced

Program Management - Advanced

Quality Improvement and Patient Satisfaction - Advanced

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Health Care Administration or related field.

Eight years of progressively responsible professional-level experience.

Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in a related field.

Classified Title: Associate Administrator - Clinical

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Associate Administrator (General Internal Medicine & Addiction Medicine)

Role/Level/Range: L/04/LF

Starting Salary Range: $98,200 - $171,900 Annually ($135,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F 8:30-5:00

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM DOM General Internal Medicine

Personnel area: School of Medicine

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