Assistant Administrator Operations SCPMG

Kaiser Permanente; Veterans Administration (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking an Executive Director/Medical Group Administration to lead multiple service areas within the Medical Center. The role involves strategic leadership to ensure equitable resource distribution, high-quality patient care, and cost-effective management of staff and services.

Responsibilities include planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating operations, developing programs to meet member and physician needs, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years of management experience in a complex health care setting.
• Three+ years of experience in financial management, budget development, program development, quality improvement and project management.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, and control operation of assigned areas.
• Develop programs and services to meet member, physician, and staff needs.
• Provide strategic leadership to ensure cost-effective health care and efficient staff management.
• Develop and monitor service, quality, and utilization standards; promote best practices.
• Manage payroll, non-payroll, and capital budgets for service areas.
• Hire, train, evaluate, and develop staff; conduct performance assessments.
• Ensure compliance with health plan contracts and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Outpatient experience

Education

Master’s degree in health care, public or business administration

Job description

Job Summary:

Directly and through subordinates, plans, organizes, directs, and controls the operation of assigned areas (e.g., general administrative, patient care, professional services and/or a combination of these and other services). Contributes toward the overall development of programs and services to provide for the needs of members, physicians and staff. AssistsAdministrator in providing strategic leadership to management to ensure equitable distribution of resources and delivery of high quality, cost-effective health care and efficient management of staff in accordance with goals, objectives, policies, and applicable regulatory agency rules and regulations. [This position is a generic position designed to serve in Executive Director or Medical Group Administration. This position is the top operations management level in the Medical Center.]

Essential Responsibilities:

• Directly and through subordinates, assists Administrator in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the operation of assigned areas (e.g., general administration, patient care, professional services and/or a combination of these and other services).
• Contributes toward the overall development of programs and services to provide for the needs of members, physicians and staff.
• Assists Administrator in providing strategic leadership to management to ensure equitable distribution of resources and delivery of high quality, cost-effective health care and efficient management of staff in accordance with goals, objectives, policies, and applicable regulatory agency rules and regulations.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations by facilitating the development, implementation and monitoring of service, quality and utilization standards.
• Continually evaluating and improving the delivery of service by initiating and promoting best practice models.
• Engages physicians and staff in problem solving.
• Plans, directs, staffs, organizes and evaluates service and/or care delivered by staff.
• Develops, monitors, and controls payroll, non-payroll, and capital budgets and expenditures for assigned service areas.
• Hires, fires, performs disciplinary actions, employee training and development, and conducts performance assessments for assigned staff.
• Contributes to effective and accurate communications, operations, and planning by conducting studies and reporting findings, and participating in special committees and/or projects.
• Directly and with subordinate managers, establishes and maintains operational and performance standards.
• Monitors and evaluates the overall system of service delivery in terms of ability to meet established targets.
• Develops short and long term plans to improve service level of department efficiency for each area managed.
• Directly and with Administrator, develops and administers appropriate policies, standards, practices and procedures.
• With subordinate managers, establishes goals and objectives for each department.
• Assures compliance with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of the Health Plan Contract and government/ accrediting agencies.
• Works with management and physicians-In-Charge to identify and establish programs and practices which are cost effective and provide quality service to members, staff and physicians.
• Participates in community relations activities to enhance the image and reputation of the organization in local customer service areas.
• May represent the organization in activities involving leaders in business, government, labor, the community at large, Health Plan Members and health care providers in the area.
• Preferred Qualification: Outpatient Experience

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum seven (7) years of management experience (including, but not limited to: disciplinary actions, training, employee development/ assessment, and wage and hour regulations) in a complex, multi-faceted health care setting and in working with a large physician group practice managing through influence and collaboration which includes:
• Three (3) years of experience in financial management, budget development, program development, quality improvement and project management.

Education

• Masters degree in health care, public or business administration, or related field required.

License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• N/A.