Contract Analyst

Talentify; Kansas City (KS); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Kansas Medical Center is seeking a Contract Analyst to manage the contracting lifecycle, including analysis, negotiation, drafting, and compliance with hospital policies and healthcare program regulations.

The role involves negotiating terms for IT, services, equipment, and other agreements, working with leadership across departments, and ensuring deadlines are met in a remote, full-time capacity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College or University.
• 5 or more years contracting experience, including drafting contracts.
• Masters Business Administration in business or related field (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Analyzes and negotiates contract terms for multiple contract types.
• Manages the full life cycle of contracts from review to expiration.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policy, accreditation standards, and federal/state healthcare regulations.
• Provides timely review and negotiation for internal clients.
• Meets departmental goals for contract turnaround times while delivering high-quality service.
• Communicates requirements and terms to internal stakeholders.
• Maintains knowledge of contracting issues through training and self-directed learning.
• Collaborates with colleagues and acts as a subject matter expert on contracting policy.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Contract drafting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Position Title

Contract Analyst

Days - Full Time

Remote

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Operating independently, the Contract Analyst is accountable for the contracting process from start to finish, including analysis and negotiation of contract terms and conditions and for drafting contracts as needed. Position ensures that contracts include appropriate provisions in compliance with Hospital policy, accreditation standards, and federal and state healthcare program regulations. The Contracts Analyst manages all types of health care business related agreements and contract (IT, services, equipment, product purchases, etc.) This position works with all levels of leadership and requires the ability to work under tight deadlines and provide creative solutions to resolve conflict with external parties. The successful candidate will be equally effective as an individual contributor and a team player.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Analyzes and negotiates contract terms and conditions for multiple contract types, including, but not limited to purchasing, capital acquisition, maintenance, clinical affiliations, patient transfer, professional services.


• Ensures that contracts effectively protect the interests of the organization by managing the entire life cycle of contracts, from initial review through expiration or termination.


• Ensures contracts include appropriate provisions in compliance with Hospital policy, accreditation standards, and federal and state healthcare program regulations by using standard Hospital templates and negotiating the terms of vendor-provided agreements.


• Provides timely review and negotiation of contracts presented by internal clients through excellent interpersonal, organization, and time management skills.


• Meets or exceeds departmental goals for contract review turnaround times, while ensuring that each internal client receives the highest level of quality of service available.


• Communicates with internal management and staff on requested contractual arrangement, business terms and other required information regarding contracts required for health care business operations.


• Maintains and expands knowledge of healthcare contracting issues by proactively seeking out self-directed & company sponsored training opportunities.


• Makes positive contributions to team and organization through ongoing collaboration with colleagues, and by serving as a subject matter expert for internal clients, providing counsel on contractual terms and corporate contracting policy in an easy to understand manner.


• Increases the scope and quality of contracting department services by initiating and managing special department projects.


• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.


• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited College or University.


• 5 or more years contracting experience, including drafting contracts.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Masters Business Administration in business or related field


• Less than 1 year paralegal or attorney experience is preferred.


• Less than 1 year experience in healthcare environment and/or drafting healthcare related contracts

Knowledge Requirements

• Demonstrated skill set in contract negotiations, drafting contracts and excellent team collaboration as evaluated by the department director.

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

R-57653

Important information for you to know as you apply

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.


• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].


• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.