Company Overview
Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status.
Job Description
This position directs, manages and supervises the work of the Medical Staff administrative staff and indirectly manages the Credentialing Specialist and Clinical Research staff. Manages departmental budgets and patient care practices of the Medical Staff in order to maximize physician availability, efficiency and utilization of hospital resources. Acts as a resource to the Chiefs of service and Hospital leadership by thinking conceptually and leading others.
The pay range for this position is 88,283.52 - 110,348.16 - 171,039.65 USD Annual
Key Responsibilities
- Works directly with medical staff leadership to ensure smooth operation of all aspects of medical staff daily operation.
- Plans, directs and manages Medical Staff Administrative functions for the hospital; participant in medical staff leadership functions.
- Directs the development of cost-effective medical staff operating and capital budget requests; monitors, directs, and controls expenditures and justifies variances.
- Works directly with hospital Administration to manage Medical Staff patient care practices (outpatient, inpatient and surgical) to maximize availability, efficiency, and utilization of hospital resources, and to coordinate and synchronize Medical Staff practices with hospital functions.
- Works directly with Administration on new and existing practitioner contracts ensuring salaries and cost are appropriate.
- Works closely with Quality Management to ensure TJC and CMA standards are met.
- Works closely with Credentialing Specialist related to credentialed practitioners and insurance regulations.
- Develops, reviews, and revises departmental policies and procedures and job descriptions in compliance with regulatory and hospital standards.
- Monitors, controls, evaluate and reports departmental expenditures for salary, equipment and supplies; reports over/under budget variances and recommends control measures within established timeframes.
- Works effectively as a member of the Management Team to accomplish hospital organizational goals, develop a positive working relationship with Administration and develop positive interdepartmental communications regarding programs and services.
- Coordinates and maintains Medical Staff "governance documents". Ensures that revised bylaws are voted on by MEC, Active Medical Staff and Board of Governors and sent to Corporate Legal for review.
- Ensures required reports are forwarded to Corporate Medical Affairs office in a timely manner.
- Carries out specific tasks assigned by the MEC and/or the President of the Medical Staff.
- Oversees the planning, implementation, execution, and evaluation of special projects.
- Responsible for maintaining professional service agreements/contracts and affiliation agreements.
- Directly responsible for the budget for all Orthopedic Clinical Research grant funds to ensure funds are allocated and spent appropriately.
- Performs a variety of functions related to the management of department personnel in compliance with organizational and human resources policies and procedures.
- Interviews, hires and recommends termination of employees in accordance with Human Resources Policy and procedures.
- Develops, reviews, and revises job descriptions in compliance with regulatory and hospital standards.
- Communicates job duties to staff in a clear, understandable, and concise manner; plans, directs, and supervises work of assigned staff utilizing positive communications and effective problem solving skills.
- Provides consistent input on performance in consultation with the President of the Medical Staff; to include initial planning/review sessions. Responsible for conducting annual performance appraisals for the administrative staff, and employee counseling, when needed, based on defined criteria and in compliance with Human Resources Policy & Procedures.
- Consults in a timely manner with the President of the Medical Staff regarding staff performance, problems or concerns which may affect efficient and effective department operations and hospital-wide issues which may have a direct or