Operating Room Business Manager - Coastal Region

MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization; Brunswick (ME); On-site; USD 77,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Flexible work options

Student loan assistance

Professional development opportunities

Well-being resources

Job summary

MaineHealth Coastal Region OR is seeking an OR Business Manager to support perioperative departments across four MaineHealth hospitals—Waldo Hospital (Belfast), Pen Bay (Rockport), Lincoln (Damariscotta) and Mid Coast (Brunswick). The role partners with OR Directors and perioperative teams to drive high performance in daily operations.

The position will coordinate between MaineHealth system entities and local health systems, lead initiatives to improve financial performance, travel regularly to

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with clinical service leadership to identify and address service-specific issues
• Implementing Supply Chain initiatives for perioperative departments
• Improving charge capture and cost consciousness
• Interfacing with IT staff and surgical services staff to ensure data accuracy and ease of entry and data retrieval/report generation
• Promoting improved communication with provider offices
• Managing the surgical services annual capital and operations budgets, including cyclic replacement
• Improving OR scheduling to promote patient access, OR utilization and the accurate upfront provision of scheduling information
• Managing facility renovation projects
• Improving case preparedness to ensure the timely and accurate provision of instrument and supplies

Job description

The Coastal Region OR Business Manager will support the perioperative departments at the four MaineHealth hospitals in the Coastal Region (Waldo Hospital in Belfast, Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick). This position will work with OR Directors and perioperative teams at each local site to promote high performance of daily operations with local Surgical Services teams in the region. The OR Business Manager will coordinate between MH system-based entities and Local Health Systems perioperative leadership. In addition, this position will lead and support initiatives to improve financial performance in the perioperative departments.

Areas of responsibility will vary based on the needs of the local sites, but may include:

• Collaborating with clinical service leadership to identify and address service-specific issues
• Implementing Supply Chain initiatives for perioperative departments
• Improving charge capture and cost consciousness
• Interfacing with IT staff and surgical services staff to ensure data accuracy and ease of entry and data retrieval/report generation
• Promoting improved communication with provider offices
• Managing the surgical services annual capital and operations budgets, including cyclic replacement
• Improving OR scheduling to promote patient access, OR utilization and the accurate upfront provision of scheduling information
• Managing facility renovation projects
• Improving case preparedness to ensure the timely and accurate provision of instrument and supplies

This position may manage OR billing and scheduling staff as well as a supply coordinator depending on what is in place and needed at local sites.

This OR Business Manager will report up through the MaineHealth Surgical Services integrated service line. There will be one OR Business Manager supporting each of the three MaineHealth regions, all of which will report to the Director of Perioperative Services for the system service line.

There is an expectation for the OR Business Manager to be on-site at least biweekly, with more frequency as needed, so the successful candidate must be willing to travel to Belfast, Rockport, Damariscotta, and Brunswick regularly.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Education: Requires knowledge of practice and administration, and advanced verbal and communication skills in order to prepare reports and work cooperatively with department managers at a level normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor's degree.
• License/Certifications: N/A
• Experience: In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the organization and operation of a large operating room, and related equipment and supplies; and familiarity with budgeting procedures and systems for monitoring and controlling expenditures at a level normally acquired through a minimum of three years progressively more responsible nursing or material management experience.
• Analytical abilities necessary to prepare and maintain budgets, expenditures, and trials. Prior budgeting experience preferred.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of department managers and other departments such as Financial Services and Materials Management, and to provide effective leadership to area employees.

Additional Information

MaineHealth is committed to fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where care team members can thrive while making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve across Maine and New Hampshire. We offer competitive benefits including paid parental leave, flexible work options, student loan assistance, professional development opportunities, and well-being resources—so you can grow your career while feeling supported both personally and professionally.

We recognize the value each team member brings to our organization.Any offer of employmentwill depend onqualificationssuch asskills, relevant experience, education, certifications,and otherjob-relatedfactors. Thebase rangeis an estimate and does notreflect the full valueofourtotal compensationpackage.

The pay range for this position is $77,147.20to $104,353.60per year.

Compensation for part-time positions isdeterminedon a prorated basis consistent with the scheduled hours and applicable full-time equivalent (FTE).

In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offerscomprehensivebenefits, recognition programs, career growth opportunities, and,where applicable,shiftdifferentials or other incentives.

MaineHealth will never request financial information during the interview or pre-hiring process. All legitimate communications will come from an email address ending in @mainehealth.org. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it immediately to [emailprotected] .

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Information collected may be used for legitimate business purposes, including security, safety, compliance, investigations, training, quality assurance, and operational management.

MaineHealth policy requires all care team members to be vaccinated, including for influenza, subject to eligibility for medical or religious exemptions which can only be granted in compliance with applicable law.

Notice Regarding Maine Employer Surveillance Statute: Pursuant to Maine's Employer Surveillance Statute, prospective care team members are notified that MaineHealth may monitor, collect, record, review, or retain information related to the use of its systems, networks, applications, files, data, communications platforms (including notified recordings), smart badges, building access, company vehicle GPS data, business calls, and workplace security cameras.

Information collected may be used for legitimate business purposes, including security, safety, compliance, investigations, training, quality assurance, and operational management.