UHealth Business Development Associate - Physician Integration

University of Miami; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami (UHealth) seeks a Business Development Associate (H) to drive strategic growth through physician integration, onboarding, and program expansion across the enterprise. This role coordinates acquisitions, activations, and performance tracking with clinical, operational, and administrative partners.

Responsibilities include overseeing onboarding timelines, milestone management, risk monitoring, and cross-functional collaboration to support service line growth and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field required

Responsibilities

• Oversees physician integration activities across assigned service lines, departments, and practices to support operational readiness and successful onboarding.
• Coordinates physician acquisition, recruitment, and practice integration initiatives, including activation timelines, readiness milestones, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution.
• Maintains physician integration trackers, onboarding and activation documentation, milestone reports, risk logs, and leadership status updates to support integration efforts.
• Collaborates with Business Development, Physician and Provider Relations, Faculty Recruitment, Human Resources, Medical Staff Services, Information Technology, Revenue Cycle, Marketing, Operations, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective physician integration activities.
• Identifies, monitors, and escalates barriers, risks, and operational issues that may impact physician readiness, practice launch, referral connectivity, integration success, or organizational objectives.
• Coordinates Day-1 readiness activities and facilitates ongoing integration follow-up processes to monitor progress, promote physician engagement, and support successful practice transitions.
• Executes physician, provider, and clinical staff integration workstreams associated with physician acquisitions, practice affiliations, and other business development transactions, including operational, technology, revenue cycle, vendor, lease, and staffing transition activities.
• Participates in transaction due diligence activities to assess integration requirements, implementation costs, staffing needs, operational considerations, and growth assumptions, and monitors post-implementation performance against established objectives.
• Supports physician engagement, referral development, networking opportunities, and cross-specialty collaboration initiatives to enhance organizational growth and connectivity.
• Develops, organizes, and maintains service line growth plans, including market assessments, competitive analyses, volume forecasts, financial projections, access strategies, and growth opportunities in partnership with service line leadership and Business Development.
• Partners with executive sponsors and department leadership to advance strategic growth initiatives, market development priorities, practice integration opportunities, service line expansion efforts, and related implementation activities.
• Supports the development, implementation, and expansion of new or restructured service lines, programs, and growth initiatives, including governance frameworks, performance measures, operational planning, workforce planning, space utilization, and care delivery models.
• Prepares and analyzes integration reports, dashboard summaries, growth tracking materials, market intelligence, operational metrics, and performance data to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Monitors project milestones, implementation progress, key performance indicators, risks, action items, and deliverables while developing collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support departmental and organizational objectives.
• Adheres to University and UHealth policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and established internal controls.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The UHealth Business Development Associate (H) supports strategic growth, physician integration, and business development initiatives across the UHealth enterprise. The incumbent coordinates the onboarding and integration of newly recruited physicians, acquired physician practices, and new programs and services while supporting service line growth and expansion efforts. This role partners with clinical, operational, and administrative stakeholders to facilitate implementation activities, monitor project milestones, identify risks and opportunities, and support organizational growth priorities. The UHealth Business Development Associate (H) analyzes operational, financial, market, and performance data to develop recommendations that support strategic decision-making, physician engagement, practice integration, and service line development.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Oversees physician integration activities across assigned service lines, departments, and practices to support operational readiness and successful onboarding.
2. Coordinates physician acquisition, recruitment, and practice integration initiatives, including activation timelines, readiness milestones, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution.
3. Maintains physician integration trackers, onboarding and activation documentation, milestone reports, risk logs, and leadership status updates to support integration efforts.
4. Collaborates with Business Development, Physician and Provider Relations, Faculty Recruitment, Human Resources, Medical Staff Services, Information Technology, Revenue Cycle, Marketing, Operations, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective physician integration activities.
5. Identifies, monitors, and escalates barriers, risks, and operational issues that may impact physician readiness, practice launch, referral connectivity, integration success, or organizational objectives.
6. Coordinates Day-1 readiness activities and facilitates ongoing integration follow-up processes to monitor progress, promote physician engagement, and support successful practice transitions.
7. Executes physician, provider, and clinical staff integration workstreams associated with physician acquisitions, practice affiliations, and other business development transactions, including operational, technology, revenue cycle, vendor, lease, and staffing transition activities.
8. Participates in transaction due diligence activities to assess integration requirements, implementation costs, staffing needs, operational considerations, and growth assumptions, and monitors post-implementation performance against established objectives.
9. Supports physician engagement, referral development, networking opportunities, and cross-specialty collaboration initiatives to enhance organizational growth and connectivity.
10. Develops, organizes, and maintains service line growth plans, including market assessments, competitive analyses, volume forecasts, financial projections, access strategies, and growth opportunities in partnership with service line leadership and Business Development.
11. Partners with executive sponsors and department leadership to advance strategic growth initiatives, market development priorities, practice integration opportunities, service line expansion efforts, and related implementation activities.
12. Supports the development, implementation, and expansion of new or restructured service lines, programs, and growth initiatives, including governance frameworks, performance measures, operational planning, workforce planning, space utilization, and care delivery models.
13. Prepares and analyzes integration reports, dashboard summaries, growth tracking materials, market intelligence, operational metrics, and performance data to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and actionable recommendations for leadership.
14. Monitors project milestones, implementation progress, key performance indicators, risks, action items, and deliverables while developing collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support departmental and organizational objectives.
15. Adheres to University and UHealth policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and established internal controls.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field required

Experience

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required