Executive Administrator, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

* This role has a dual reporting structure directly with the Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, and the Vice Dean for Academic Administration and Finance University of Chicago – Biological Sciences Division.
* This role provides partnership with all Department Administrators as it relates to health system-based deployments and other matters as directed by the Vice Dean for Academic Administration and Finance University of Chicago – Biological Sciences Division.
* Facilitate the recruitment, retention, and promotion of faculty, administrative staff, and scientists to advance the mission of the department and institution.
* Collaborate with Strategy executives and partners to create strategic plans per site and across the health system. Evaluate strategic opportunities and plans to develop a roadmap for optimal clinical care and expansion.
* Collaborate with partners internal and external to the health system to assess market share, expansion opportunities, and potential partnerships.
* Execute the health system strategy for faculty deployment in all perioperative locations and service lines across the health system.
* Collaborate / partner with departments, service lines, hospital operations, and strategy leadership to identify programmatic needs and develop robust recruitment plans.
* Model and optimize anesthesia provider deployments by location, considering health system margin, OR capacity, resource needs, and market analysis. Work to align recruitment strategies and deployment accordingly.
* Evaluate and monitor programmatic expansion and performance compared to original plans to ensure strategic targets are being met, considering adjustments to deployments as needed.
* Meet growth objectives as identified in strategic plan(s), annual operating plan(s), and clinical priorities across the health system with milestones per site.
* Foster collaboration among clinical leadership, faculty, support services, and external partners to drive the success of new and expanded service lines, clinical sites, and strategic alliances.
* Oversee the operational management of anesthesia services, including scheduling, staffing, and resource allocation.
* Lead the department by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed, providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations, recommending options and courses of action, developing actions plans for achieving these goals, supervising the implementation of the plans, determining if goals are being met via periodic dashboard reports, and instituting corrective actions where necessary.
* Maintain a competent staff by selecting, orienting, and training employees and/or volunteers. Maintain staff performance by counseling, appraising, and disciplining employees and/or volunteers and follows up on work performance. Departmental scope includes HR, academic affairs, finance, research, education and section administration.
* Work with ambulatory leadership to secure complementary clinic space for deployment and ensure efficient patient routing with the call center.
* Prepare an annual budget and regular reports on the financial status of the department.
* Identify opportunities for cost reductions.
* Ensures achievement of operational targets such as length of stay (LOS), patient access, service line capacity, template utilization, and other critical metrics that support strategic goals and operational excellence. Ensure personnel and other resources are available to fully support and enhance premiere clinical, educational and training programs sponsored by the department. Provides central department expertise to support teaching faculty as they prepare for and present classroom and clinical/research laboratory-based curriculum for graduate and medical school students.
* Ensure dedicated support is available for faculty directors of department-sponsored resident and fellowship training programs.
* Organize space, equipment, and services to meet the needs of the ambulatory patient, inpatients, physicians, nurses, and research and develops appropriate staffing levels of professional, technical, and other personnel within…