Associate Director, Clinical Management

Under the direction of the Administrative Chief of Staff at UI Health Care and through collaboration with local senior leadership (CEO, COO, CMO, CNE, CFO), the Associate Director of Clinical Performance Management is responsible for planning, monitoring, and supporting strategic priorities across the clinical system, including aligned objectives at a local level.

Interact with UI Health Care executives to develop plans and proposals in support of strategic and operational priorities, and coordinate implementation of new initiatives across the clinical enterprise by managing collaborations, relationships, and alignment across hospital and clinical departments. Leads the development of strategic analyses, business plans, and proposals, in collaboration with key strategic business partners and subject matter experts, to support clinical performance management team functions.

Serves as a primary point of contact in the resolution of significant project issues and escalation of project barriers. Identifies and prepares operational and financial metrics and provides appropriate interpretation and application of data. Supports communication and interpretation of relevant financial, clinical and operational information to administrative and clinical partners.

Build trust-based partnerships with leaders and teams within the UI Health Care organization, supporting the teams in capitalizing on strategic clinical and operational opportunities established through executive leadership efforts in partnership with department and hospital leaders. This includes helping teams organize and partner to develop and execute cross-functionally aligned strategies and related tactics that meaningfully support enterprise needs and positively impact patients' lives.

Support UI Health Care leadership in driving key strategic priorities across dynamic institutional planning.

Responsible for complex and specialized assignments requiring the application of deep analytical and practical guidance and direction. Serves as a technical resource providing seasoned and specialized knowledge and adaptive thinking in response to a variety of situations and challenges. Develops proposals for integrated solutions to resolve highly complex clinical and business issues. Facilitates varied interests, cross-functional teams, and groups through effective leadership, communication, collaboration, and negotiation abilities in order to achieve mutually agreeable solutions.

Ability to think with an enterprise-wide perspective and have knowledge of complex systems to make effective fiscal decisions, deliver quality and safe care, effective human resources management, and leadership in change management across the institution. Well-rounded administrator with experience across overall organizational and/or departmental processes, while adept at identifying opportunities to positively impact the future. Responsible for supporting and guiding success based on individual departmental contributions towards organizational goals and priorities.

Position responsibilities:

• Collaborate with hospital leaders, administrators, and physician leadership across UI Healthcare to develop key strategic goals to align budgetary, operational, and clinical initiatives for internal communications, including but not limited to UI Health Care's Annual Operating Plan, UI Strategic Plan, and targeted external communications.

• Collaborate with hospital and departmental leadership to identify needs and build support for creating the best performance outcomes across the organization in a consultative manner.

• Develop a network of relationships with administrative and physician leaders across all departments to support enterprise collaboration.

• Serve as a change agent and work closely with hospital, service line, and department leaders in identifying priority areas, developing goals, planning improvement, and monitoring effectiveness and progress towards goals.

• Benchmark, develop, and recommend key performance indicators for hospital and department-level metrics to drive best performance outcomes across the organization in a consultative manner; ensure alignment to UI Health Care…