The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Location
Type, TX | United States
Job description
Why UT Southwestern?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued patients and employees. With over 20,000 employees, we are committed to continuing our growth with the best professionals in the healthcare industry. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth
Job Summary
The program manager will be directly responsible for overseeing additional staff hiring, leading operations for development of the mobile health infrastructure under the supervision of Dr. Adhikari, managing the budget, and overseeing community development operations. Because the success of the program will be highly dependent on a strong and experienced program manager to lead this effort, this position is requested before the award is received.
Experience and Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Education/Social Science, or related field and five (5) years experience in medical administration that includes people leadership and project management required.
- Education may be considered in lieu of experience.
- Master’s degree preferred.
Job Duties
- Exercises decision-making and problem-solving skills to manage portfolio of projects to include all process development initiatives from design to implementation. Serves as point-of-contact for the business unit for the receipt, coordination and analytical preparation of information. Tasks include, but not limited to monitoring and maintaining all project intake submissions, establishment of work-flows across the business unit as a whole which includes ambulatory, basic and clinical science, and administrative.
- Develops and maintains project work plans to measure and manage progress against budgets, project scopes, goals, timelines and deliverables clearly communicating project expectations to team members and management.
- Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Develops best practices and tools for execution of program requirements and goals. Aligns business processes, clinical care/standards and research practices with institutional and national standards and provides mechanism to deliver information to staff/faculty as necessary. Recommends and develops new policies and procedures for improvement of program activities.
- Develops, cultivates, and maintains working relationships with internal and external agencies and other organizations and institutions associated with the Chairman’s Office. May represent the Department Administrator as a liaison to Medical Directors, residents, staff, institutional and external departments and University administration in support of departmental goals and objectives.
- Will independently audit departmental processes and offer recommendations for process improvement and efficiency.
- Provides standard and ad hoc reports to business unit leadership as needed.
- Performs other duties as required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Work requires good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Work requires ability to review, recommend, develop and implement project plans.
- Work requires ability to develop, track and manage program/project budgets.
- Work requires strong attention to detail.
- Work requires demonstrated ability to lead a team.
Working Conditions
- Work is performed primarily in a hospital or hospital clinic environment.
- Walking, standing, bending, turning and stooping.
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This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
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