Operations Manager - Dermatology

About the role

The Operations Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, management, and analysis of clinical practice operations, program development, information systems, human resources, and compliance within the Department. They serve as the primary advisor to the Executive Administrator and the Vice Chair(s) for Clinical Affairs and Quality on all clinical administrative matters.

Responsibilities

• Ensures timely and fiscally responsible execution of clinical and academic program development
• Partners with other senior members in the Department, in the School, in the Health Services Foundation, and in the UAB Health System to address clinical administrative issues
• Works independently to manage various tasks and duties
• Directs, controls, and plans their own work while accepting responsibility for its outcome

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Health Administration, or a related field required
• Minimum of 5 years progressively responsible experience in a healthcare setting, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills

• Self-directed and self-motivated
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another
• Accepts responsibility for the direction, control, and planning of one’s own work
• Works independently
• Recognizes the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality
• Conveys empathy and compassion to those experiencing pain, physical or emotional distress, and/or grief
• Relates to others in a manner that fosters teamwork and cooperation
• Communicates effectively with people from diverse backgrounds
• Exhibits flexibility and effectively copes with an ever-changing, fast-paced healthcare environment
• Performs effectively in emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations
• Demonstrates a quality work ethic of doing the right thing the right way
• Maintains a customer focus and strives to satisfy customer needs

Benefits

Includes 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and additional benefits.