Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

As directed by the UCI FQHC Governing Board of Directors, the incumbent is responsible for the overall management and fiscal oversight of the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) throughout UCI Medical Center. In coordination with the FQHC Governing Board of Directors, the Chief Ambulatory Officer and Physician Chairs, plans, organizes, directs, and manages the administrative and business operations of the FQHC clinics, ensuring compliance with grants and reporting requirements, budgets, policy, and patient satisfaction standards. Builds internal and external relationships, identifies community health needs and implements strategies by the health center to address such needs. Leads quality innovations to serve patients and improve quality of care.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of progressively responsible work experience in a leadership position in a medical practice setting, healthcare administration or closely related field.
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies, including planning, setting priorities, systematic performance assessment, implementation based on such assessment and maintaining achieved improvement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent understanding of healthcare finance, financial and analytical skills and ability to develop financial models using Excel, Access or other applications
• Excellent strategic planning skills to develop long and short range goals and objectives
• Excellent customer service skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of strategic planning and change management principles
• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ability to work autonomously and use independent sound judgment
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the UC Irvine Health Affairs and work effectively with diverse stakeholders, especially physicians
• Ability to accomplish results and effectively integrate functions with business plans. Consistently demonstrates and encourages a commitment to quality, customer-centeredness, productivity and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Membership in MGMA or ACHE and ACMPE certification
• Master's Degree in business, healthcare administration or a related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Experience in an academic medical center environment

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization