Job Description

The Director of Anesthesia Operations I has overall responsibility for managing a regional group of the assigned specialty medical practices, including accountability for operations, financial performance, managing client relationships, strategic implementation, and people management.

This position is responsible for overseeing anesthesia operations across multiple hospital and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) locations throughout Central and Northern New Jersey. The portfolio currently includes 5 hospitals and 11 ambulatory surgery centers, with operational assignments subject to change based on evolving business needs and organizational structure.

Current hospital locations include:

• Princeton Medical Center
• HMH JFK University Medical Center
• HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center
• HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center-Old Bridge
• HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy

This remote-hybrid role is open to candidates residing permanently in the New Jersey area. The position requires the ability to attend in-person meetings and events onsite as business needs dictate.

Benefits: At Envision Healthcare, we offer benefits at the speed of your life. Our wide range of health and welfare benefits allow you to choose the right ones for you and your family. Best of all, qualifying employees are eligible to enroll from day one, so you can rest easy knowing you and your loved ones are protected. Envision Healthcare offers a variety of health and welfare benefit options to help protect your health and promote your wellbeing. The benefits offered include but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, Limited Healthcare FSA, FSAs for Transportation and Parking & HSAs.

Paid Time Off: Envision Healthcare offers paid time off, 9 observed holidays and paid family leave. You accrue Paid Time Off (PTO) each pay period and depending on your position and can earn a minimum of 20 days and up to 25 days per calendar year.

Responsibilities

These are your responsibilities :

Financial and Operational

• Assist in preparation of corporate budgets with EVPS clinical leadership and financial and accounting team
• Together with regional clinical leadership, monitor financial performance of facility contracts and labor cost variances to budget
• Specifically monitor and manage labor costs and hours as compared to budget
• Establish appropriate internal processes and other standard work tools to ensure effective and efficient operations
• Attend clinical leadership meetings to resolve operational issues and communicate significant issues related to corporate strategy, financial performance & other corporate initiatives
• Develop and monitor business metrics related to financial and operational performance, including interfacing with Central Services, Business Intelligence and other internal departments responsible for data production and analysis
• Interface with other leaders within the organization as needed to resolve issues and successful implement Corporate and divisional goals and objectives
• Manage and monitor clinical compensation and other benefits-related processes and procedures
• Manage provider resources and allocations, including:
• Approval of position openings and requisitions
• Authorization of contract requests for all providers within the Region
• Implement start-ups and acquisitions in collaboration with designated internal work groups, as well as clinical and operational leadership
• Assist the Managed Care Department as required in facility global arrangements, self-pay and other managed care contracting issues
• Coordinate clear and consistent communication with other departments on successfully integrating new programs
• Actively participate in Kaizen events to improve processes both internally and externally

Business Development, Acquisitions & Organic Growth

• Assist Business Development as needed by participating in business development meetings, providing required specialty-specific information, identifying target providers within and outside of local market, obtaining and disseminating pertinent information, or serving as key contact in current facilities or offices related to cross-selling or expansion of services
• Assist in identification of specialty-specific additional services and modalities, analyze their feasibility and implement where applicable
• Establish processes to insure the effective operationalization of organic growth contracts, including the assignment of a Client Services team, participation in relevant meetings, acclimating new providers and groups to the organization, implementation of standard work, establishing budgets and ongoing assessment and recalibration of new business
• Establish processes to insure the effective operationalization of acquired groups, including the assignment of a Client Services team, participation in relevant meetings, acclimating new providers and groups to the organization, implementation of standard work, establishing budgets and ongoing assessment and recalibration of new business
• Interface with ENVOY or other recruitment staff to ensure that the appropriate processes are in place to identify and place potential candidates in an efficient and cost-effective manner for both temporary and permanent assignments

Client Management

• Coordinate contract negotiation/renegotiation process in conjunction with Legal, clinical & operations leadership, and other relevant internal stakeholders
• Coordinate and monitor contract changes
• Meet regularly with key client stakeholders to:
• Identify any projected changes in service requirements that impact operations and financials
• Proactively address client expectations and issues
• Understand and communicate local market issues within the assigned geographic area that impact the Company and client through networking and nurturing of other healthcare relationships in the region
• Meet regularly with EVPS affiliated providers to understand their needs, resolve identified issues, and build relationships
• Act is a corporate liaison to ensure a strong sense of "Company" within the provider community
• Provide leadership in assigned regional market to assist specialty clinical leadership in developing significant long-term relationships with facility, facility ownership, clinical leadership and long-term business success and market position
• Provide support as required for business development opportunities within assigned region
• Act as a liaison as necessary between corporate departments and Client facility personnel

People Management

• Recruit, train, develop and evaluate Client Services employees
• Work with regional/executive clinical leadership, as well as Human Resources, to develop a pipeline of effective leadership at the facility level
• Direct Regional specialty recruiting strategy to fulfill needs for short, mid and long-term contract success and market development
• Provide formal, quarterly feedback to assigned recruitment and new hire team through established report card procedures
• Work with the National Practice Director to develop and maintain new contracts' staffing schedules
• Assess new contract staffing needs and communicate those to the recruitment department and third-party staffing companies

Corporate Representative

• Other duties as assigned
• Reads and abides by the company's code of conduct, ethics statements, employee handbook(s), policies and procedures and other corporate mandates, including participation in mandatory training programs
• Reports any real or suspected violation of the corporate compliance program, company policies and procedures, harassment or other prohibited activities in accordance with the reporting policies of the company
• Obtains clarification of policy whenever necessary and may use the resources available through the Compliance, Human Resources or Legal Department to do so
• Support and abide by the values of the company

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from four-year College or university
• 7+ years managing multi-discipline, multi-specialties and multiple locations at a regional level
• 10 years' experience in physician practice management or healthcare management with extensive physician interface.
• Master's Degree in health-related field strongly preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Plans and conducts performance appraisals and talent assessments of staff, recommends merits, bonuses and promotions and administers corrective actions when necessary

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