Job Summary

Staff Specialist Healthcare: Supports the Associate Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO) for Ambulatory Care Services

Provides highly responsible, complex administrative support for health system senior leadership.

Coordinates the strategic planning, development, and implementation of new or changed administrative policy and procedures, programs, projects, and activities. Provides staff support to executive groups, including coordination of meetings, forums, agendas, and assistance in preparing and reviewing materials for discussion. Collaborates with the Senior Leaders of Nursing Services, Clinical Nursing Directors and Supervisors, and other University of Michigan Health (UMH) leadership and staff. Employees in this classification typically analyze, compare, and evaluate various courses of action and have the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of their responsibilities. Primary activities and decision-making authority are predominantly performed independently, affecting business operations to a substantial degree. Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.

This individual will contribute to all aspects of the ACNO work and leadership with a focus on responsibility for representing nursing on clinical operations issues within Ambulatory Care Services (ACS) and the University of Michigan Medical Group (UMMG) segment. This includes but is not limited to analyzing and aiding with communications, coordinating all aspects of strategic planning, helping to prioritize daily issues, coordinating and delegating agenda scheduling, and leading or aiding with selected improvement initiatives and projects as assigned. The individual must have the skill set and experience to enable them to work with wide discretion and independent judgment.

Organizational Relationships:

• Reports directly to the Associate Chief Nursing Officer for ACS.
• Collaborates with Senior Leaders of Nursing Services, Clinical Nursing Directors, and other UMH leadership and staff within the ACS segment and across the clinical enterprise.
• Functional and administrative supervision is exercised over support staff, as assigned.

Responsibilities*

• Represent the Office of ACS Associate Chief Nursing Officers on clinical operation issues within the segment.
• Provide professional staff support on all aspects of leadership meetings and forums requiring independent judgment and planning. Attend leadership meetings as directed by the ACNOs, summarize proceedings, and efficiently distribute to those in attendance so that actions can be implemented and monitored .
• Obtain and provide information/data required to make strategic priorities progress smoothly, including analyzing, summarizing, and/or reviewing data; reporting findings, interpreting results, and/or making recommendations to assist achievement of goals.
• Lead, coordinate, and assist with Ambulatory projects, analyze proposals, assist with metric tracking, make recommendations, as appropriate and assigned.
• Collaborate across departments to evaluate, design, and facilitate implementation of institutional programs.
• Coordinate, review, and summarize relevant literature sources and briefing requests, as assigned.
• Research and analyze operational issues including workflow and design.
• Collaborate with nursing colleagues and management from other departments to improve processes and resolve operational issues.
• Prepare reports, proposals, presentations, A3's, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and correspondence related to various projects for executive management review.
• Represent the Associate Chief Nursing Officers on committees, project teams, in resolution of patient care problems, and in contacts with external agencies and organizations.
• Participate in the selection, training, and evaluation of nursing management staff. Prepare administrative and financial reports, including necessary statistical analysis, as assigned.

Required Qualifications*

• Master's degree in nursing or related field such as Health Care Administration, Public Health, or Business. Bachelor's degree in management, health care, or a related field.
• Licensure:
  - If Registered Nurse, current State of Michigan Board of Nursing licensure is required.
• Progressively increasing levels of clinical, project management, and leadership/administrative responsibilities.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, including personnel management and the ability to perform as a role model for Nursing Staff.
• Demonstrated analytic skills of financial and clinical data.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to the principles of Patient and Family Centered Care with evidence of successful implementation of initiatives positively impacting patient care.
• Experience with change management process

NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.

RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants):

You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position.

Desired Qualifications*

• Familiarity with the continuous quality improvement LEAN processes
• Training and/or experience in process improvement
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with others
• Demonstrated leadership roles in quality and safety efforts
• Experience in fundamental aspects of root cause analysis and successful action planning
• Familiar with UMH policies and procedures
• Familiar with UMH nursing-specific policies, procedures, and the UMPNC contract
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate in a manner that fosters teambuilding and to provide visionary direction for team members.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated excellent computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office
• Experience in a complex, bargained-for work environment

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Nursing Specific Info

Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.

If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with nursing opportunities please contact Nurse Recruitment at [redacted].

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

Work Schedule
Hours: 40 hours/weekShift: Shift and hours will vary based on departmental needsLocation: Ambulatory Care Services
Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

Job Detail

Job Opening ID

283449

Working Title

STAFF SPECIALIST HEALTHCARE (Ambulatory Care Services)

Job Title

Staff Specialist Hlth

Work Location

Michigan Medicine - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

Modes of Work

Onsite

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

Um Hospital

Department

MM ACS Nursing Care

Posting Begin/End Date

9/23/2026 - 9/30/2026

Career Interest

Director/Manager/Supervisor
Healthcare Admin & Support
Nursing- All Nursing
Nursing- Ambulatory Care and Clinics
Nursing- Nursing Management