Children’s Hospital of Michigan is an international leader in pediatric and adolescent medicine. Surgical services include general, thoracic, reconstructive and cardiovascular. Imaging technology designed specifically for children provides advanced diagnostic services including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and MRI. The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department is a verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and dedicated pediatric burn center. Experts in pediatric critical care, rehabilitation, and neonatal and perinatal medicine provide care for thousands of children every year at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan - Troy and six ambulatory sites.

Summary Description

Under direction of the Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for assigned hospital operational goals, including support of the Executive Team. Directs and/or assists in the preparation of a variety of strategic and operational studies and analyses to improve hospital performance. Identifies areas of opportunity, develops proposals for strategies for program development and revisions to existing programs.

• Presents findings and recommendations to administrative staff, medical staff and management personnel; monitors adoption of agreed upon recommendations, reporting impacts of improvements.
• Directs and/or conducts the preparation of determination-of-need studies, cost-benefit studies, financial analyses, etc. for proposed programs, equipment or services. Plans and directs implementation of approved programs.
• Ensures follow up and implementation of recommendations and decisions. Ensures payments made to physicians and physician groups are in accord with written contracts, acts as liaison between hospital and DMC Physician Contracting.
• Generates information and assists with development of contract terms prior to submission of requests; generates and/or provides appropriate payment information/detail to contracted physicians and/or physician groups.
• Coordinates preparation of hospital capital budget, manages projects and requisitions in capital purchase system, regularly prepares and submits reports on status of capital funds/expenditures to executive leadership.
• Assists Executive Team in various operational areas, including serving in a management capacity in areas undergoing transition or restructuring. Assumes other special activities and responsibilities as directed.
• Monitors activities to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations Joint Commission requirements, and DMC policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's degree in Finance, Business, Health Care Administration or Public Administration, or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

2. Four to five or more years of progressively more responsible related experience, preferably in a health care setting.

Skills Required

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1. Analytical ability to serve in an advisory/consultative role in determining and/or developing strategies, policies, processes, protocols and methods, frequently in the absence of guidelines or technical assistance, and to evaluate and implement complex systems/techniques and/or processes that foster innovative approaches to improve current functions.

2. Communication and interpersonal skills for frequent contact with internal customers as well as external stakeholders to persuade or negotiate on a wide range of subjects in situations which may be controversial, sensitive and/or lead to confrontation. A mastery of a variety of communication modalities is required to include leading meetings, making formal presentations, and writing complex documents and managing complex relationships over time.

3. Project management skills including the ability to define program, project, or process objectives, identify stakeholders and their interests, plan steps, coordinate and allocate human, technological and fiscal resources to accomplish goals and objectives in a resourceful yet timely manner.

4. Leadership skills including demonstrated willingness to pursue leadership roles with increasing levels of accountability comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching, teaching and counseling skills, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others and to forge alliances and garner support.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.