OR Business Manager

Description

MaineHealth Corporate

Management/Leadership
Req #: 20985

Summary:

The Coastal Region OR Business Manager will support the perioperative departments at the four MaineHealth hospitals in the Coastal Region (Waldo Hospital in Belfast, Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport, Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick). This position will work with OR Directors and perioperative teams at each local site to promote high performance of daily operations with local Surgical Services teams in the region. The OR Business Manager will coordinate between MH system-based entities and Local Health Systems perioperative leadership. In addition, this position will lead and support initiatives to improve financial performance in the perioperative departments.

There is an expectation for the OR Business Manager to be on-site at least biweekly, with more frequency as needed, so the successful candidate must be willing to travel to Belfast, Rockport, Damariscotta, and Brunswick regularly.

Areas of responsibility will vary based on the needs of the local sites, but may include:

• Collaborating with clinical service leadership to identify and address service-specific issues
• Implementing Supply Chain initiatives for perioperative departments
• Improving charge capture and cost consciousness
• Interfacing with IT staff and surgical services staff to ensure data accuracy and ease of entry and data retrieval/report generation
• Promoting improved communication with provider offices
• Managing the surgical services annual capital and operations budgets, including cyclic replacement
• Improving OR scheduling to promote patient access, OR utilization and the accurate upfront provision of scheduling information
• Managing facility renovation projects
• Improving case preparedness to ensure the timely and accurate provision of instrument and supplies

This position may manage OR billing and scheduling staff as well as a supply coordinator depending on what is in place and needed at local sites.

This OR Business Manager will report up through the MaineHealth Surgical Services integrated service line. There will be one OR Business Manager supporting each of the three MaineHealth regions, all of which will report to the Director of Perioperative Services for the system service line.

There is an expectation for the OR Business Manager to be on-site at least biweekly, with more frequency as needed, so the successful candidate must be willing to travel to Belfast, Rockport, Damariscotta, and Brunswick regularly.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

1. Education: Requires knowledge of practice and administration, and advanced verbal and communication skills in order to prepare reports and work cooperatively with department managers at a level normally acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree.
2. License/Certifications: N/A
3. Experience: In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the organization and operation of a large operating room, and related equipment and supplies; and familiarity with budgeting procedures and systems for monitoring and controlling expenditures at a level normally acquired through a minimum of three years progressively more responsible nursing or material management experience.
4. Analytical abilities necessary to prepare and maintain budgets, expenditures, and trials. Prior budgeting experience preferred.
5. Interpersonal skills necessary to develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of department managers and other departments such as Financial Services and Materials Management, and to provide effective leadership to area employees.

Additional Information

With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you'll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them - both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.

We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow - programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.

MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you're looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.

If you have questions about this role, please contact Jennifer Kopp at jennifer.kopp@mainehealth.org

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