Assistant Director, Clinical Transformation Care

Assistant Director, Health Care Administration

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville (UFCOM-J) Center for Convening Transformative Care will help enhance personalized patient care, increase patient safety, foster population health data research and grant procurement, and strengthen local and state partnerships that will lead to more sustainable population health interventions. This grant funded position is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of care transformation performance improvement programs for the UFCOM-J and UF Health enterprise in Jacksonville. This position utilizes a systematic approach to analyzing organizational performance data thereby helping to continuously improve processes and outcomes targeting social determinants of health for vulnerable populations. Supports the work of the healthcare team, through data analytics and population health factors, to identify opportunities to enhance care delivery and to discover which practices are most effective to improve patient outcomes. 

Translates data-driven results to enhance personalized care for patients. 

Creates an environment to connect education and patient care programs to the community and the social factors of health that impact patient outcomes. 

Provides students and trainees with the tools and skills that will ultimately increase patient safety, maximize efficiencies, and improve the overall quality of care for the community. 

Fosters population-health research that translates to publications and grant procurement, in order to create sustainable programs for achieving positive health outcomes. 

Partners and collaborates with state/local agencies (COJ, AHCA, DCF, etc) to improve the health and welfare of identified at-risk patient populations. 

Collaborates with a variety of stakeholders across the enterprise including senior leaders, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other members of the healthcare team. 

$120,000

Master’s degree in appropriate area of specialization and four years of appropriate experience or a bachelor’s degree in appropriate areas of specialization and six years of experience.

Masters or other advanced degree (e.g. MPH, MHA, PHD, DNP).  Clinical discipline for example, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or a non-clinical healthcare discipline such as public health or health care administration. A bachelor’s degree in one of these areas may be considered with at least six years of relevant experience in health care or quality/performance improvement programs.

Change management skills – ability to analyze the current state and develop a case for change; ability to communicate the case for change and the plan for change; ability to elicit support from key stakeholders and achieve objectives; ability to evaluate the plans effectiveness and develop  alternative solutions; Ability to apply concepts and principles of change management.

Leadership skills – ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams; ability to structure, format, and lead small and large group working sessions to achieve objectives; ability to directly and  indirectly mentor, coach, and train staff; ability to keep projects on track and moving towards a goal;

Technical skills – expert user of computer systems such as: MS Project, Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

Analytical skills –  ability to analyze problems; strong knowledge of statistical techniques in solving problems

Communication skills – excels in intercommunications and interactions; ensures that communication lines are kept open; effectively communicates goals and interplay of ideas and concepts; Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including conveying technical/clinical information to both technical/clinical and non-technical/non-clinical team members

Interpersonal skills – establishes credibility; promotes participative approaches; establishes effective working relationships; ability to function effectively as part of a team

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.

Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/ .

The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to nondiscrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.

The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2HRS or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida’s Sunshine Law.