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Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$99.500 - $128.380 - $157.270

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

Please Note: As part of our recruitment process, you may receive communication from Dawn, our virtual recruiting assistant. Dawn helps coordinate scheduling for screening calls and interviews to ensure a smooth and timely experience. Rest assured, all candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and hiring teams.

What You Will Do
The Director Clinical Finance-Regional position, reporting to the Chief Finance and Market Growth Officer, will be responsible for optimizing clinical departments' financial performance by measuring, assessing, and improving ongoing operations relative to yearly budget and/or volume for the regional hospitals. The incumbent will leverage technical and analytical capabilities, partner with the operations leader to evaluate performance, quantify opportunities, and recommend actions needed to improve performance.

The role serves as the primary subject matter expert in clinical operations and financial budgets. This role is accountable to ensuring success in cost containment measures within the budget and report card measurements.


Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Financial management, business administration accounting, and/or nursing.
• 5 Years Demonstrated, progressively responsible healthcare
  financial and management experience in a competitive
  market.
• 5 Years Must have operational experience in financial accounting and reporting, budgeting and planning, financial modeling, analysis of complex business and financial scenarios, productivity monitoring, and revenue reimbursement.
• 5 Years Leadership experience.
• 5 Years Experience with financial software, applications, and ERP systems (i.e. Strata, Workday, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree Financial management, business administration accounting, and/or nursing.

Other Qualification Requirements

• In Lieu of Education
  Graduate degree is required upon hire or completed within six months of hire date. If candidate has BSN, then MSN or related graduate degree (MHA, MBA, MPH) is acceptable. If candidate does not have BSN, then graduate degree must be MSN. Doctoral Degree in Nursing (PhD, DNSc, DNS) preferred.

Essential Functions

• Financial Management
  Accountable for nursing division financial goals (e.g. expense per unit of service, productivity, salary dollars, supply costs, etc.).
  Recognizes and initiates opportunities for improvement in the financial performance of the nursing division.
  Decreases costs of unsafe work practices/and or worker’s injuries.
  Develops new area of expertise in the area of financial competency.
  Effectively manages nursing division resources to positively impact nursing and patient education outcomes in a cost effective manner.
  Seeks and recommends potential opportunities for cost containment and analyzes trends that may impact cost effective delivery of educational programming and patient care.
  Coaches nursing division management on finance principles.
  Supports nursing division budgeting process.

• Leadership and Staff Development
  Develops strong partnerships with operating entity's leadership, physicians, management, and other Sharp HealthCare key business partners to support business objectives and practices.
  Exercises leadership by participating in key operating entity forums/meetings, and participating in key system committees and through demonstrating the highest integrity for the organization.
  Achieves Green Belt credentials to participate and lead key process improvement efforts.
  Assists Financial leadership with hiring, training, and counseling employees for the department; and other Sharp HealthCare key business partners, if applicable.
  Assists Financial leadership in conducting annual evaluations and goal setting of department employees; other Sharp HealthCare key business partners, if applicable
  Identifies departmental service level issues or organizational problems, develops and/or contributes to a plan to resolve problems. Implements and/or assists with plans to achieve resolution.
  Provides financial education as needed to Finance staff and Hospital management.
  Demonstrates effective team building.
  Provides opportunities for staff development by encouraging participation in continuing education and skills development sessions.

• Leadership Education
  Develops, implements, and evaluates a competency-based curriculum for professional development of novice to experienced nurses that encompass financial and budgetary standards and accountability.
  Assesses staff educational needs, including the perspectives of Nursing Directors, Service-Line Managers, Medical Directors, and other key stakeholders.
  Creates a strategic plan to meet the professional development needs of staff, incorporating cost effective approaches to education that meets budgetary requirements.
  Develops and/or supervises the content of educational materials and participates in educating staff regarding accreditation, regulatory compliance, quality standards.

• Performance Improvement
  Develops systems, processes, and communication channels to proactively identify opportunities for improvement in the Cost-effectiveness of patient care delivery and reporting performance improvements.
  Utilizes the principles and tools of the performance improvement process.
  Establishes key indicators of performance, data collection and analysis processes including report format and communication or distribution channels for measurement of nursing care quality in collaboration with nursing leadership.
  Establishes communication channels and procedures for utilization of organization and department wide key indicators of
  performance to assess the quality of nursing care and identify areas for improvement.
  Establishes and assists in maintenance of outcomes data collection and submission to national and/or benchmarking programs.
  Works with nursing leadership and staff to establish priorities and develop action plans to address improvement
  opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge and demonstrated skills in financial management within hospitals and/or healthcare delivery systems required.
• Excellent organizational, project management and leadership skills are essential, with a demonstrated track record in effectively developing, interfacing and maintaining collaborative relationships with healthcare/operating entity leadership, executives, physicians and other key business partners.
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal relations, communication, negotiation, and analytical skills are required.
• A visionary thinker who can strategize and successfully implement strategic initiatives and plans.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and handle multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day
  activities.
• A high degree of initiative, is self-directed and independent and welcomes ideas and input from others, adept at follow through.
• A high need to achieve; loves a challenge and has a demonstrated track record of significant accomplishments in a variety of
  things.
• An effective communicator both orally and written, with the ability to share knowledge and concepts with a wide variety of
  audiences at all levels of the organization and community.
• Demonstrated ability and experience with all Microsoft office software and ability to quickly learn other software systems, i.e.
  Cost, budget, etc.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Bachelor's Degree; Master's Degree