Practice Manager - Fort Lauderdale

Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet. The University of Miami/UHealth at Ft. Lauderdale has an exciting opportunity for a Practice Manager. The Practice Manager provides administrative direction and coordination to the formulation, interpretation, and administration of current and long-range policies, procedures, and programs of a single-specialty practice. The incumbent also assumes responsibility for the overall operations, development, and success of our medical practice. In this important role, the successful applicant acts as an information resource and ambassador to patients, physicians, staff, and the general public. Core Job Functions: Responsible for the administration of the Ft. Lauderdale Satellite practice. Manages and maintains all aspects of the daily activities of the practice for its successful operation. Develops, trains, coordinates, and recruits personnel for the practice to ensure that all offices are properly staffed and operational. Supervises the support staff to ensure patient access and satisfaction, effective and efficient coordination of out-patient appointments, appropriate scheduling, and prompt compliance documentation. Manages and coordinates the activities of the Satellite personnel. Analyzes and recommends changes in organizational structure as needed to optimize staffing needs. Approves time and attendance documents. Oversees recommendations for hires, transfers, promotions, and terminations; trains and evaluates all positions for the practice/administrative offices. Maintains and adjusts job descriptions for staff as needed. Sets goals and objectives for support staff and evaluates performance. Trains or facilitates training of personnel in the Satellite. Participates in customer service and leadership training. Ensures employees are cross trained as appropriate to ensure operations continue when staff is on vacation, sick, or resign. Attends university meetings regarding UCare, Epic implementation, HIPAA compliance, and third-party payor contracts. Develops and implements a comprehensive plan to improve patient access to physician and hospital services. Optimizes the patient flow assuring exceptional customer service and patient satisfaction. Maintains and implements policies and procedures specific to the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Coral Springs Satellite office which are consistent with the Department and University rules and compliant with state, federal, and professional regulations as well as standard policies and procedures. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. Core Qualifications: . Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certification may be considered. Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Knowledge of business and management principles. Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations. Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan. Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others. Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others. The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information. Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff Pay Grade: c105 The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. Transforming lives With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. 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