Assistant Director, Patient Financial Services (Authorization)

Assistant Director, Patient Financial Services (Authorization) – 2102785**Job** : Medical Coding and Billing**Primary Location** : TN-Nashville-Green Hills Office Building**Organization** : Patient Financial Svcs 108460**Shift:** : First Shift**Description****Assistant Director, Patient Financial Services (Authorizations)****JOB SUMMARY:**The Assistant Director supervises a section responsible for the collection of authorization and communication of authorization related outcomes and needs to clinical teams; analyzes and evaluates departmental policies and procedures; develops and supervises maintenance of departmental system needs, general team needs, statistical monitoring and performance outcomes; recommends personnel actions, e.g., hiring, promotion and termination.**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**+ Develop goals and objectives for the section based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals.+ Plan to achieve goals or establish priorities.+ Help section understand, share and support the vision .+ Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures and/or methods.+ Analyze long-range impact of decisions and plans.+ Ensure the most effective operations of the section through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other sections.+ Supervision to include responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures; provide advice/consultation to staff regarding problems+ Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions+ Participate on departmental and/or interdepartmental committees to address problems and facilitate information exchange about programs, problems, etc. Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues or requests+ Participate in periodic management meetings to keep top management informed of section problems and concerns+ Analyze and evaluate ongoing section programs to identify areas where adjustments/improvements are needed+ Develop staffing plans to ensure developmental objectives are being met.+ Define and achieve financial targets in support of business goals of the institution.+ Project future budget based upon analysis of current operations.+ Develop cost reduction projects and targets in collaboration with subordinate managers and operating section managers. Prepare justification or develop alternatives for cost containment/reduction.+ Prepare an annual operating budget for a unit or section, including direct labor, material and supplies, services, equipment maintenance and replacement.+ Analyze and evaluate budget variance to determine cause.+ Create and exceed service standards utilizing key service dimension and from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and best practice.+ Participate in establishing service standards for the section and determine if service standards are compatible with financial targets.+ Ensure that the service standards are met or exceeded by utilizing customer satisfaction, best practices and market information to improve customer service and satisfaction.+ Create an organizational culture (both within and across departments) that provides a safe, satisfying and enriching environment for employees and provides a qualified, competent staff to meet patient needs.+ Define the qualifications and performance expectations for all staff positions through the Performance Development system, including department specific job descriptions, measurable performance standards.+ Create an environment that encourages and supports self-development and learning for all staff through regular feedback, orientation, training programs, work experiences and timely assessments of competency as measured against performance expectations stated in his or her job description.+ Conduct monthly staff meetings to share essential information with staff and discuss current problems and future plans.+ Ensures all Human Resource and VUMC policies and procedures are followed according to standards.+ Identify, establish and evaluate quality assurance standards, programs, and procedures within section.+ Establish and evaluate standards of performance to ensure safe, effective, and efficient operation of the section.+ Ensure that standards are met within area of responsibility to assure clinical enterprise accreditation/licensure.**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:**Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity – of culture, thinking, learning and leading – is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. **Vanderbilt’s** mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.**VUMC Recent Accomplishments**Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:· **US News & World Report:** #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.· **Healthcare’s Most Wired:** Among the nation’s 100 “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.· **Becker’s Hospital Review:** named as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America”, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.· **The Leapfrog Group:** One of only 10 children’s hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.· **American Association for the Advancement of Science:** The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows· **Magnet Recognition Program:** Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.· **National Academy of Medicine:** 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement· **Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6** **th** **year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.****Basic Qualifications**Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) and 4 years experience**Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):****Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:****Movement**+ Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in seated position+ Occasional: Standing: Remaining on one’s feet without moving.+ Occasional: Walking: Moving about on foot.+ Occasional: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another+ Occasional: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.+ Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles+ Occasional: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.+ Occasional: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.**Sensory**+ Occasional: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.+ Frequent: Noise: May include exposure to occupational noise levels which equal or exceed an 8-hr time-weighted average of 85 decibels, requiring enrollment in VUMC’s Hearing Conservation Program which includes training, use of hearing protection, and periodic audiometry.+ Continuous: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.**Environmental Conditions****Req ID:** 2102785Vanderbilt University Medical Center is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.