Classification Title:

DIR, Health Care Admin

Classification Minimum Requirements:

Master's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and six years of appropriate experience; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and eight years of appropriate experience.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Chair of the Department of Urology, the Director, Healthcare Administration provides administrative, financial, and operational leadership in support of the department’s clinical, educational, and research missions. The Director serves as a key strategic and operational partner to the Chair, overseeing departmental financial management, physician practice operations, personnel administration, academic support, and business development.

Working collaboratively with administrative partners across the University of Florida College of Medicine–Jacksonville (UFCOM-J), University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians, Inc. (UFJPI), and UF Health, the Director promotes efficient clinical operations, financial sustainability, physician productivity, patient access, and alignment with institutional priorities.

The position combines strategic planning with hands-on management of day-to-day departmental operations, requiring independent judgment, strong financial and analytical skills, and the ability to coordinate effectively across a complex academic healthcare environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Financial Management and Strategic Planning

• Develops and monitors departmental budgets, financial forecasts, and budget-to-actual reports.
• Analyzes physician productivity, clinical revenue, expenses, compensation, and financial performance.
• Advises the Chair on resource allocation, staffing, financial sustainability, and strategic priorities.
• Monitors financial performance and recommends corrective actions and opportunities for improvement.

2. Clinical Practice and Operational Management

• Coordinates clinical practice operations with UFJPI, UF Health, and departmental providers.
• Monitors physician productivity, patient access, scheduling, clinic capacity, procedural operations, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborates with revenue cycle partners to improve charge capture, coding, reimbursement, collections, and denial management.
• Identifies opportunities to improve patient experience, provider satisfaction, and clinical performance.

3. Faculty, Personnel, and Academic Administration

• Coordinates faculty recruitment, appointments, onboarding, credentialing, compensation support, and performance evaluations.
• Oversees assigned staff, personnel processes, and administrative workflows.
• Supports residency and/or fellowship administration in collaboration with program leadership and institutional offices.
• Ensures compliance with applicable university and institutional policies.

4. Research and Educational Support

• Coordinates departmental research administration, including grant budgets, expenditure monitoring, and collaboration with institutional research offices.
• Supports educational programs and appropriate allocation of administrative resources.
• Assists the Chair and faculty in identifying opportunities to strengthen research and academic activities.

5. Business Development and Program Growth

• Evaluates opportunities to expand clinical services, strengthen referral relationships, and improve patient access.
• Develops business plans and financial analyses for proposed initiatives.
• Collaborates with institutional partners on marketing, outreach, strategic partnerships, and program development.

6. General Administration, Compliance, and Facilities

• Coordinates departmental facilities, equipment, technology, and space requirements.
• Implements applicable university, practice-plan, hospital, and regulatory policies.
• Represents the department at designated institutional meetings and performs other related duties as assigned.

About UF Health:

UF Health https://ufhealth.org/ is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.

About College of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J):

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville https://med.jax.ufl.edu/ is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

Expected Salary:

The salary range for this position is $130,000–$135,000, and the position includes a comprehensive benefits package. Click here https://hr.ufl.edu/benefits/eligibility/staff-teams/ to explore the university’s Total Rewards benefits plans

Preferred:

• Experience in healthcare administration, physician practice management, or academic medicine.
• Demonstrated proficiency in budgeting, financial analysis, clinical operations, and performance improvement.
• Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience collaborating with physicians and administrative leaders across a complex healthcare organization.
• A master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field is preferred.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

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 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.

Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.

Health Assessment Required: No