Senior Clinical Administrative Director Ii

This is the top administrative position for the Keck School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, with a total expense budget of $44 million comprised of 79 faculty, 45 residents/clinical instructors, 26 staff and some students.

The Senior Clinical Administrative Director directs the overall financial operations of the department. Specific responsibilities include directing overall finances across all funding groups, dean’s allocations, research, county, outside contracts, and hospital funding. Performs short-and long-term financial forecasting and planning, analyzing financial data for trends, making major budgetary and resource allocation decisions, advising faculty and/or staff regarding budget preparation. Implements and manages strong internal controls to ensure the department’s strong financial status.

Manages personnel operations to include employee engagement efforts to cultivate an employer of choice work environment. Determines organizational structure, reporting relationships and short- and long-range staffing needs based on department goals. Partners with HR (Human Resources) leadership to ensure appropriate hiring practices, performance management, professional development, and succession planning for all areas.

The Senior Clinical Administrative Director is responsible for governing the department’s research activities. This includes review and approval of proposed salaries and effort, grant proposal submissions (both Federal and Industry), and appropriate application of fringe benefits and indirect cost rates. Maintains currency with and enforces university and Keck research compliance policies for research subject’s use, conflict of interest disclosure, biosafety, and effort certification. Ensures agency requirements, deadlines and internal schedules for tracking proposal development and responses are communicated.

Radiology has multiple clinical, research, and educational sites. The Senior Clinical Administrative Director is responsible for developing synergy between these sites to forward the department's mission. This position fosters and stimulates wide engagement in development, execution, and monitoring of the current and future strategic plans to optimize both the service line (inpatient, outpatient, and community partners) and research mission (basic, translational, and clinical). This includes developing tracking tools and fostering transparent internal and external communication. In particular, the ideal candidate will analyze clinical and research expansion opportunities by performing a thorough risk-benefit analysis and provide meaningful counsel to the department Chair to guide decision-making.

Candidates for the position of Senior Clinical Administrative Director will be selected from a diverse pool and will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Master's in business administration, health care administration, or related advanced degree is preferred, with additional education or experience in strategic and operations management viewed favorably.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with individuals at all levels. Culturally sensitive and compassionate. A creative problem solver. A reputation as a consensus builder and someone who can resolve conflict and manage through ambiguity.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate, operate, and lead within the center core values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.
• Demonstrated managerial and business acumen. Exceptional analytical skills. Strong business and financial aptitude, with the experience and demonstrated understanding of complex pressures facing academic medical centers and healthcare delivery organizations.
• Previous responsibility and success in establishing and implementing strategic and operational plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to engage and motivate a senior professional team and provide the necessary guidance, mentorship, and direction to achieve strategic goals and achieve high employee engagement.
• Seven (7) years of progressive, successful leadership experience within academic medicine, preferably focused on radiology.

The annual base salary range for this position is $180,429 - $220,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.