Posting Summary
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Faculty Practice Manager for the Center for Dermatology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University. The primary purpose of the Faculty Practice Manager position is to provide effective leadership for the overall operations of the Center for Dermatology in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. Responsible for efficient and effective daily operations general administration and accountability of the practice including but not limited to personnel budget oversight and performance patient through-put billing cycle patient scheduling registration patient co-pay collection coding performance timely claim submissions denial analysis denial/ appeals process training and other related clinical practice support in Dermatology & Pathology. Provides leadership and influences the practices personnel (faculty and staff) to achieve service delivery objectives set for the clinical practice. Ensures compliance with University policies and procedures and various accrediting bodies and government agencies. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Provides clinical and administrative supervision for the Center for Dermatology to clinical practice personnel (front desk billers and clinical staff) and guidance on all matters affecting the clinical practice. Participates effectively in personnel matters coordinates functions of staff reassigning and distributing work assignments and evaluates the education and training needs of personnel and directs development and implementation of in-service programs. Supervises and conducts performance evaluations of clinical practice personnel and ensures that the staff is evaluated on their knowledge of and adherence to the clinical practices policies and procedures. Provides appropriate management interventions in an effective manner. Performs and recommends the hiring firing training performance recognition/assessment discipline timekeeping record keeping policy implementation promoting and other personnel actions. Performs personnel management functions such as establishing personnel qualification requirements drafting procedure manuals and installing record and reporting systems. Analyzes and evaluates the overall patient care program. Prepares periodic reports concerning patient care services the clinical revenue cycle and billing/coding errors/trends for Dermatology and Pathology. Initiates studies to evaluate effectiveness of clinical practice personnel in relation to their objectives costs and volume. Compiles statistical data and writes narrative reports summarizing findings and recommendations. Engages in studies and investigations related to improving delivery of services and practice efficiency.
Overview
New Jerseys academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience clinical and translational research advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers clinicians and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick Piscataway Newark Scotch Plains Somerset Blackwood and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of how to accomplish superior performance in a unionized environment.
Required Experience:
Manager