Administrative Manager Intermediate Healthcare

Description

Responsible for providing leadership and professional expertise or services through leveraging the knowledge and skills of others; manages a department/unit with staff of varied skill and knowledge levels performing somewhat complex to very complex tasks and establishes operational objectives and assignments, and delegates assignments to subordinates. Decisions, work results and recommendations significantly impact others within the department. May have subordinate supervisors or group leads. Is guided primarily by established policies, precedents and professional knowledge and/or by projects/program objectives established by deans, directors, chairs, or other (divisional) leadership. Requires independent judgment to search out appropriate course of action within the context of policies and procedures. Bachelor's degree and considerable professional experience with reasonable prior management, supervisory or team leader experience is normally required. The scope of the Administrative Manager Healthcare series can range from managing daily operations of a small unit, to recommending the strategic direction and providing leadership in the operational changes for large departments/division to contributing to the overall strategy, direction and vision for several functional areas. Is responsible (directly or indirectly) for all subordinate staff activities related to human resource management (hiring, promotion, salary changes, performance coaching, disciplinary actions, training and development, ensuring consistent application of organizational policies, etc.) Has measurable impact on operational effectiveness, attainment of department/unit objectives, service to customers and attainment of research goals. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.