Chief Department Administrator Healthcare

Description

Plans and manages departmental operations and strategic planning in partnership with the department Chair. Responsible for leading and managing the department?s financial performance, employee engagement and service to internal and external customers, research administration and space utilization, administrative educational activities, regulatory compliance and internal controls, and related support activities. Serves as the administrative lead for clinical, research and educational operations, with the authority to make business commitments on behalf of the department. Master?s degree in business administration, public health, or equivalent is required. 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.