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Mgr Research Operations - Medicine - Mylonakis
$63k-83k (estimate)
Full Time | Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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Houston Methodist is Hiring a Mgr Research Operations - Medicine - Mylonakis Near Houston, TX
At Houston Methodist, the Manager Research Operations position is responsible for impacting the management, planning, development, budget, and other administrative activities of a Houston Methodist Academic Institute (HMAI) department. This position plans, manages and monitors operations to support the activities of the department.
The manager position responsibilities include managing the daily work activities of the work unit/department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence, and efficiency while assisting management in accomplishing strategic and operational objectives. In addition, this position provides guidance to staff and is responsible for staffing, budget compliance, contributing to staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and assisting in the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also implements training, monitoring and operations initiatives that secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/ government regulations
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs management responsibilities of selection, scheduling, supervision, retention, and evaluation of employees in the department. Provides development and mentoring of staff. Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department turnover. Develops direct reports to perform these same functions.
- Provides fair and consistent leadership and communication to maintain a competent and engaged employee group by conducting regular department meetings to review policies and procedures and operational matters, rounding on all employees, completing performance appraisals, conducting new hire feedback sessions, coaching/corrective counseling, and providing recognition/commendations to achieve desired outcomes. Provides timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
- Facilitates and promotes effective team dynamics and teambuilding strategies within and between departments; participates and/or leads and facilitates department process improvements as needed.
- Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department and/or system metrics on employee engagement indicators.
- Provides operations and safety management for laboratory team(s), overseeing less than 20 FTEs extramural funding of less than $2 million and lab or clinical-based research.
- Plans and organizes day-to-day department operations, schedule, and activities. Sets priorities and functional standards, giving direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction.
- Drives department service standards and activities to impact department and/or system score for patient/customer-based satisfaction, through role modeling and fostering accountability. Serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a voice for the department.
- Provides department with Laboratory Administration services including purchasing of supplies and equipment, maintaining required safety and operations documentation, and assisting principal investigators (PI's) with laboratory operations management.
- Manages/maintains laboratory environment including, but not limited to, coordination with HM Building Services, HMRI facility management and HM Employee Health Services.
- Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines, including infection control principles. Monitors and confirms staff maintain their required credentials that demonstrate competency per accrediting agency or department guidelines as applicable.
- Uses and optimizes information systems to enhance operations; supports entity-specific performance improvement and data management/analysis functions.
- Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes by monitoring and improving the department workflow, using peer-to-peer accountability, reporting accidents, near misses, and/or adverse events immediately per department protocol and identifying solutions via collaboration. Adopts lean principles in driving process improvements. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
- Monitors self and employee compliance with policies, procedures, and System HR Standards of Practice and performs associated actions upon non-compliance (i.e., focal point review requirements, disaster plan, in-services, influenza immunization, wage and hour, standard hours, timely termination submission, timely timecard approval, etc.).
- Establishes and maintains current Laboratory Specific Safety Manual, ensuring all laboratory safety procedures are included in the manual, including HSC and IBC protocols.
- Establishes and maintains Laboratory Study Methods ensuring all laboratory procedures run in the laboratory are included in this manual.
- Maintains equipment inventory and works with Biomedical Engineering/vendor for regular maintenance/service.
- Assists in the development of department budget and ensures that the department operates in a cost effective manner. Manages/audits department expenses within approved budget parameters, ensuring that the department meets the budgeted/flex revenue and/or expense targets on a monthly and annual basis. Develops staffing plans and schedules to meet department/patient needs that reflect understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.
- Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs, developing others to do the same, through optimizing productivity, supply/resource efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime and overtime percentage, and other areas according to department specifications.
- Manages and administers grants, contracts and budget preparations and expenditures. Manages all faculty cost centers within the department and works with the faculty to identify any potential discrepancies.
- Provides PI's and Laboratory staff support for purchase of laboratory supplies, equipment (MARS eProcurement) and services (iLab).
- Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department operations or other department-specific measures by leading unit projects and/or other department/system directed/shared governance activities. Supports change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
- Proactively evaluates processes; recommends and implements action plan(s) for change; follows through to ensure effective, sustainable change. Participates in the development and implementation of new procedures and the review and revision of existing procedures.
- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals.
- Seeks opportunities to identify developmental needs of self and staff and takes appropriate action. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates My Development Plan (MDP) on an on-going basis. Conducts conversations with staff on their development.
- Assists the Chair with strategic planning for department missions and growth.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in a Health Science, business, or related field
- Three years of progressively responsible experience within a healthcare professional/ administrative/laboratory management capacity of which one year is in a people management/lead role
- Experience in clinical research management preferred
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
SALARY
$63k-83k (estimate)
POST DATE
01/10/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
04/23/2024
WEBSITE
houstonmethodist.org
HEADQUARTERS
CYPRESS, TX
SIZE
7,500 - 15,000
FOUNDED
2010
CEO
GABRIELA NICOLA
REVENUE
$5B - $10B
INDUSTRY
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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