Compliance and Operations Lead
Job Summary The Compliance and Operations Lead will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing financial operations for the education programs team in the Department of Anesthesia. This position requires extensive knowledge of professional health education programs, including Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), and Continuing Medical Education (CME), and regulations as they pertain to education program management and UCSF finance policies. The Compliance and Operations Lead will address complex issues related to the management of educational finances, ensuring the smooth and efficient handling of reimbursements, payroll, and budgeting, thereby directly contributing to the financial health of the department. This position will work closely with the Director of Education and faculty leadership and participate in strategizing, planning, and implementing significant program improvements that are large in scope and with high complexity. The Compliance and Operations Lead will also provide direction on financial matters to the education team staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Management: Serves as the point person for all Anesthesia trainees and students
- Payroll Administration: Monitors and processes stipend and payroll for fellows and residents to ensure accurate and timely compensation
- Compliance Oversight: Manages moonlighting compliance and payments, reconciles financial ledgers, and executes payroll expense transfers with high attention to detail
- Financial Reporting: Independently performs complex financial analyses, prepares comprehensive reports, and contributes to strategic decision-making to support health education program improvements
- Budget Coordination: Monitors and reconciles expenses within annual budgets. Provides reporting to the Director of Education to assist with the creation of annual budgets that align with departmental goals.
- Customer Service Excellence: Serves as a liaison for payroll and benefits issues, resolving problems efficiently to maintain continuous operational flow
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement. The salary range for this position is $87,900 - $187,700 (Annual Rate). To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
Department Description The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF provides outstanding patient care, promotes cutting-edge basic and clinical science research, and educates the next generation of health care. providers while focusing on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization.
The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care ranks as one of the largest departments in the School of Medicine with an annual budget of $145 million. The two largest components of the annual budget are Professional Fee Income and Extramural Funds, representing 90.4% or $132 million (including ZSFG professional fees and 6.9% or $10.1 million of the annual budget respectively. Currently, the department has over 298 Faculty members, 27 Staff Physicians, 205 Staff Employees, 6 Fellows, 90 Residents, 12 Non-Faculty Academics, 11 postdocs, 68 CRNAs, and 5 Nurse Practitioners at ZSFG.
In addition to the Moffitt-Long Hospital, very active units of the department exist at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (inpatient and outpatient, including a very active trauma service), San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (inpatient and outpatient), Mt. Zion Medical Center (outpatient, including 23-hour stays and the Pain Management Center), Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, the UCSF Orthopedic Institute and the Benioff Children's, Betty Irene Moore Women's and Bakar Cancer (NIH-designated Cancer Center) Hospitals in the Mission Bay neighborhood.
The Department now has essential roles in patient care outside of the operating rooms, with active participation in Ambulatory Care, Acute and Chronic Pain, and in the Preoperative Clinic. Over the department's fifty-plus years of existence, the department has been at the heart of modern anesthesia's explosive growth and to this day, continues to have an enormous impact on surgical practice and the management of pain. The department's research, education, and clinical care quickly earned and have maintained reputations that are equal to or better than any institution in the world. Individual members of our faculty have had a major influence on our specialty both nationally and internationally, including NIH study sections, NIH funding, FDA, and Editorial Boards. Research activities within this department are integrated with and inform clinical practice. For many years, ours has been among the top departments for NIH research funding in anesthesia in the United States.
The Department of Anesthesia provides considerable support and structure for research in general and, for research training programs, highlighted by the innovative Pathway to Scientific Independence (PSI). This program begins at the residency level, incorporating the Research Scholars Track of the Anesthesia Residency, moving through the post-residency NIH-funded T32 training grant and faculty positions with mentored research support, and ultimately achieving extramurally funded, independent researcher status.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge relevant policies and regulatory requirements. Advanced knowledge of a health professions education program curriculum and requirements. Maintains a broad range of expertise in health professions education theory and industry best practices.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience
- Advanced knowledge of administrative analysis and operations research. Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge and skills to develop and implement complex processes and systems improving program quality and efficiency and reducing cost.
- Excellent communicator; includes verbal and written, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising and counseling skills. Ability to handle sensitive personal information with appropriate discretion and judgment.
- Advanced interpersonal skills. Skills to work collaboratively coordinate and integrate with others throughout the organization. Successful experience working with people with a wide range of backgrounds and skills. Advanced organizational and project management skills. Ability to lead a team, prioritize personal and team tasks and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule. Advanced personal organization skills and ability to apply to administration of the entire program including organizing critical files for compliance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in related area preferred
- In-depth knowledge of data management, documentation methods used in investigating and presenting findings about the program.
- Advanced knowledge of professional health education polices including GME, ABA, ACGME, LMCE, CME rules and regulations.
About UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Equal Employment Opportunity The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Job Code and Payroll Title 004388 HEALTH PROFNS EDUC SPEC 4
Job Category Education, Professional (Non-Clinical)
Bargaining Unit 99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)
Location San Francisco, CA
Campus Parnassus Heights (SF)
Additional Shift Details Full time Monday to Friday; Hybrid
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