Job Summary:
The Division of Otolaryngology is seeking an exceptional administrative leader to serve as the inaugural Chief Administrative Officer for the current division that will be transitioning to its own department in the near future.

The Chief Administrative Officer will direct the overall administrative operations of the clinical, educational, research and service missions of the division and future department. As the division transitions to department status, this position has a unique and exciting opportunity to provide leadership and develop the department's administrative infrastructure. In addition, this position will contribute to the development and refinement of the strategic vision for the department.

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery has 30 physician and PhD faculty who provide clinical and academic expertise in head & neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery, pediatric otolaryngology, otology-neurotology-lateral skull base surgery, comprehensive otolaryngology, laryngology, rhinology-skull base surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. We serve patients across the UW Health system and William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital. Our team of faculty, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, audiologists, and speech language pathologists provide full-spectrum otolaryngology care for adults and children at six clinical practice sites in the Madison area and six outreach sites across Wisconsin and Illinois.

We are committed to medical student education, with an ACGME accredited residency program of 20 residents and fellowships in Head & Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery and Laryngology. In addition, we have a variety of learners including UW Madison predoctorate and postdoctorate trainees, and Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Fellows.

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery is proud to have 18 National Institutes of Health (NIH) R level grants with a research budget of over $25 million, as well as collaborations with related programs across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, such as the Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), the Waisman Center, and through the Head & Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) funding.

Responsibilities:
Performs, manages, or leads activities to ensure that health services, medical care, medical and health professions education, and research programs are delivered effectively, efficiently, and securely. Supports, plans, organizes, directs, evaluates, and improves health care operations, clinical education programs, research programs, and health information systems. Performs healthcare administration, healthcare regulatory compliance, patient relations, and operational services. Serves as the designee of and reports directly to the Department Chair providing leadership for the management team and is responsible for the administration of the Department's clinical, research, teaching, and service programs. Acts independently on behalf of the Chair serving as the primary representative of the department to stakeholders defined as chair, faculty, staff, school, campus, and external (federal, state and external granting agencies).
15% Provides leadership for the strategic and short-term planning processes as well as independently obtaining and validating data needed for strategic decision-making
20% Provides leadership, guidance, and management of the department's clinical, research, teaching and service programs and staff to ensure efficient and effective operations
10% Provides leadership and oversight of training programs including residency, fellowship, medical student, graduate student, and continuing medical education (CME) program
10% Provides leadership and administrative oversight of basic, clinical, and translational research programs including staffing, compliance, fiscal, information technology (IT), and facility needs
20% Provides leadership in developing and administering budgets across multiple organizations including University of Wisconsin (UW) Health, University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), and University of Wisconsin (UW) Foundation. Oversees financial operations, including grants, contract, clinical, and other funds, to ensure adherence to prudent and generally accepted accounting practices and compliance with Federal, State, university, and sponsor rules, regulations, laws and bylaws
15% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
5% Provides oversight and management of office, research, and clinical space on and off campus, department information systems, and regional network development
5% Responsible for communication and marketing of department activities, accomplishments and department philanthropic activities including meeting with and engaging potential donors
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Education:
Preferred
Master's Degree
Business administration, finance, or health care