"System Director, Admissions and ED Registration - F/T - Days"

System Director, Admissions and ED Registration - F/T - Days

Req ID: 146298

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Admissions - Orange

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $149,700.00/Yr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $297,700.00/Yr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The System Director, Admissions & ED Registration provides enterprise-level oversight for all admissions and emergency registration functions across UCI Health. The incumbent is accountable for the strategic planning, day-to-day operational management, budgetary oversight, and regulatory compliance of admissions and emergency registration units systemwide. This role maintains financial accountability for performance outcomes across all operational locations and collaborates with site leaders to identify and lead improvement initiatives that optimize patient access, throughput, and the overall registration experience. The System Director serves as the accountable executive for end-user information systems supporting these functions, including strategic planning and execution of system enhancements, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance to ensure operational continuity and compliance.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Admissions, Registration, Regulatory requirements for Admissions/registration, includng, Consents, EMTALA, MOON, HINN Letter, etc
• Strong knowledge and experience with payor authorization and scheduling processes
• Resourcefulness to identify and search for information that is not readily available and ability to synthesize to form recommendations
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum 10 years directly related experience preferred
• Minimum 10 years' experience of progressive management responsibility
• Minimum of 8 years' experience inanexecutiveleadershiprole(Directororhigher) in arelatedsetting
• Knowledge of health care registration process
• Highly developed analytic skills and ability to synthesize large amounts of data for purposes of reporting key data
• Experience with and knowledge of insurance programs covering all payor types, billing processes, contracting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to communicate effectively with physicians, managers and high-level administrative staff as well as support staff who are critical to departmental functions
• Demonstrated knowledge of complex training curriculums
• Demonstrated knowledge of Managed Care requirements
• Demonstrated advanced skill, knowledge and ability to produce reports from computer programs such as Excel, Access, Word and general report writers
• Ability to write succinct and accurate executive summaries for senior level audiences
• Ability to think and plan strategically
• Ability to summarize information in formats suitable for presentation to varied audiences
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to develoop and lead teams involved in process improvement
• Ability to lead change toward strategic business objectives
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to act independently to solve problems and develop recommendations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of lean sigma process improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of education and directly related professional experience

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.