Program Assistant Resident
Prime Healthcare
Program Assistant Resident
Prime Healthcare
Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Lower Bucks Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
Lower Bucks Hospital is a community hospital, serving the Lower Bucks County region with medical, surgical, and emergency care. Located in historic Bristol, Pennsylvania, the Hospital is well-known for its knowledgeable medical staff, including cardiology, orthopedics, radiology, wound care, and general surgery. The hospital has more than 200 physicians on staff, as well as another 700 employees.
With oversight and direction from the GME Manager/ Administrative Director/DIO, the Residency Program Assistant is responsible for the operational management of the accredited residency training programs. The position requires a comprehensive and detailed understanding of national accreditation policies and hospital policies, as well as a high degree of initiative and independent judgment. The Internal Medicine Residency Program and its subspecialty programs within the Graduate Medical Education Department are covered under this position. The Program Assistant will continually assess and direct a wide range of programmatic issues including long range planning, assist with recruiting trainees, developing projects, analyzing administrative workflow, maintaining databases, communicating with GME Manager, faculty and trainees regarding a range of issues, including internal and external program relations.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
1. Minimum of 3-5 years of office administration experience, preferably in a healthcare and/or education setting.
2. Some college required, Bachelors degree preferred.
3. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required:
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
5. Ability to organize information.
6. Ability to handle sensitive information with absolute confidentiality.
7. Working knowledge of software applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
8. Ability to make decisions independently or to escalate issues as needed
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Acquires and reorganizes underperforming hospitals
Prime Healthcare operates a network of hospitals and outpatient centers across the United States, concentrating on turning around financially struggling facilities. It invests in infrastructure and technology, restructures operations, and negotiates payer terms (including pursuing higher out-of-network reimbursements) to improve financial performance, and it manages both for-profit hospitals and not-for-profit facilities through the Prime Healthcare Foundation. The company aims to raise clinical quality and patient safety while expanding access in hundreds of communities, though it has faced legal and regulatory scrutiny over billing practices and service-line decisions. Its goal is to stabilize and improve the financial and clinical performance of underperforming hospitals so they can continue serving their communities.
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