Service Line Manager, Gynecologic Oncology and Neuro Oncology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit, unified adult cancer care and research center that is clinically integrated with UW Medicine, a world leader in clinical care, research and learning. The first National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in the Pacific Northwest, Fred Hutch’s global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy, and COVID-19 vaccines has confirmed our reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy, and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures for the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch, we believe that the innovation, collaboration, and rigor that result from diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission of eliminating cancer and related diseases. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an antiracist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, antiracism, and inclusion.
- The Service Line Manager is responsible for overseeing program development across multiple sites of practice (SCCA, UWMC, SCH) and all disciplines in the disease groups within their service line.
- Is responsible for leading the development of the service line strategic plan, across all Performance Commitment dimensions (e.g. highest quality care, financial stewardship, research, growth, access, and people).
- As the value stream manager, this position leads collaborations with all disease group stake holders to ensure patients receive the most effective, efficient, safest, and highest value service across the continuum of care.
- Develops and maintains knowledge of critical events that could impact scientific, regulatory, and other oncology practice changes in the industry.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and execution of strategic planning for the disease group(s) while ensuring the plan supports the overall mission and priorities of SCCA as a whole.
- Knowledge of Service Line Capability: Gain deep understanding of the current state and capability of the service line as well as those of local, regional and national competitors.
- Value Stream Knowledge: Gain deep understanding of practice standards, resource needs, and productivity output for the disease groups within the service line.
- Ensure Competitive Edge: Identify critical gaps or new innovative offerings to assure that the care and services offered, position both the service line and the organization as a whole for success.
- Communication: Responsible for communicating clearly and regularly with SCCA and UWMC Administration and Service Line Physician Leaders keeping them well apprised of service line project status and decisions.
- Analytic & Data: Analyze, interpret, display, and communicate performance metrics to administrative and clinician leaders particularly in the areas of growth, access, operational activity volumes, and research clinical trials enrollments
- Highest Value Services: Identify and recommend improvements to patient services, hand offs, and flow for the purposes of achieving the highest possible value (high quality, low cost) to the patient and third party payers.
- Referral Management: Implements and monitors the key components of the referral process and referring provider relationships.
- Outreach Management: Liaisons with community, regional and national networks, including professional societies and governmental representation on local, state and national levels, and vigilance for health care reform activities.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Business & Management - basic understanding of budgets and work unit operations.
- Critical Thinking – ability to synthesize a large amount of information and anticipate needs, draw accurate conclusions.
- Problem Solving – ability to grasp details of situation quickly and convert thinking from listening & learning to volunteering and facilitating solutions.
- Systems Thinking – ability to understand the flow of a process, how all pieces fit together, and how making a change will impact the entire system.
- Data Analytics – ability to understand data and how best to use it to gain a deeper understanding of what is happening or to make decisions.
- Communication – ability to communicate verbally, in writing, or through other forms of visualization to effectively convey an idea, concept, or specific information.
- Facilitation – ability to increase the likelihood, strength, or effectiveness of the outcome of a diverse group.
- Presentation Skills – ability to present complex information in a way that effectively engages administrators and clinical leaders and provides a solid basis for understanding & decisions.
- Emotional Intelligence – ability to manage one’s own emotions and the emotions of others and apply them towards thinking and problem solving.
- Ability to work vertically and horizontally with people of various educational, professional, and organizational differences.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – High level of proficiency
Preferred:
- Masters in Business, Health Care, or Public Health Administration
- Two years of relevant experience in health care setting
- Financial Analytics – understands basic components of financial statement, financial elements.
- Payer Contracting – understands the components and elements of contracting.
- Research Business – basic understanding of clinical trial startup, budgeting, execution.
- Oncology Business – understanding of types, treatments.
- Tableau Functionality – understanding of data visualization, analytic capability.
SCCA has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, and there are no exceptions for any employee who is patient-facing and/or requires access to SCCA facilities.
Exceptions exist only for employees whose positions are fully remote, with no required access to campus. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees requiring access to campus must provide proof of vaccination before their first day of employment.
A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.
Our Commitment to Diversity
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to our Employee Services Center at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700.