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The Business Development Department at UHealth has an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Associate/Physician Integration and Business Development
CORE JOB SUMMARY
The UHealth Business Development Associate (H) supports strategic growth, physician integration, and business development initiatives across the UHealth enterprise. The incumbent coordinates the onboarding and integration of newly recruited physicians, acquired physician practices, and new programs and services while supporting service line growth and expansion efforts. This role partners with clinical, operational, and administrative stakeholders to facilitate implementation activities, monitor project milestones, identify risks and opportunities, and support organizational growth priorities. The UHealth Business Development Associate (H) analyzes operational, financial, market, and performance data to develop recommendations that support strategic decision-making, physician engagement, practice integration, and service line development.
CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Oversees physician integration activities across assigned service lines, departments, and practices to support operational readiness and successful onboarding.
2. Coordinates physician acquisition, recruitment, and practice integration initiatives, including activation timelines, readiness milestones, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution.
3. Maintains physician integration trackers, onboarding and activation documentation, milestone reports, risk logs, and leadership status updates to support integration efforts.
4. Collaborates with Business Development, Physician and Provider Relations, Faculty Recruitment, Human Resources, Medical Staff Services, Information Technology, Revenue Cycle, Marketing, Operations, and other stakeholders to facilitate effective physician integration activities.
5. Identifies, monitors, and escalates barriers, risks, and operational issues that may impact physician readiness, practice launch, referral connectivity, integration success, or organizational objectives.
6. Coordinates Day-1 readiness activities and facilitates ongoing integration follow-up processes to monitor progress, promote physician engagement, and support successful practice transitions.
7. Executes physician, provider, and clinical staff integration workstreams associated with physician acquisitions, practice affiliations, and other business development transactions, including operational, technology, revenue cycle, vendor, lease, and staffing transition activities.
8. Participates in transaction due diligence activities to assess integration requirements, implementation costs, staffing needs, operational considerations, and growth assumptions, and monitors post-implementation performance against established objectives.
9. Supports physician engagement, referral development, networking opportunities, and cross-specialty collaboration initiatives to enhance organizational growth and connectivity.
10. Develops, organizes, and maintains service line growth plans, including market assessments, competitive analyses, volume forecasts, financial projections, access strategies, and growth opportunities in partnership with service line leadership and Business Development.
11. Partners with executive sponsors and department leadership to advance strategic growth initiatives, market development priorities, practice integration opportunities, service line expansion efforts, and related implementation activities.
12. Supports the development, implementation, and expansion of new or restructured service lines, programs, and growth initiatives, including governance frameworks, performance measures, operational planning, workforce planning, space utilization, and care delivery models.
13. Prepares and analyzes integration reports, dashboard summaries, growth tracking materials, market intelligence, operational metrics, and performance data to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and actionable recommendations for leadership.
14. Monitors project milestones, implementation progress, key performance indicators, risks, action items, and deliverables while developing collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support departmental and organizational objectives.
15. Adheres to University and UHealth policies, procedures, regulatory requirements, and established internal controls.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required
Experience:
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
- Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
- Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
- Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.
Job Status:
Full time
Employee Type:
Staff