Penn State Job Catalog

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Physician

The Physician Manager leads practitioner teams including training and assessment; provides care to patients; consults with other practitioners across the University; participates on various University Health Services and broader community committees; leads health initiatives on behalf of the University.

• Direct and oversee practitioner teams and departments; train and evaluate staff; provide education and development opportunities
• Conduct patient medical examinations; generate diagnoses for patients using information gathered from examinations and symptoms reported by the patient
• Perform medical and surgical procedures
• Create an assessment and plan for care for patient's concerns through a shared decision-making process
• Following applicable HIPAA regulations, communicate the patient's health information with the patient's family members, other physicians, and professional associates when indicated
• Serve as an internal referral resource for difficult or unusual patient concerns and procedures
• Determine patient follow up in accordance with appropriate regulations and standards
• Participate in Clinical Services leadership activities

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 20
• Minimum – $215,600.00
• MidPoint – $274,900.00
• Maximum – $334,200.00