The UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is seeking an Administrative Services Coordinator at 100% effort. Under general supervision, performs administrative work such as composing correspondence, compiling specialized reports, coordinating activities, and obtaining and providing information requiring interpretation of the policies and procedures of both the assigned and related work areas. Provides administrative support for the Division of Pediatric Cardiology Transplant Director, Pediatric Cath Lab Medical Director, and other assigned faculty.

Operational Support & Management

• Support the daily operations of an office, project or program, including coordination of specialized events and activities, appropriateness of expenditures, contract or grant requirements, and changes in policies and procedures. May require advanced knowledge and expertise in specific office, project, or program to provide administrative and operational support. Make decisions and exercise a moderate level of autonomy while typically performing administrative support responsibilities for executives of an organization, including managing schedules, correspondence, and travel arrangements.
• Provide administrative and communication support to assigned faculty and staff by managing schedules, handling phone coverage, coordinating patient correspondence, documenting appropriately in EPIC, and overseeing faxes and mail.
• Coordinate meetings and conferences under the direction of assigned medical directors which includes the gathering of data, preparing agendas, taking minutes and assuring details are accurate.
• Arrange travel for assigned faculty and staff including conference registrations, hotel reservations, flights and miscellaneous arrangements. Support Kiddy Hawk Program participants by arranging hotel accommodations and initiating travel reimbursements.
• Assist with creation and maintenance of division on-call schedules for Cath and Transplant sub-subspecialties; enter schedules into EPIC Teamwork, Amion, and division Outlook calendars.
• Provide administrative support to pediatric cardiology physicians located at offsite clinics in Davenport and Des Moines, serve as primary liaison between offsite providers and on-campus resources to ensure effective communication and efficient operations.
• Maintain CME conferences for division including preparation and dissemination of information for conferences, assistance in the organization of conference schedules, obtain required documentation from speakers as applicable, and renew CME applications
• Assist with coordination of job shadowing opportunities with assigned providers.
• Maintain faculty CV, biosketch, and SciENcv profile and update for assigned providers as needed.
• Assist with division recruitments including coordinating visits, arranging travel, planning itineraries and escorting to meetings.
• Assist with visiting lecturers, arranging travel, planning itineraries and serving as escort during the visit.
• Provide back-up coverage for other division administrative staff during absences and back-up for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes administrative staff as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by Departmental or Divisional leadership.

Human Resources (HR)

• May initiate HR transactions at the request of others at the department/unit level.
• May work with organizational Human Resources to ensure guidelines and rules are followed and to disseminate information.
• Assist with bi-weekly ELMS editing of division timecards for assigned providers.
• Maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the public.

Credentialing

• Serve as credentialing delegate for assigned providers performing services at external sites via Physician Services Agreement or other arrangement. Assist in the completion of credential documents to obtain and maintain provider privileges.
• Complete re-credentialing forms as needed.
• Send copies of licenses and certificates to external sites as requested.
• Respond to other requests, such as requests for immunization documentation (influenza, COVID) or compliances (BLS, PALS, ACLS).

Financial Responsibility

• Initiate purchasing requests for supplies and equipment. Reconcile division p-cards monthly.
• Submit requests for reimbursements to University Shared Services.
• Monitor faculty and APP professional development fund account balances and expenditures.

Communications Management

• Monitor staff and information on divisional websites for accuracy; provide updates and updated information as needed.
• Maintain DPS faculty profiles for division physicians to maintain academic web pages.
• Develop and coordinate internal and external communications in conjunction with leadership.

About the Department of Pediatrics:

The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is a national leader in pediatric medicine. The Department's mission is to provide outstanding care to the children of Iowa and beyond by being a leader in state-of-the-art clinical care to children, performing cutting-edge research to find new treatments and cures for

childhood illnesses and educating the next generation of pediatric health care providers. The Department comprises the medical and research staff of UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s top-ranked pediatric care and research institutions, and Iowa’s only comprehensive children’s hospital.

About the Division of Cardiology:

The Division of Cardiology at the University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics provides compassionate, family-centered, and state-of-the-art delivery of care to children and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. Patients are followed through the transition to adulthood. Dedicated staff have expertise in acquired heart diseases such as cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, congenital heart disease, cardiac dysfunction in malignancy, and cardiac implications associated with pediatric obesity. The division provides the only expertise for electrophysiology, diagnostic, advanced imaging, interventional and transplant services for children and youth in the state of Iowa. Skilled surgical support and exceptional critical care postoperative support has outcomes that have excellent results in national databases. The division has a multi-purpose diagnostic and interventional procedure lab which is constantly expanding and including state-of-the-art technologies.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

• 1-3 years of related administrative support experience is required.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills are required.

• Must be proficient in computer software applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Highly Desired Qualifications

• Experience in providing high level administrative support to physician leadership.

• Experience in providing support to trainees in a residency or fellowship program.

• Experience in coordinating and developing faculty schedules in a clinical setting.

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of academic medicine.

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience providing administrative support to multiple faculty

• Knowledge of University policies, procedures, and regulations is desirable

Position and Application Details:

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Pediatrics Human Resources at pedsuichildrenshr@uiowa.edu

This position is eligible for a combination of on-campus (UI Health Care) and remote work. Remote work must be performed at an offsite location within the state of Iowa Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location Work arrangement options will be discussed during the hiring process.

This position is not eligible for university sponsorship for employment authorization.