WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

JOB SUMMARY
The Associate Vice President – Solid Organ Transplant provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for UT Southwestern’s Heart, Lung, Liver, Kidney, Pancreas transplant, VAD, ECMO, and associated disease management programs. Working in close partnership with the Executive Medical Director of the transplant service line, the AVP will translate strategy into action, building systems, workflows, and operational alignment to enable program growth. The AVP will play a crucial role in advancing clinical operations, strengthening quality and financial performance, and supporting research and innovation, all while ensuring compliance with national regulatory standards. 

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Job Duties

• Strategic and Operational Leadership:
  Partner with the Executive Medical Director to operationalize a 5-year growth strategy, expand transplant volumes, and oversee program operations, financial planning, and cost-efficiency initiatives. Drives execution of plans in an organized and swift manner to ensure we are supporting the growing needs of our patients.
• Regulatory Compliance and Accreditation:
  Ensure full compliance with UNOS, OPTN, CMS, SRTR, FDA, Joint Commission and state regulations, maintaining survey readiness and accurate data reporting to support national performance benchmarks.
• Quality Assurance, Safety and Performance Improvement:
  Lead the QAPI program by monitoring key performance indicators, driving corrective action plans, and aligning outcomes with SRTR expectations to ensure program competitiveness. Works collaboratively with the University Hospital Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer to ensure consistent quality of clinical care throughout the system. Achieves continuous systematic, financial, patient focused, measurable improvement in the service line and organization.
• Financial Oversight:
  Collaborate with finance teams to optimize billing, reimbursement, and resource utilization, ensuring program sustainability and adherence to Medicare and Medicaid standards. Effectively provides resource management. Establishes resource management requirements through long-range financial planning, development and analysis of financial benchmarking data, and operating and capital expense budgeting. Assist in cost consolidation, product standardization and supply chain initiatives.
• Waitlist Management and Organ Procurement:
  Strengthen waitlist management, donor procurement processes, and predictive analytics to reduce mortality, improve organ acceptance rates, and meet UNOS guidelines.
• Patient and Family Support:
  Enhance patient education, psychosocial services, financial counseling, and donor advocacy programs to improve the patient and family experience.
• Team Leadership and Communication:
  Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and staff education on the latest transplant best practices. Further develop the team focused on highest excellence in performance as the leading transplant center in north Texas. Develop and implement communication to ensure clarity among teams and support collaboration across a highly matrixed organization.
• Innovation and Research:
  Support clinical research and the adoption of new technologies, reinforcing UTSW’s reputation as a national leader in complex transplantation.
• Building Relationships:
  Establishes, develops and maintains effective relationships with the medical staff and clinical leadership. Collaborates with clinical chairs, medical faculty and other healthcare professionals in support of the patient care, teaching and research missions of the institution.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

   

   

  QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

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  Required

  • Education
    Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, Nursing, or related field.

• Experience
  7 or more years of progressive healthcare leadership experience. 
  Demonstrated success in strategic planning, budgeting, and driving operational efficiency. 
  Proven ability to lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams in academic medical centers or high-volume healthcare settings. 
  Expertise in regulatory compliance, including UNOS, OPTN, CMS, and SRTR requirements.

• Preferred

  • Experience
    3 or more years of transplant program administration experience.

   

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Work requires knowledge of transplant finance, reimbursement models, and billing compliance.
  • Work requires leadership in QAPI initiatives, performance improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Work requires excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Work requires strong relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Work requires ability to lead, develop, and motivate staff of varying levels.

  • Work requires to adherence to federal, state, and institutional regulations, policies, and procedures.

     

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS

• Working Conditions
  Hospital Setting
  Office Setting

   

   

• PACT STATEMENT

The following is the acronym, “PACT”, and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our Customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.

• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department’s success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

   

   

   

• Salary
  Salary Negotiable

• Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information

• EEO Statement

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.