System Manager Neuroscience Strategic Operations

Health First Careers • Melbourne, FL

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About The Position

The Neuroscience Strategic Operations Manager, under the direction of the System Vice President, Orthopedics and Spine Institute and Neurosciences Center of Excellence, leads and supports neuroscience services outside of stroke for the Health First Integrated Delivery Network (IDN). The manager helps define Health First’s strategic direction for neuroscience and translates it into an actionable plan. The role aligns priorities across neurology, neurosurgery, and related subspecialties and establishes a structured approach to site-of-service decisions, program growth, registries, accreditations, and technology investments for the Center of Excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration or a relevant field.
• Five years’ experience in neurosciences or a related healthcare field.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Proven leadership in program development, project management, and staff engagement.
• Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration (MHA).
• Knowledge of Epic EMR.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Neuroscience leadership and physician leaders to develop and implement the IDN neuroscience roadmap, including priorities, milestones, and measures of success.
• Assess current capabilities, access, referral patterns, volumes, and market opportunities to determine where to build, expand, or redesign neuroscience programs.
• Develop a site-of-service plan defining which neuroscience capabilities should be available at each hospital and ambulatory location across the IDN, considering clinical complexity, access, infrastructure, quality, and volume.
• Create a Neurosciences accreditation and registry strategy, including selecting external designations and benchmarking programs to pursue, and lead the work required to achieve them.
• Build a neuroscience technology plan covering advanced imaging, neurodiagnostics, surgical technology, navigation, neuromodulation, artificial intelligence, and other emerging capabilities.
• Establish program-level quality and outcome measures, using national benchmarks where available to identify gaps and guide improvement work.
• Improve referral, intake, and patient navigation pathways between neurology, neurosurgery, diagnostics, surgical services, and rehabilitation.
• Prepare Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) proposals and pro formas for new programs, technology, and infrastructure, and support implementation of approved priorities.
• Collaborate with Corporate Marketing and Communications and Patient Experience teams on a unified Neurosciences Center of Excellence identity.
• Partner with Community Health Services leadership and the Practice Manager, Physician Specialty Office as needed for outpatient clinic operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager