San Joaquin County Human Resources Division

Please submit responses to the following questions along with your employment application to the San Joaquin County Human Resources Division.  Please provide a detailed description of your experience including employer name, position title and dates of employment with each answer.  These questions will be reviewed in evaluating your qualifications. 

This position will be responsible for San Joaquin General Hospital’s financial planning, budgetary and decision support operational needs. Ideal candidates should have experience in the following areas:

Please describe your management and financial planning experience in an acute care hospital. Include in your answer: analysis and scope of administrative responsibilities, specific examples of the challenges you faced as a financial planning director and how you supported development of solutions and/or operational strategies to achieve your hospital’s financial goals.

Describe your experience preparing, monitoring, and generating financial reports; analyzing data; and creating financial models and projections.

Provide specific examples of Decision Support Systems you have utilized and maintained and what accomplishments you made as an administrator working with such support.

Describe your most challenging project involving DSS and what you did to solve the problem.

Provide specific examples of your role in the implementation of a DSS and describe your biggest challenge in the implementation and how you handled it.

Please describe your experience in planning, coordinating, and developing the operating and capital budget process. Please be specific on what role you played in the budgetary process and scope of responsibilities including any financial challenges in reducing costs to achieve the “bottom line” target.

Describe your involvement in monitoring department variances and how you assisted department managers in complying with budget goals.

Please describe your networking and public speaking experience when working with Hospital Boards, Committees, and/or the community. Include descriptions of presentations you have conducted as they pertain to financial healthcare administration.

Describe your management experience including your experience supervising and mentoring staff.