Vice President of Ambulatory Services

The Vice President of Ambulatory Services for the Community Health Clinics (CHC) is responsible for the direction and leadership of the operational, financial, programmatic and overall operations for all outpatient ambulatory facilities (i.

e., CHC primary care / medical homes including the Occupational Health Clinic, and CHC specialty clinics). This position has leadership over operational and administrative services, people, program development, and education as is accountable to overall financial performance, quality outcomes and operational efficiencies.

This position also develops meaningful relationships in the community and partners to fulfill the mission of the Health Network.

Job Functions :

• Responsible for the operational and strategic planning and implementation for the Primary care and Specialty clinics, Occupational Health services, and the quality, safety, and regulatory requirements throughout Community Health.
• Leads both strategic and tactical program planning and implementation for all areas. Sets operational benchmarks for areas of oversight and provides executive leadership with ongoing reports of status and progress.
• Structures and leads effective teams to accomplish network goals and strategies.
• Maintains good working relationships with medical and nursing leadership, community leaders, patients, and their families.
• Initiates and supports continuous process improvement that promotes operational efficiency, high-quality patient care, and employee retention across the network.
• Works with physician leaders, executive leadership and key stakeholders to evaluate existing programs, and plan and implement new programs that support identified patient needs in conjunction with strategic planning priorities.
• Provides administrative approval authority on financial and management issues.
• Responsible for personnel actions including hiring, performance management and termination. Leads through a team of subordinate executive directors, directors, and managers.
• Recommends policies, practices and procedures that have significant impact on the organization.
• Prepares budgets, creates business plans, and solves internal issues.
• Works closely with the leaders of stakeholder groups as a vehicle for achieving clinical and operational improvements related to variation in quality, safety, and efficiency.
• Facilitates collaboration across hospital, physician group, care management and population health work streams to enhance coordination of care.
• Provides fiscal oversight of all areas including oversight of revenue for operational areas within the network having leadership responsibility.
• Monitors efforts to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and requirements, and requirements for all applicable accrediting agencies.
• Analyzes financial reports to determine areas to improve.

Required Qualifications :

Master's degree in healthcare administration or related field or completion of Medical School with MD / DO.

Minimum eight (8) years of leadership experience in the delivery of health care in an inpatient and / or outpatient setting.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Current Medical Doctor (MD / DO) degree from an accredited school of medicine.
• Ten (10) years of executive leadership experience in a healthcare setting.
• Current, unrestricted medical license to practice in the State of Texas.
• Board Certification or Board Eligible.
• CMPE, FACMPE or FACHE.
6 days ago