Director of Operations

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Director overseeing AMSURG’s ambulatory surgery center operations, governance, growth, and financial performance. Managing physician partnerships, ASC boards, staffing, budgets, and revenue-cycle outcomes.

Responsibilities:

  • Build strong local partnerships with physician leaders
  • Oversee governance and operations of 6–15 Ambulatory Surgery Centers across multisite and multimarket environments
  • Optimize center operations to enable growth across approximately $50M–$100M in revenue
  • Build leadership pipelines and develop regional growth strategies
  • Manage ASC P&L in partnership with Center Administrators and physician partners
  • Execute center strategy with support from the Vice President of Operations
  • Identify service-line and organic growth opportunities
  • Implement corporate initiatives at assigned ASCs
  • Collaborate with marketing, business development, physician recruiting, practice recruiting, communications, and other Directors of Operations to drive volume growth
  • Develop facility partnership strategies with the VP and SVP
  • Lead business development and strategic planning initiatives, secure ASC and board buy-in, and execute proposed strategies
  • Grow case volume, reduce expenses, and improve patient experience and outcomes
  • Manage health system partners and provider equity group relationships
  • Prepare for and lead ASC board meetings; potentially serve on joint-venture boards or as board chair
  • Manage ASC initiatives and day-to-day operations
  • Mentor and train Center Administrators and coordinate onboarding and learning and development programs
  • Coordinate with Clinical and Revenue Cycle Management teams to improve performance and revenue-cycle KPIs
  • Build relationships with ASCs and physicians and conduct quarterly on-site visits as business needs require
  • Develop Center Administrators across business-office functions, including clinical and revenue cycle operations
  • Develop staffing models, monitor FTE utilization, and recommend cost-effective labor practices
  • Provide backup for ASC administrative functions such as payroll and payables
  • Partner with corporate functional experts on IT, HIPAA, audits, HR, training, policies, quality, revenue cycle, and procurement
  • Identify and promote best practices
  • Mitigate legal issues with the VP of Operations and legal department
  • Develop and execute ASC-level action plans by identifying opportunities and removing barriers
  • Support physician recruitment and retention for business and market development
  • Communicate corporate initiatives and develop timely implementation plans with partners
  • Engage AMSURG resources and maintain ownership through satisfactory resolution
  • Collaborate with the VP on governance and fiduciary responsibilities
  • Schedule and lead quarterly board agendas, capture minutes, and follow up on action items
  • Oversee quality, operational efficiency, staffing, policies, risk management, regulatory compliance, patient experience, IT/security, and risk mitigation
  • Manage and report ASC financial performance
  • Develop center budgets and oversee the distribution process with VP support
  • Support annual capital requests to drive growth and manage aging equipment
  • Meet volume and EBITDA targets
  • Budget and forecast P&L with facility stakeholders and VPs
  • Oversee Revenue Cycle Management to meet A/R benchmarks and maintain efficient cash flow
  • Report to the Vice President of Operations

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration or relevant field, and/or equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Minimum 5–7 years of healthcare management experience
  • Experience preferred managing at least $40 million in revenue
  • Experience with contract negotiations and managed care models within a complex organization
  • Multi-state healthcare system experience preferred
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience managing healthcare operations staff
  • Knowledge of operations in an outpatient or physician specialty service line preferred
  • Clinical and/or Revenue Cycle Management experience preferred
  • Willingness to travel up to 60% of the time, with an average travel commitment of 40–60%
  • Excellent customer service, interpersonal, leadership, management, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Understanding of healthcare trends and their relationship to Ambulatory Care
  • Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines with attention to detail
  • Comfortable delivering presentations to senior management, boards, community groups, physicians, and staff
  • Ability to work independently without direct supervision
  • Ability to integrate and harmonize diversified functions
  • Ability to understand, influence, and partner with others
  • Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
  • Ability to resolve problems quickly and effectively
  • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods, operate a computer and office equipment, and communicate clearly in person and/or by phone
  • Occasional walking, bending, reaching, and lifting required

Benefits:

  • Full-time remote work arrangement
  • Travel reimbursement or employer-covered travel implied by required business travel (specific benefit not stated)
  • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities