Market Associate Center Operations Director

ChenMed • Hampton, VA

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About The Position

The Associate Center Director directs and administers the day-to-day operations of a medical center. The incumbent in this role is responsible for the overall performance of the operational, economical, sales and people-related center level goals. He/She partners closely with the center's clinical leadership to ensure patient care, service and clinical metrics, goals and objectives meet and/or exceed expectations. The Associate Director Center is an individual that, first and foremost, has a strong desire to serve others. The incumbent must be equally comfortable greeting patients in the waiting room, engaging with PCPs to further the ChenMed Way, leading a diverse staff, growing a business and owning a profit and loss budget. This service-oriented individual has a keen understanding of how serving others results in staff that is better developed and more capable, and patients that are more engaged in their health, thereby yielding better patient outcomes.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, a Biological Science program or a closely related discipline required OR additional experience above the minimum may be considered in lieu of the required education on a year-for-year basis required.
• A minimum of 5 years of related work experience in a medical clinic, hospital setting, or similar environment required.
• A minimum of 3 years supervisory/managerial experience in a medical clinic, hospital setting, or similarly regulated environment required.

Nice To Haves

• Highly developed business acumen and acuity.
• Dynamic individual with outgoing, energetic, and collaborative personality.
• Possesses the knowledge, understanding, experience, skills, and abilities commensurate with managing an entity that equals or exceeds $20M in annual revenue.
• Introductory knowledge and understanding of and experience with full risk management contracts.
• Strong track record of taking on new assignments and quickly mastering new ways of accomplishing goals.
• Analytical, organized, driven by attaining results. Exceptionally detail-oriented with a high degree of objectivity and methodical skills to ensure accuracy of reports and data.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; comfortable with public speaking.
• Emotionally mature, able to initiate, conduct and navigate difficult conversations with individuals at all levels.
• Strategic and visionary approach to work. Innovative, creative, and continually seeking ways improve efficiency and productivity through cutting-edge, technological advancements.
• Openness to learning with a curiosity about the ChenMed Way and willingness to adapt to our innovative approach to improving health outcomes.
• Capability to effectively communicate with employees, patients, and other individuals in a professional and courteous manner.
• Keen ability to manage multiple projects and processes and work effectively with other team members.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a variety of other word-processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail and presentation software.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally, regionally and nationwide up to 20% of the time.
• Spoken and written fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Owns and operates an average annual budget in excess of $20M for a medical center; staffing up to 30 employees and regularly servicing an average of less than 12,000 patients per year.
• Leads growth strategy for center around membership growth and community outreach.
• Leads people, coordinates and inspires the team and achieves results under challenging circumstances.
• Works comfortably with financial statements, and financial concepts, in a service organization.
• Provides extraordinary customer service to all internal and external customers (including patients and other Chen Medical team members).
• Monitors office communication and performance to ensure that front desk, referrals and care promoter teams operate in an efficient, accurate and customer-focused manner.
• Collaborates with team leaders to conduct performance evaluations of team members and complete any required disciplinary actions.
• Attends all growth related events.
• Monitors the number of patients and wait times to ensure proper flow of patients from check-in through appointment to check-out.
• Addresses and resolves all customer-service or team member issues.
• Ensures accuracy of all incoming and outgoing information including supplies, invoices, billing requests and patient records.
• Works in partnership with the Sales and Marketing COE in developing strategies to increase and retain membership.
• Applies a bias towards frugality and creativity when it comes to problem solving for operational challenges, seeking to improve people, process and systems resolutions before increasing costs and complexity.
• Utilizes a keen sense of business acumen that assists with understanding our business, appreciating the various operating levers to utilize for success and driving significant new patient growth in their center.
• Collaborates with the Leadership Team and Administrators in relation to strategic business planning.
• Demonstrates an astute sense of ownership; the successful Director, Center drives center success from all dimensions - people, finance, service, growth and outcomes, as if they owned the organization.
• Maintains an awareness of the competitive healthcare environment; actively drive sales and ensures that ChenMed's family of companies' level of service exceeds all other healthcare providers.
• Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager's discretion.

Benefits

• Great compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Career development and advancement opportunities.
• Great work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees