Practice Director

The US Oncology Network • Tyler, TX

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About The Position

The Practice Director leads practice operations for Texas Oncology’s East Texas region, overseeing practices in Tyler, Palestine, Nacogdoches, and surrounding satellite locations. The role directs practice activities to achieve organizational objectives, typically for a practice with at least 25 physicians and/or gross revenues of $50 million. It implements short- and long-range plans to support financial profitability and growth, while evaluating practice strategies in response to changing national, state, and local needs.

The director works with local, market, and regional leadership and supports the organization’s mission of providing high-quality, evidence-based community oncology care. The position supervises practice staff; clinical work direction is provided by physicians. This is a full-time, Monday-through-Friday position with no major holidays. The work is based in a typical office setting and requires occasional air or automobile travel, approximately 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business field, or relevant equivalent experience.
• Alternatively, an associate degree plus four years of related work experience.
• Alternatively, eight years of related work experience.
• At least seven years of experience in healthcare management, including at least three years in a supervisory capacity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement policies, procedures, and objectives, and ensure their execution, compliance, and updates.
• Evaluate general and specific business conditions affecting operations and advise the governing body and Executive Director.
• Advise and assist with developing organizational objectives and plans for achieving them.
• Oversee development of manual and automated systems that support practice-wide activities based on business needs.
• Direct coordination of hardware and software requirements for existing and future systems.
• Direct development and implementation of organizational procedures and controls that promote communication and adequate information flow.
• Monitor, analyze, assess, and communicate practice progress, considering present and planned capacity, staffing, facilities, and technology needs.
• Direct preparation and maintenance of management reports and prepare periodic reports as necessary or required.
• Ensure adherence to the organization’s structure, management philosophy, and mission statements.
• Oversee development and coordination of new office locations and their needs as required.
• Supervise all practice staff; clinical work direction is provided by physicians.
• Implement practice objectives and short- and long-range plans to support financial profitability and growth.
• Continually evaluate practice strategies and plans to meet changing national, state, and local needs.
• Support and adhere to the US Oncology Compliance Program, including the Code of Ethics and Business Standards.

Benefits

• Select roles may be eligible to participate in the Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), a discretionary incentive program that typically vests over three years and is tied to individual performance and Texas Oncology’s operational success.

What This Job Offers

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