Vice President, Ambulatory Operations Transformation

Lifepoint Health • Brentwood, TN

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About The Position

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and
determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact
across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center
(HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing
and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact
our mission of making communities healthier ®.

The Vice President of Ambulatory Operations Transformation is accountable for
designing, building, and delivering scalable ambulatory operating solutions that
address the organization’s most critical growth, access, and sustainability
challenges. This executive owns the end-to-end solution development lifecycle,
translating strategic and clinical requirements into standardized operating
models that can be deployed across Lifepoint. Solutions are intentionally
designed to address ~75% of enterprise needs, enabling scale and consistency
while accommodating necessary market variability.

Requirements

• Applicants are required to have a master’s degree, preferably an MBA (business administration), MHA (healthcare administration), or MPH (public health).
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations, with a strong track record in multi-site acute care hospital management as well as ambulatory practices and strategic execution (required)
• Demonstrated success in expanding ambulatory access across a health system, including developing new clinic sites, optimizing existing locations, and deploying innovative care delivery models (e.g. virtual care, retail partnerships, same-day access, mobile units)
• Proven ability to assess market needs, identify growth opportuities, and lead cross-functional teams to launch new access points that improve patient convenience, increase capacity, and strengthen the organization's competitive position
• Track record of navigating regulatory, financial, and operational considerations involved in opening or expanding ambulatory sites, including facility planning, staffing models, technology enablement, and community engagement
• You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of leading strategic initiatives and complex project/program execution preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and build of enterprise ambulatory operating solutions that support growth, access, efficiency, and margin sustainability.
• Develop standardized operating models that intentionally solve ~75% of enterprise needs, with structured pathways for local variation.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, repeatable, and designed for rapid national deployment.
• Accelerate the transformation lifecycle from problem definition through design, piloting, and enterprise readiness.
• Establish clear milestones, governance, and decision frameworks to move initiatives forward with speed and accountability.
• Balance speed with rigor to ensure solutions are operationally sound before hand-off.
• Partner with operations, finance, clinical leaders, and strategy to ensure solutions align with enterprise growth, cost, and performance objectives.
• Translate clinical and strategic requirements into executable operating models, workflows, and resource plans.
• Design solutions that enable consistent performance across markets while accommodating legitimate business variability.
• Maintain ultimate accountability for solution readiness, ensuring clarity on scope, success metrics, and deployment requirements.
• Create implementation playbooks, operating standards, and performance measures to support smooth transition to operations teams.
• Partner closely with operational leaders to ensure solutions are fully embedded and sustained post-handoff.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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