Director-Ambulatory Services - Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Outpatient Center
Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
The Director, Ambulatory Care Services (DACS) is accountable for the operational, human resource, quality, and financial management of assigned clinic(s). The DACS reports to the Administrative Director of Clinical Operations. The DACS works with the leadership team of each clinic to translate pavilion and department strategic plans and policies into a plan suitable to the unique operational needs.
The DACS is accountable to the operational leader for appropriate operational aspects of the assigned clinic (s). This includes practice management measures, review of operational statements for budgetary oversight, supply usage, equipment needs, and maintenance to optimize patient access and other operational aspects as identified in the attached job addendum.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Education/Licensure/Specialized Training:
Master's degree in healthcare administration, Business Administration, or Public Health
2. Work Experience: Five (5) years of ambulatory operations within a large multi-site health care system. Preferably within an academic practice environment..
3. Management Experience: Five (5) or more years of direct practice management and supervisory experience in a physician practice and/or multi-specialty practice of five (5) or more providers. Management experience in ambulatory care clinic setting is required. Practice management experience within academic ambulatory clinic setting.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Communication Skills:
Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)
Exceptional Verbal (e.g., Public Speaking)
Writing /Composing (Correspondence/ Reports)
2. Other Skills:
Analytical
Design Medical Terms
PC Research Statistical
Word Proc
3. Work Schedule:
Weekends Holidays Flexible Travel On Call