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UCSF Health lists this Director, Children’s Ambulatory Medical Specialties opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Description
The Director of Children’s Ambulatory Medical Specialties reports to the Vice President of Children’s Ambulatory Services and directs ambulatory operations and program planning for a portfolio of pediatric specialty services comprising approximately 85,000 outpatient visits annually. The Director has fiscal and operational oversight for ambulatory services in the following areas:
Cardiology
Fetal Treatment
Neonatology / High Risk Infant Follow-Up
Hematology / Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplant
Job Description
These specialties represent strategic service lines for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals (BCH). The Director serves as a key operational partner to BCH Service Line Directors and other executive, physician, nursing, and administrative leaders, translating service-line strategies and organizational priorities into effective ambulatory operations. The Director is accountable for advancing ambulatory performance across the portfolio, including access, capacity, growth, patient experience, operational and financial performance, workforce and resource utilization, and consistent execution of care delivery models. Through these partnerships, the Director helps ensure that ambulatory services enable BCH strategic service lines to deliver measurable value and advance the broader strategic priorities of the Children’s Hospitals.
The Director directly oversees ambulatory clinics located in San Francisco and Oakland and partners with network ambulatory leaders to support operational execution of BCH regional strategy across satellite locations for the specialties within the Director’s scope. This requires the Director to establish effective operating relationships across organizational and geographic boundaries and to promote appropriate standardization while accommodating the unique needs of individual specialties, patient populations, and sites of care.
The Director is responsible for day-to-day operational, financial, human, and other resource management and for ambulatory strategic planning within the portfolio. The Director develops and maintains high standards of patient care and operational performance that are consistent across services and locations and aligned with the goals of BCH, the relevant strategic service lines, academic departments, and UCSF Health. The Director informs and implements standard workflows in conjunction with physician, nursing, service-line, and academic leadership and develops and refines programs, policies, and operational practices that support patient-and family-centered care, organizational growth, financial stewardship, and high-performing ambulatory operations.
Department Overview
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals (BCH) Ambulatory Services provides approximately 450,000 outpatient clinic visits annually, with activity spanning over 20 unique sites of care across the 9-County Bay Area and beyond, and with clinical services spanning primary care, medical specialties and surgical specialties. BCH Ambulatory Services comprises practices with faculty from many different academic departments across the UCSF School of Medicine including pediatrics, neurology, surgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, urology, ophthalmology and neurosurgery. To improve access to services in the community and remain competitive in the Bay Area regional marketplace, BCH Ambulatory Services is expanding into both affiliate and satellite locations which will entail different models of activation and clinical oversight. This position plays a leadership role in ensuring alignment with clinical operations and workflows so there is consistency across the BCH Ambulatory enterprise.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent combination of experience / training.
5+ years related experience
Strong clinic / center management experience, with progressive expertise in practice management, scheduling, customer-service methods, incident reporting, regulatory compliance, accreditation requirements, information technology, and the policies, principles, best practices, and standards involved with effective clinic / center administration.
Excellent skills in successfully managing clinic / center administration functions. Skills to develop strategic plans, create benchmarks, integrate systems and fiscal management.
Excellent and advanced managerial skills and human resources management knowledge, including staff deployment, resource utilization, budgeting and financial management, quality improvement, and program planning and implementation.
Excellent and advanced communications skills to convey complex information clearly and concisely to all levels of staff, management, and outside agencies, with the ability to motivate, influence, and persuade others.
Strong knowledge of relevant healthcare and clinic operations information technology, including billing systems and patient care workflows and processes.
Knowledgeable of financial principles and practices necessary in an ambulatory environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in business or health care administration
Strong knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements, as well as related legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.
About Us
About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate‑level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here.
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
Salary Information
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
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