Director-Ambulatory Services - Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Outpatient Center

Harris Health System

Houston, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Academic Background, Ambulatory Care, Analysis Skills, Budget Management, Business Administration, Cancer, Communication Skills, Community Health, Disease Prevention and Control, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Family Medicine, Financial Management, Health Science, Healthcare, Healthcare Administration, Hospital, Human Resources, Leadership, Medical Terminology, Medicine, Microsoft Word, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Nursing, Operational Audit, Outpatient Care, People Management, Primary Care, Public Health, Public Safety, Quality Management, Statistics, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Telemedicine, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Houston, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago

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

  1. Work Experience: Five (5) years of ambulatory operations within a large multi-site health care system. Preferably within an academic practice environment..

  2. 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)

  1. Other Skills:

Analytical

Design Medical Terms

PC Research Statistical

Word Proc

  1. Work Schedule:

Weekends Holidays Flexible Travel On Call

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About the Company

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Harris Health System

Harris Health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of Harris County, Texas, since 1966. Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Harris Health is the first healthcare system in Houston to receive the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation for its network of patient-centered medical homes. Each year, Harris Health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, Harris Health sees more than 177,000 emergency visits at its Level 1 and Level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions through its three hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease. Established by voter referendum to enhance the level of charity care available in the community, Harris Health System has often received national recognition for serving those in need and for its achievements in operational excellence, such as being named to the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Most Wired Hospitals lists by the American Hospital Association's Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Additionally, Harris Health System is pleased that each of its three hospitals: Ben Taub, Lyndon B. Johnson and Quentin Mease - achieved Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
COMPANY SIZE
5,000 to 9,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1966
WEBSITE
https://www.harrishealth.org/en/pages/home.aspx