Director, UVACH Medical Group Operations - Specialty Care

Director UVACH Medical Group Operations

Job Code: DI1085

We are welcoming a new era in healthcare where achieving good health is just the beginning. At UVA Health Northern Virginia & Culpeper, we believe in caring for the whole person by getting to know - and making connections with - our patients. By combining the talent and expertise of our people, the breadth of capabilities across our system, and our commitment to helping our communities get better and stay healthy, we are improving the patient experience.

As a UVA Health Northern Virginia & Culpeper team member, you will have a voice in patient care decisions, support the most advanced medical technologies and feel a strong sense of satisfaction from making a difference in people's lives every day.

• Classification:
  Exempt
• Supervises Positions:
  Yes

The Director UVACH Medical Group Operations provides operational oversight for the UVA Community Health (UVA CH) Medical Group physician practices in delivering the highest quality, compassionate, accessible care of patients. The Director provides leadership, direction, administration, and fiscal management for operations, optimization, and growth. The Director closely partners with physician and provider leaders including Medical Directors in a clinical and administrative shared leadership model.

The Director is responsible for partnering with executive leadership to develop strategic planning and ensure implementation of strategic initiatives. The Director is also responsible for updating and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures and establishing clinic goals and objectives that align with UVA CH. The Director of Operations develops talent, creates high functioning teams, and holds the Clinic Managers accountable for successfully achieving clinic goals and objectives.

Additional responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, driving innovations in care delivery, and achieving the highest levels of clinical and operational excellence. In collaboration with the Medical Directors, this position provides leadership for the successful operations and overall performance for the specific group of medical clinics in a defined geographical area within UVA CH Medical Group and acts as a liaison with various executive leadership, strategic and operational initiatives.

Monitor and drive clinic success and quality results by partnering with physicians, UVACH and market leaders and supporting departments

Provides direction in transforming processes and care delivery that is consistent across all practices. Collaborates with other Medical Group leaders, administrative and clinical, to identify and implement best practice for a unified patient experience.

Ensure consistent practices across the Medical Group that align with the UVA brand expectation.

Incorporate and comply with organizational policies and procedures in daily operations.

Develop and monitor core operational metrics, including staffing standards, to benchmarks that may be evaluated within the system and/or with national data when available.

Partners with Medical Directors to improve operational performance measures, including various quality and financial measures.

Work directly with executive leadership to create annual incentive goals for each program, as well as a visual management system that can support these practices in understand current performance, as well as devise tactics to pursue opportunities to improve.

Coordinates Medical Group initiatives within geographic area.

Assists in executing UVACH strategic plans including market initiatives

Coordinates organizational objectives, priorities, and activities with internal and external agencies as appropriate.

Designs annual plans and maintains overall strategic plans for medical group clinics.

Identify short- and long-term goals and oversee the allocation of resources to meet priorities.

Analyzes processes and creates deliverables to provide information and recommendations for improvements.

• Breaks down problems and issues into sub-components and assesses the costs, benefits, and risks of various options.
• Is able to select and recommend the best solution based on a thorough examination of all considerations.
• Is able to explain and justify actions in a systematic and logical fashion.

Shares and receives information using clear oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills.
• Actively listens, provides constructive feedback, and demonstrates respect for differing views.
• Tailors communications to diverse audiences.

Demonstrates involvement in the unit's annual and/or periodic assessment efforts, including efforts to improve the quality services.

• Understands the value of innovation and quality improvement.
• Improves processes and practices by identifying inefficiencies and redundancies.
• Demonstrates efficiency and quality in one's own work.

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