Job Information
Dignity Health Area Manager Clinic Operations in Santa Cruz, California
Overview
Dignity Health Medical Foundation established in 1993 is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation with care centers throughout California. Dignity Health Medical Foundation is an affiliate of Dignity Health - one of the largest health systems in the nation - with hospitals and care centers in California Arizona and Nevada. Today Dignity Health Medical Foundation works hand-in-hand with physicians and providers throughout California to provide comprehensive health care services to the many communities we serve.As Dignity Health Medical Foundation continues to grow and establish new premier care centers we provide increasing support and investment in the latest technologies finest physicians and state-of-the-art medical facilities. We strive to create purposeful work settings where staff can provide great care while advancing in knowledge and experience through challenging work assignments and stimulating relationships. Our staff is well-trained and highly skilled qualities that are vital to maintaining excellence in care and service.
Dignity Health Medical Group – Dominican a service of Dignity Health Medical Foundation is committed to serving the continuing health care needs of Santa Cruz County. Supported by the rich community history Dominican Hospital our doctors provide convenient personalized care to patients throughout the region along the full continuum of care. We operate 18 clinics in Santa Cruz County and feature more than 70 providers with specialties including pediatrics oncology and hematology plastic and reconstructive surgery gastroenterology OB/GYN urology physical medicine and rehabilitation and urgent care. Santa Cruz County is 70 miles south of San Francisco and boasts great surf sandy beaches redwood-covered mountains and more.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
Manages all operational aspects of the clinic. The Area Manager Clinic Operations is expected to provide visionary leadership in order to maximize the effectiveness of all service delivery systems and financial performance and cultivate a clinic culture that is responsive to patient care. The Area Manager Clinic Operations will work closely with the staff and physicians in each unit to ensure that all fiduciary and clinical goals are met. Chief among these is a proactive determination of workload priorities through planning coordinating and directing staff and physicians to meet the clinics administrative operational and support requirements. Operational requirements clinic size and executive discretion will be used to determine whether a specific clinic warrants a Clinic Supervisor Clinic Manager or both. This position may have access to third party credit card information and transactional systems (cash registers point of sale devices applications supporting credit card transactions and reports or other documents containing credit card information) from single transactions or a single card at a time.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
4 years of Health Care Management Experience
Prior networking (relationship building) experience for either managed care or integrated delivery systems; demonstrated ability to work with physicians.
Bachelor's degree preferably in business finance or healthcare administration or equivalent combination of experience & education.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous management experience in a union environment preferred
Knowledge of business and management principles and of budget control and accounting principles including capital budgeting cost accounting professional and patient billing; and ability to apply these principles of a health care environment.
Knowledge of or ability to learn the budgeting process management reports accounting purchasing and patient billing systems.
Knowledge of personal and/or mainframe computers and software tools including word processing spreadsheet data base clinical information systems electronic medical records billing systems and other application packages.
Knowledge of reasons structure and basic requirements of HMO PPO and capitated risk plan contracts as they relate to physicians and practices.
Master's degree in business finance or healthcare administration preferred.
Pay Range
$47.74 - $69.22 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.