Advocate Health Care

Ambulatory Services Manager, Senior

Advocate Health Care$79K — $118K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required, Bachelor's Degree preferred
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience in a medical practice
  • Required experience managing staff
  • Preferred experience managing billing, collections, and financial processes in healthcare
  • Familiarity with software platforms like Epic, Power BI, and Excel
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume environment

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leadership to drive performance in financial metrics and patient care
  • Oversee daily operations including scheduling and insurance verification
  • Ensure accurate coordination of referrals and pre-certifications
  • Manage front-end collections to support revenue cycle
  • Ensure compliance with regulations and organizational policies
  • Foster communication among providers and staff through meetings
  • Analyze data for opportunities to improve operational efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision
  • Paid Time Off programs and parental leave
  • Retirement plans with employer match
  • Educational Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care
Full Job Description
Department:

02405 WFBMG Wake Forest Health Network: Greensboro Church Street - Surgery: Neurosurgery

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Clinic Hours, 8a-5p

Pay Range:
$38.20 - $57.30

Essential Functions
  • Partner with the physician co-leader and leadership team to drive performance across financial results, revenue cycle, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, and quality metrics.
  • Oversee daily practice operations including patient scheduling, registration, insurance verification, clinical workflows, EMR documentation, coding, and charge capture.
  • Ensure accurate coordination of specialty referrals, ancillary services, and pre-certifications.
  • Manage front-end collections including co-pays and co-insurance, supporting strong revenue cycle performance.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory, licensing, and accreditation standards, as well as organizational policies and procedures.
  • Foster effective communication through daily huddles, team meetings, and ongoing collaboration with providers and staff.
  • Analyze and leverage data to identify opportunities for improvement in patient care, operational efficiency, and satisfaction outcomes.
  • Champion effective utilization of EMR systems (e.g., Epic) to support preventive care, disease management, and meaningful use initiatives.
  • Lead recruitment, onboarding, and retention of high-performing team members.
  • Provide coaching, performance feedback, and development opportunities to staff.
  • Optimize staffing models, assign responsibilities, and manage schedules based on patient volume and staff competencies.
  • Oversee budgeting, billing, collections, and cost-containment strategies to ensure financial health of the practice.
  • Maintain compliance and competency in point-of-care testing (waived and non-waived), following all applicable regulations.


Education, Experience & Requirements
  • Education:
    • High School Diploma or GED required
    • Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred
  • Experience:
    • Minimum of 1 year of experience in a medical practice required
    • Experience managing staff required
    • Experience managing billing, collections, and financial processes in a healthcare setting preferred
    • Experience with software platforms preferred
      • Epic
      • Power BI
      • Excel
  • Skills & Abilities:
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills
    • Proficiency in EMR systems and healthcare operations
    • Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment
    • Skilled in handling sensitive and emotionally complex situations
    • Bilingual skills are a plus, depending on patient population
  • Schedule & Shift Details
    • M-F, Clinic hours


Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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