Sutter Health

Area Manager, Primary Care

Sutter Health$104K — $156K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare, or related field (equivalent experience accepted)
  • 8 years of recent relevant experience
  • Extensive knowledge of healthcare operations in non-acute settings
  • Comprehensive understanding of regulations related to Outpatient Services
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and team-building experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage difficult situations and make independent decisions

Responsibilities

  • Manage operational leadership for outpatient clinics to achieve organizational goals
  • Plan and organize operations and resources for effective patient care delivery
  • Establish compliance protocols with state and federal regulations
  • Identify best practices and standardize workflows for efficiency
  • Manage capital and operational budgets to meet financial targets
  • Develop partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Provide guidance in resolving complex operational challenges

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Work-life balance with a Monday to Friday schedule
  • Full-time regular employee status
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive work environment fostering diversity and inclusion
Full Job Description

Organization:

SMF-Sutter Med Foundation- Central

Position Overview:

Manages and provides operational leadership to assigned areas of the Medical Foundation/Outpatient Clinics ensuring that they are meeting the organizational goals and initiatives of patient and team safety, affordability, quality, patient satisfaction and access. Plans and organizes operations and resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of patient care consistent with applicable laws, standards and regulations. Establishes protocols and practices, ensuring compliance with department, affiliate, operating unit, and/or system standards, policies and procedures, local and state standards, and applicable laws and regulations. Takes a strategic and tactical approach in identifying best practices and standardizing workflows/processes and developing plans of action to implement changes. Establishes and manages capital and operational budgets to achieve financial targets via effective utilization of personnel, resources and supplies. Develops and maintains a solid partnership with internal and external peers, leaders, and/or local/state/federal agencies to facilitate and collaborate on initiatives or issues resolution. Provides guidance and/or direct intervention in resolving challenging or complex situations.

Sutter Medical Foundation (SMF) is a not-for-profit organization supporting the quality medical services provided by Sutter Medical Group and Sutter North Medical Group and a clinically integrated network (Sutter Physicians Alliance, also known as SPA), which includes Sutter Independent Physicians.

Serving the counties of Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba, physicians are dedicated to delivering exceptional care and services, listening to patients’ needs and ensuring that patients play an important role in their health care.

SMF is also committed to delivering quality and convenient care to patients through numerous outpatient services including ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging, urgent care, home health, laboratories and physical therapy.

Job Description:


EDUCATION:

  • Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
  • Bachelor's: Business Administration, Healthcare or related field.


TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 8 years recent relevant experience.


SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

  • Extensive knowledge of healthcare operations in a non-acute setting and how department’s process/workflow impacts other department operations.
  • A comprehensive knowledge of all applicable State, federal, state licensing and other local regulations as they relate to Outpatient Services is required, including but not limited to Medicare, MediCal, Medicaid, Knox Keene Act and the Starke II Statute.
  • A background and ability to form relations with physicians and medical directors as well as with nursing, and other key departments.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, including team building, and coaching/mentoring with the ability to motivate and engage others.
  • Thorough understanding of operations and workflows and how.
  • Demonstrates tactical and analytical thinking and planning skills, and is able to develop plan to accomplish objectives, identify obstacles and resolve operational issues.
  • Ability to build and establish effective working partnership with employees, peers, physicians and/or leaders to achieve business objectives.
  • Verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to handle difficult circumstances and make sound business decisions with little direction.
  • Demonstrates ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with changing business priorities.
  • Organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while delivering quality service and achieving business results.
  • Demonstrates a customer service focus in all decisions and actions.
  • Demonstrates ability to work/interact with a diverse population while respecting cultural and linguistic differences and fostering an inclusive work environment.
  • Working knowledge of wage and hour laws.

Job Shift:

Day/Evening

Schedule:

Full Time

Days of the Week:

Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

No

Position Status:

Exempt

Weekly Hours:

40

Employee Status:

Regular

Employees of Sutter Health and its entities may handle hazardous drugs in the course of their work, including patient care, which requires them to manage, store, prepare, receive, unpack, transport, dispose of, or administer drugs identified as hazardous or potentially hazardous by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and in accordance with the USP 800 guidelines.

Pay Range is $104,332.80 to $156,499.20 / annual salary

The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

About Sutter Health

Sutter Health is a not-for-profit health system in Northern California, headquartered in Sacramento. It includes doctors, hospitals and other health care services in more than 100 Northern California cities and towns. Major service lines of Sutter Health-affiliated hospitals include cardiac care, women’s and children’s services, cancer care, orthopedics and advanced patient safety technology.
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Size
58,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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