Director, Ambulatory Care & Service Lines - Medical Specialties

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

The Director of Ambulatory Care & Service Lines for the Medical Specialties Service Line presents an exceptional leadership opportunity at Stanford Health Care. This dynamic service line encompasses four essential clinical divisions: Endocrinology, Immunology & Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases, and Nephrology, which collectively saw approximately 93,000 patient visits last fiscal year.

Based primarily in Palo Alto, this role is pivotal in overseeing operations throughout the system. The Director collaborates closely with other operational leaders to ensure alignment in clinical delivery and strategic initiatives for the Medical Specialties Service Line. As an integral member of the Ambulatory Care & Service Lines team, the Director is responsible for all facets of clinic operations, including staffing, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, patient experience, and financial management. This position also involves partnering with key departments across the organization to implement Stanford Health Care's strategic objectives, foster program growth, and provide cost-effective services within a safe and efficient work environment.


Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
- 8 years of leadership experience in ambulatory care, service line operations, and/or operations.
- experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Director of Ambulatory Care & Services Lines participates fully with the Executive Directors and VPs in providing leadership and strategic planning of assigned service lines. The Director of Ambulatory Care & Services Lines directs the strategy and implementation of clinical operations that impact quality and financial performance outcomes for the health system. In partnership with Ambulatory Quality leaders, this leader sets the population health strategy, goals, and implements the interventions to meet the targets. The leader also has responsibility for the operations of the clinics associated with the service line(s), including the personnel, quality/regulatory, patient experience, and financial management of multiple assigned clinic(s), program(s) and/or project(s) that cross multiple departments and/or services. The Director of Ambulatory Care & Services Lines partners across the health system with Department/Division leaders, Medical Directors/Clinic Chiefs, providers, nursing leaders, clinical services, and the Business Development team to execute Stanford Health Care and each SL's strategic goals, promote program growth, and deliver cost-effective services and a safe and efficient work environment. Key functions of the position include most or all of the following: strategic planning, policy development program planning, development, and implementation; program monitoring and evaluation; budget planning and monitoring; and quality and performance improvement to achieve organizational and service line goals. The Director of Ambulatory Care & Services Lines not only represents areas under his/her direct responsibility, but also provides leadership around system-wide initiatives to improve patient care, clinical effectiveness, reduce cost, optimize patient throughput, and patient & employee satisfaction.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification, and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

• Employees must abide by all Joint Commission and CMS requirements including, but not limited to, to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.

• Employees must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions

• Supervise the administrative