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Lancaster General Health Regional Director Operations in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Summary
Full-time position
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for the operational performance and strategic growth of LGHealth ambulatory services in a regional market and the successful operations and financial performance of both primary care practices and ambulatory facilities within the region.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:
Recommends and implements strategies for ambulatory and practice market growth that aligns with the LG Health Strategic Plan. Work collaboratively with health system and physician leadership to develop short and long-range strategic goals and tactics to meet community needs. Collaborates with the marketing team in the planning and execution of marketing plans.
Understands the environmental dynamics of the region including: competition, local regulatory issues, demographic changes, cultural and social context, unique needs of special populations, etc. Possesses a strong knowledge of utilization rates and service demand as well as consumer awareness and preferences ratings of a designated regional market.
Delivers new products and services to the region based on sound strategic and financial assumptions. With support from planning and business development, creates business plans for sites and services. Leads project teams in the implementation of new facilities and services, employing experience design principles. Assists project team with application requirements and implementation tasks, setting realistic timelines and contingency plans.
Creates collaborative and productive partnerships with primary and specialist physician providers in the designated market. Possess the ability to inform, influence and provide sound rationale to physicians in recommending strategic changes within the market.
Maximize operational workflow in practices and ambulatory sites to ensure optimal utilization of staff. Redistribute staff based on the region’s needs. Maintain a comprehensive understanding of practice operations including: scheduling, registration, authorization/referral, and billing/coding functions.
In conjunction with physicians, practice managers, and site supervisors, facilitate the performance improvement process with a focus on patient, employee, and physician satisfaction, as well as clinical quality and operational efficiency. Presents new approaches and provides the support needed to facilitate implementation where appropriate.
Directs the alignment of staff within each practice and facility to work as a team in creating a seamless delivery system. Collaborates with modality leaders to ensure staff are hired, trained, and evaluated for their performance.
With support from finance, develops and manages the annual operating and capital budgets for practices, ambulatory facilities, and programs. Manages operations and the revenue cycle process to meet operational and financial goals.
Review monthly financial reports and variance analyses. Monitor performance of practices and ambulatory sites via scorecards, P&Ls, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Perform trend analysis and implement changes to meet desired goals.
Facilitate, mentor and monitor leadership development of practice managers, site supervisors, and all direct reports. Educate and coach leaders relative to interpersonal skills that maximize employee satisfaction, customer service, and productivity.
Coordinates the recruitment and contracting of providers in the region. Assists in resolving compensation matters.
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:
Informs and advises executive leadership of trends, issues, and activities relevant to primary care delivery and its relation to ambulatory services. Possess a strong understanding of changes resulting from healthcare reform and its implications on the delivery of and the reimbursement for physician and ambulatory services.
Builds a culture that promotes innovation, teamwork and customer service excellence. Ensures that established system standards and policies and procedures are adhered to consistently.
Works collaboratively with internal audit, compliance, professional billing service, decision support, business development, marketing, quality, and other departments that support delivering primary care services.
Serves on physician, ambulatory, service line, inpatient, value management, and other committees as needed. Coordinates and collaborates with appropriate physicians, administration, patients, visitors, volunteers and other healthcare providers to ensure consistency and coordination of services.
Other duties as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in related field.
Five (5) years healthcare management experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's degree in related field.
Two (2) years experience within the LGH system.
Two (2) years experience in healthcare business development.
Two (2) years experience managing outpatient services.
Two (2) years experience managing physician practices.
Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.
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Benefits At A Glance:
PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees:
100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials
Health, Dental and Vision Coverage
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching
Child Care Subsidies
Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes
Disclaimer
PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
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PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (a partnership with Kindred Healthcare). We are an Accredited Trauma Center-Level I through the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation with 805 Licensed beds. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community healthcare system.
Outpatient services are provided at the Downtown Outpatient and Suburban Outpatient Pavilions, along with additional outpatient centers and Express and Urgent Care locations throughout the region. Lancaster General Health Physicians is a network of more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians, at more than 40 offices throughout the region.