Associate Director, Ambulatory Operations (Nurse

Associate Director, Ambulatory Operations

The Associate Director, Ambulatory Operations provides operational leadership for an assigned group of Comm Unity Care  health centers. This role works through site administrators, practice managers, and site-level leaders to ensure consistent day-to-day execution of access, patient flow, staffing, quality support, patient experience, and operational performance expectations. This role is responsible for implementing established clinic-network standards, monitoring site-level performance, resolving day-to-day operational issues, and escalating broader portfolio-level or structural barriers to the Director, Ambulatory Operations or Sr.

Director, Ambulatory Operations, based on the assigned reporting structure. The Associate Director partners with Nursing, Clinical Services, Access, Financial Eligibility, and other support functions to maintain reliable clinic workflows and support high-quality patient services.

Essential Functions:

• Lead Assigned Health Center Operations:
  Oversee day-to-day operational performance for an assigned group of health centers, ensuring consistent workflows, patient flow, access, staffing alignment, patient experience, and operational reliability.
• Supervise Site-Level Leadership:
  Provide leadership, coaching, and performance management to assigned site administrators, practice managers, and other site-level operational leaders.
• Implement Operational Standards:
  Implement clinic-network standards, workflows, policies, and procedures established through the Director and Sr. Director structure; identify site-level barriers and recommend process improvements.
• Monitor Site-Level Performance:
  Use dashboards, Epic data, KPIs, access metrics, staffing data, and operational reports to monitor performance, identify trends, and develop site-level action plans.
• Support Staffing and Resource Alignment:
  Monitor staffing levels, schedules, and resource needs across assigned health centers; recommend adjustments to the Director based on patient volume, access needs, staffing models, and operational demand.
• Support Budget and Financial Performance:
  Monitor budget performance, productivity, revenue-cycle workflows, patient charges, and operational variances for assigned sites; provide variance explanations and recommendations to the Director.
• Resolve Day-to-Day Operational Issues:
  Address site-level operational barriers related to access, staffing, patient flow, compliance, workflows, patient experience, and support services; escalate broader portfolio-level or structural issues to the Director.
• Support Access and Care Delivery Improvements:
  Partner with Access, Nursing, Clinical Services, Medical Directors, Financial Eligibility, Revenue Cycle, and other support teams to improve appointment access, patient flow, team-based care, quality support, and care coordination.
• Support Operational Readiness:
  Support implementation and readiness activities for approved clinic expansions, renovations, new programs, service changes, access initiatives, and enterprise priorities within assigned health centers.
• Support Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Standards:
  Ensure assigned health centers follow applicable regulatory, accreditation, infection prevention, Joint Commission, CLIA, standing delegation order, emergency preparedness, and organizational standards in partnership with clinical and nursing leaders.
• Support Process Improvement:
  Use Lean, Six Sigma, PCMH, and other process improvement tools, as appropriate, to support operational efficiency, patient experience, patient engagement, access, and care delivery improvements.
• Develop and Engage Teams:
  Support staff engagement, leadership development, performance management, retention, and a culture of accountability, service, and continuous improvement across assigned health centers.
• Partner Across Functions:
  Work collaboratively with Associate Directors, Directors, Nursing Leadership, Clinical Leadership, Medical Directors, and other key stakeholders to support service quality, operational consistency, data integrity, and efficient resource utilization.
• Support Community and Patient Relationships:
  Interact respectfully and collaboratively with patients, families, staff, and community partners, supporting positive relationships and alignment with Comm Unity Care 's mission and services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong knowledge of ambulatory healthcare operations, clinic workflows, access, patient flow, staffing models, patient experience, quality support, and performance improvement. Ability to lead site-level operational leaders and maintain accountability for day-to-day performance across assigned health centers. Ability to interpret dashboards, Epic data, KPIs, staffing data, access metrics, and operational reports to identify trends, resolve issues, and support corrective action. Strong understanding of regulatory, accreditation, infection prevention, emergency preparedness,…