AST DIR, Health Care Admin-Clinical Operations

AST DIR, Health Care Admin-Clinical Operations

• University of Florida
• United States
• Sep 11, 2026

Medicine Full Time - Continuing

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Master's degree in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area and four years of relevant experience.

Job Description:

The Department of Surgery is seeking qualified applicants for an Assistant Director, Clinical Operations position. This position will work with and report to the Vice Chair and Director for Administration for the Department of Surgery, and fills a pivotal role serving on the departmental management team. This role is responsible for providing administrative oversight of all of the Department of Surgery's clinic/ambulatory operations in the department's geographical area in Northern and Central Florida.

The Department of Surgery clinics currently see 60,000 outpatient/ambulatory visits per year with an annual expense budget of $6.5M. This includes managing day-to-day operations, budget management, and clinical point of service billing, personnel actions, and fiscal activities of the Surgery ambulatory clinics in support of the College of Medicine’s clinical service, education and research missions. This position requires a high level of professionalism, discretion, and thorough knowledge of the policies, procedures, and operations within an academic surgical ambulatory environment.

This position requires the ability to work with affiliated institutions across the Department of Surgery’s regional footprint in University of Florida Physicians’ clinics and satellite clinics in various cities in the State of Florida. Frequent travel is a requirement of this position, and a valid driver's license is required.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Manages all clinic ambulatory operations through the Department of Surgery's clinic managers and site supervisors.
• Serves as a single point of contact in the Department of Surgery for the management of all Surgery ambulatory clinics. This will involve developing plans and monitoring processes to ensuring a high level of patient-focused experience and quality of care.
• Responsible for improvement projects as assigned by the Vice Chair and Director of Administration, the clinic Medical Directors and the departmental Chair related to operational efficiency, patient safety and satisfaction, and revenue enhancement in departmental outpatient clinic locations.
• Manages all clinic ambulatory operations through the Department of Surgery's clinic managers and site supervisors.
• Serves as a single point of contact in the Department of Surgery for the management of all Surgery ambulatory clinics. This will involve developing plans and monitoring processes to ensuring a high level of patient-focused experience and quality of care.
• Responsible for improvement projects as assigned by the Vice Chair and Director for Administration, the clinic Medical Directors and the departmental Chair related to operational efficiency, patient safety and satisfaction, and revenue enhancement in departmental outpatient clinic locations.
• Works with our regional affiliate institutions for the successful management of clinics at multiple locations within Northern and Central Florida.
• Directly supervises clinic managers and oversees clinic staff evaluations.
• Supports clinic managers and site supervisors in day-to-day operations and management of staff.
• Responsible for budget variance reports, personnel actions, and producing other…