Director, Surgical and Pulmonary Physician Practices

The Director of Surgical & Pulmonary Practices provides strategic, operational, and administrative leadership for the oncology service line’s surgical and pulmonary practices, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care across multiple specialty programs and locations.

This position provides oversight for the Gynecologic Oncology Practice, Surgical Oncology Practice, Breast Surgical Practice, and Advanced Thoracic Oncology Center, serving as a key leadership resource to 7 physicians, 9 advanced practitioners, and 6 onsite practice managers. The Director is responsible for optimizing practice operations, provider engagement, access, patient experience, quality, workforce performance, financial outcomes, and growth across these specialized oncology services.

The Director works collaboratively with physicians, advanced practitioners, nursing, hospital leadership, perioperative services, oncology leadership, quality, finance, facilities, and other organizational partners to ensure seamless coordination across the cancer care continuum. The position provides leadership for accreditation and regulatory requirements applicable to the practices, including National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) standards and other applicable oncology, surgical, pulmonary, and organizational requirements.

In addition to practice operations, the Director provides administrative oversight of oncology facility operations, including supervision of the onsite Facility Manager responsible for routine maintenance, facility readiness, environmental conditions, and coordination of facility-related needs across oncology locations. The Director ensures facilities support a safe, functional, compliant, and patient-centered environment of care.

Education

Masters Degree in Business or Health Administration
- Required

Other related Masters degree is acceptable with experience.

Experience

3-5 Years of healthcare experience
- Required

3-5 Years in a managerial position
- Required

License & Certification

None required

Core Job Functions

• Provides strategic and operational leadership for the Gynecologic Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Breast Surgical and Advanced Thoracic Oncology practices. Establishes standardized operational processes, workflows, performance expectations, and service standards across practices. Monitors practice performance and identifies operational barriers and implements improvement strategies.
• Builds and maintains effective physician relationships. Effectively communicates to assure bi-directional communications between physicians, clinical teams, and operational teams. Shares progress reports and develop collaborative initiatives to mutually grow oncology services in through physician and staff engagement.
• Provider leadership and oversight for quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and accreditation activities applicable to surgical and pulmonary practices.
• Integrates corporate values into daily and operational practices within the oncology services. This is accomplished through development of staff, team building, keeping current with trends in the industry, maintaining quality of care, establishing evaluation metrics and monitoring for action items.
• Supervises and provides direction to the onsite Facilities Manager responsible for routine care, maintenance and operational readiness of oncology locations.

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