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Time Type:
Full time
Department:
CC015080 Outpatient Administration
The Ambulatory Services Director, demonstrates use of leadership competencies in collaboration with others to plan, implement, evaluate and enhance patient care service delivery. The Director serves as the practice director for providers, leads the clinical practices and demonstrates knowledge of physician/provider practice management. The Director may have 24-hour accountability. The Director serves as strategic leader to monitor and respond to market changes in advancement of services and programs.
High school diploma or GED or equivalent
Bachelor's degree in a related field of study.
High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role. In lieu of a High School Diploma/GED, 9 years of experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
1. Plans, develops, and fosters a culture and practice environment to include excellence in patient care, safety and quality; excellence in evidence based professional practice; teamwork and ownership of clinical practice; and key performance indicator optimization. This also includes maintaining environments with appropriate facilities, supplies, and equipment for the safe, efficient and cost-effective provision of patient care.
2. Collaborates, plans and implements strategies to achieve excellence in care. Establishes goals for clinical care and quality/safety improvements.
3. Applies critical and systems thinking, role-modeling and mentoring skills to create a culture of appreciative inquiry, readiness to learn, and active participation in evidence based practice activities.
4. Ensures the appropriate skill and competency mix are consistently available in staffing.
5. Develops and maintains strategies for recruitment and retention of staff and supports staff in achievement of ongoing professional career goals.
6. Responsible for the development and management of the operating and capital budgets.
7. Responsible for program development. Leads planning initiatives for service line targets relating immediate, annual and long-term strategic objectives.
8. Conducts an ongoing financial assessment of the services.
9. Assesses the market and works with others in designing market tools to engage potential customers to the system. Designs program which supports ease of access into the system for long-distance customers. Responsive to change to expedit decision-making by assessing vulnerable areas and adjusting rapidly to changes in submarkets.
10. Facilitates development of key clinical and performance indicators and monitors outcomes. Implements changes based on quality measures, occurrence data, risk assessment, and feedback.
11. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
