Administrative Manager

University of California - San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - San Francisco (DGIM) is seeking an experienced healthcare operations manager to lead patient relations, standard clinic workflows, and staff development across four DGIM practices on the Mount Zion campus. The role drives staffing decisions, policy implementation, and cross-department collaboration to ensure high-quality patient care.

The position emphasizes budgeting, regulatory compliance, and performance improvement, with responsibility for recruitment, HR

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related area.
• 3–5 years in healthcare management within a primary care setting.
• Experience organizing multiple priorities and delegating tasks efficiently.
• Demonstrated HR management skills, budgeting, quality improvement, and program planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead patient relations initiatives and standard clinic workflows.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, and staff development.
• Develop policies, procedures, and workflows across DGIM practices.
• Manage recruitment, performance evaluations, and labor relations.
• Track performance metrics and support financial viability of the practice.

Skills

Healthcare management

Staff deployment & scheduling

Budgeting & finance

Quality improvement

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Equivalent experience in related area

Tools

Billing systems

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

Job Summary

• handles patient complaints and partners with Patient Relations,
• participates in the development of standard work for clinic operations (patient checkin, insurance verification, video visit rooming, in person rooming, room stocking, forms completion, etc), trains staff and deploys standard workflow,
• fully accountable for recommending new staff positions, posting, hiring, evaluating and professional development,
• serves as management lead in the development of policies, procedures, or workflows that will then be implemented across all four DGIM practices,
• plans, conducts, and follows up on action items from unit meetings,
• establishes the overall and day-to-day pairing of flow managers and providers, schedules staff to support providers each day, manages call-outs and collaborations with other managers on sharing staff across floors to maximize resource deployment,
• tracks and improves data in support of strategic goals including TrueNorthGoals and IAP goals.
• Conducts on-going assessment of staff engagement via the Trot survey and uses that data to make changes that improve year-over-year STEP and Gallup survey results,
• Tracks and manages FTE and RVU production to ensure financial viability of the practice,
• Conducts observations of staff to coach on adherence to standard work and identify opportunities for improvement.

Department Overview

Department of General Internal Medicine (DGIM) delivers care to approximately 26,000 patients. DGIM has three floors over two buildings on the Mount Zion campus. DGIM delivers primary care to these patients as part of a larger UCSF primary care service line.

• 5
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  Implements and monitors the financial process for a comprehensive view of current and forecasted clinic performance, to include revenues, costs, industry trends, and reimbursements.
• 30
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  Manages the clinical and operational functions and staff. Recommends allocation of staff, space, equipment, and other resources to optimize the delivery of clinical services. Implements quality improvement systems. Ensures compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• 5
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  Researches and prepares proposals for facilities expansion, satellite development, construction, space planning, capital equipment requests, and staffing needs.
• 15
  YES
  Responsible for employee recruitment, performance evaluation, progressive discipline, and staff development. Works collaboratively with Labor Relations on bargaining unit issues and contract negotiations at the local level.
• 10
  YES
  Research, develop, and recommend internal policies and procedures for identifying, eliminating or mitigating risk management issues within the practice(s).
• 10
  YES
  Promotes a workplace culture with a focus on meeting or exceeding patient service standards. Develops an environment that encourages creativity, efficiency, engagement, quality of care, safety, and innovations in operations.
• 20
  YES
  Implements processes and metrics to assure viability of existing programs, practice patient staffing patterns, and optimize productivity. Recommends operational performance improvements that impact marketability and service.
• 5
  YES
  Assures internal policies and external regulations are followed in regards to billing and coding practices and cash handling.
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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent combination of experience / training.
• 3-5 years of healthcare management experience in a primary care setting, with progressive expertise in practice management, scheduling, customer-service methods, incident reporting, regulatory compliance, accreditation requirements, insurance and DME authorization processes and information technology.
• Proven ability to organize, manage multiple priorities, and delegate work functions efficiently.
• Demonstrated managerial skills and human resources management knowledge, including staff deployment, resource utilization, budgeting and financial management, quality improvement, and program planning and implementation.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills to convey complex information, instructions, and guidelines in a clear, concise, and specific manner, and to influence and persuade all levels of staff.
• Knowledge of relevant healthcare and clinic operations information technology, including billing systems and patient care workflows and processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements, as well as related legislative, accreditation, licensing, and compliance environments.