Administrative Supervisor - Multi-Specialty - 141289

UC San Diego Health; California (MO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

UC San Diego Health is seeking an Administrative Supervisor to lead clinic operations across seven locations, ensuring smooth scheduling, staffing, and patient access. The role partners with CMDs and senior leaders to drive operational excellence in ambulatory care.

In this strategic position, you will oversee registration, scheduling, insurance authorizations, and staff development, while maintaining compliance and high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration or related area or equivalent experience/training.
• Five+ years of healthcare operations experience with supervisory responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of practice operations, patient-scheduling systems, medical and insurance terminology, information systems, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead administrative, clinical support, and front-office teams.
• Complete timecard management and annual performance reviews.
• Manage provider schedules, template optimization, and patient access.
• Monitor operational, financial, quality, and patient experience metrics.
• Support physicians and APPs to ensure efficient clinical operations.
• Implement systemwide initiatives, policies, and workflows.
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, IT, Revenue Cycle, and Population Health.
• Drive improvements in access, quality, patient safety, and employee engagement.
• Maintain regulatory and accreditation readiness.

Skills

Healthcare operations

Supervisory experience

Scheduling knowledge

Regulatory knowledge

HR management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/healthcare administration or related field

Tools

Epic software

Job description

Payroll Title
AMBUL CARE ADMSTN SUPV 2

Department
FACULTY PRACTICE SURGERY

Hiring Pay Scale
$85,500 - $127,400 / Year

Worksite
La Jolla Ambulatory Clinics

Appointment Type
Career

Appointment Percent
100%

Union
Uncovered

Total Openings
1

Work Schedule
Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday

Filing Deadline
Thu 9/24/2026

#141289 Administrative Supervisor - Multi-Specialty

Description

Strategic role in supporting the Colorectal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, La Jolla Emergency Surgery, and Obesity Medicine departments across seven locations. These are all high-acuity, high-volume service lines that demand the highest level of coordination, responsiveness, and expertise in clinic operations and administrative support. Serves as a key training resource for schedulers across multiple departments, helping to build competency and ensure consistency in workflows. Role includes addressing critical operational needs, ensuring continuity, minimizing delays in urgent and emergent issues, and mitigating risks that could directly affect patient outcomes and departmental performance. Provides coverage for the Associate Director when out of office, ensuring uninterrupted clinic operations and communication. Key partner to the three Chief Medical Directors (CMDs), actively participating in meetings and high-level report-outs to leadership. Her insights and operational expertise contribute meaningfully to strategic decision-making. Supervises clinic operations staff involved in routine functions. Oversight of administrativeareas such as registration, new patient coordination, scheduling, facilities, insurance authorizations, administrative and clinical support staff. The position works in an ambulatory/clinical setting and union environment. UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply. UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 9/14/26 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor. Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading administrative, clinical support, and front-office teams.
• Completion of timecard management and annual performance reviews.
• Managing provider schedules, template optimization, and patient access.
• Monitoring operational, financial, quality, and patient experience metrics.
• Supporting physicians and APPs to ensure efficient clinical operations.
• Implementing systemwide initiatives, policies, and workflows.
• Coordinating with centralized departments including HR, Finance, IT, Revenue Cycle, and Population Health.
• Driving improvement efforts related to access, quality, patient safety, and employee engagement.
• Maintaining regulatory and accreditation readiness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare administration or related area and / or equivalent combination of experience / training.
• Five or more years of comprehensive healthcare operations experience supporting clinical, administrative, and patient service functions, or similar administrative or clinical role to include at least five years of Supervisory experience.
• Strong knowledge of practice operations, patient-scheduling systems, medical and insurance terminology, applicable information systems, patient service standards, and regulatory requirement and best practices.
• Strong knowledge of human resources management policies, with the ability to train, monitor, evaluate, and document human resources issues and performance, and to participate in decision-making on human resources matters.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions.Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaborations with all levels of management and staff, consultants, and outside agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to train and mentor subordinates, to convey complex administrative, clinical, and technical information in a clear and concise manner, and to prepare and present a variety of reports, documentation, analyses, and project proposals.
• Strong knowledge of business software and specialized applications and data management systems used in clinic / center operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Primary Care experience within a large health system.
• Budgeting and history of successful financial management/rev cycle management.
• Demonstrated success in project management and data analysis.
• Human resource experience in an union environment.
• Policy and protocol creation and management.
• Lean Six Sigma training and experience.
• Experience working in a physician dyad (i.e. Clinic medical director).
• Working knowledge of the Epic electronic practice management and medical records system.
• UCSD system knowledge.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $90,600 - $166,400 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%).

Hourly Equivalent: $43.39 - $79.69

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

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If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands‑on practice and in‑person skills assessment; online‑only certification is not acceptable.

UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region, providing leading‑edge care in patient care, biomedical research, education, and community service. Our facilities include two university hospitals, a National Cancer Institute‑designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the only Burn Center in the county, and dozens of outpatient clinics. We invite you to join our team!

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• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace