North Valley Surgery Center (NVSC) is a large, multispecialty ambulatory surgery center located at 8901 E. Raintree Drive in Scottsdale, Arizona. Managed by Sovereign Healthcare, a joint venture partner with HonorHealth, NVSC features 7 operating rooms and 5 procedure rooms, providing a comprehensive range of outpatient surgical services. NVSC is AAAHC accredited in both Ambulatory Surgery and Advanced Orthopedic Certification - Total Joint Replacement.
The center offers surgical services in orthopedics, including total joint replacement, ENT, urology, gynecology, podiatry, plastic surgery, pain management, and gastroenterology/endoscopy.
Sovereign Healthcare is seeking an experienced, dynamic ASC Administrator to lead the daily operations of this busy, established surgery center. This is an excellent opportunity for a proven healthcare leader to oversee a large, complex surgical facility, collaborate closely with Sovereign Healthcare and drive operational excellence, clinical quality, patient satisfaction, and financial performance.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive ambulatory surgery center leadership experience-multi-specialty preferred, strong business and financial acumen, and a collaborative leadership style. This highly visible position offers the opportunity to work directly with physician partners, and Sovereign Healthcare's management team to support the center's continued growth and long-term success.
Key Responsibilities
- Operational Leadership: Provide hands-on leadership and oversight of all daily operations ,ensuring operational efficiency, exceptional patient care, and a positive physician experience.
- Financial Management: Maintain accountability for the center's financial performance, including budgets, revenue growth, expense management, labor costs, and achievement of established financial goals.
- Physician and Joint Venture Relationships: Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with physician partners, HonorHealth, and Sovereign Healthcare. Serve as a key liaison between the medical staff, Governing Body, and Sovereign Healthcare.
- Strategic Growth and Business Development: Identify opportunities to increase surgical volume, expand service lines, and improve operating room utilization and overall profitability.
- Clinical Quality and Regulatory Compliance: Partner with the Director of Nursing to ensure compliance with CMS Conditions for Coverage, Arizona Department of Health Services regulations, AAAHC accreditation standards, and applicable patient safety requirements.
- Staff Leadership and Development: Lead, mentor, and develop the center's clinical leadership team. Oversee staffing strategies, employee engagement, performance management, and workforce development.
- Operational Efficiency: Optimize surgical scheduling, block utilization, staffing productivity and resource allocation to maximize efficiency while maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Quality and Patient Experience: Promote a culture of patient safety, accountability, and continuous improvement through oversight of quality initiatives, patient satisfaction, and performance improvement program.
- Governance and Performance Reporting: Collaborate with the Governing Body, Medical Executive Committee, and Sovereign Healthcare leadership to establish strategic priorities, monitor key performance indicators, and implement operational and financial improvement initiatives.
- Minimum of 5 years of management experience in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC), with demonstrated responsibility for clinical and business operations.
- Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or Nursing.
- Demonstrated experience in ASC financial management, budgeting, staffing, revenue cycle operations, and performance improvement.
- Working knowledge of CMS Conditions for Coverage, AAAHC accreditation standards, and applicable state and federal healthcare regulations.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage operational performance, and build strong relationships with physicians and staff.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.