Assistant Vice President of Operations

Kintegra Health; Gastonia (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintegra Health in Gastonia, NC, is seeking an Assistant Vice President of Operations to provide organization-wide operational oversight and standardize workflows across departments. The AVP will lead float staff, monitor performance, and align operations with patient-centered care.

A bachelor’s degree is required with MBA or MHA preferred; 10+ years of site operations management experience including multi-site oversight and staff scheduling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Administration, Healthcare or related field; MBA or MHA preferred
• 10+ years site operations management experience required, including multi-site oversight and staff scheduling or workforce management

Responsibilities

• Ensures consistent practice operations across the organization in partnership with AVPs and leaders of departments
• Manages the float staff team, including hiring, scheduling, deployment, and performance across practices and departments
• Represents the VP of Operations on inter-departmental meetings and communicates decisions back to leadership and staff
• Develops, standardizes, and monitors operational policies, procedures, and workflows across the organization
• Uses data/analytics to identify gaps and drive changes in productivity, access, no-show rates, cycle times, and staffing levels
• Leads organization-wide operational initiatives and process improvements spanning multiple departments
• Directs oversight functions for regulatory, accrediting, and third-party payer standards
• Supports patient experience and customer care initiatives to improve access and satisfaction
• Responsible for selection, development, and performance of direct reports; fosters healthy corporate culture
• Helps manage fiscal oversight of float staff labor and utilization to optimize operations
• Builds strong relationships with department leaders to ensure accountability for goals
• Serves as operational backup to VP of Operations and AVPs
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Operational leadership

Staff scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Healthcare

MBA or MHA preferred

Job description

Assistant Vice President of Operations

Executive Administration ALL Full-Time Gastonia, NC, US

Job Information

Title: Assistant Vice President of Operations

Department: Administration

Position Classification/Category: Exempt

Location: Gaston County - Traveling

Reports To: Vice President of Operations

Direct Reports:

Summary of Position

The AVP - Operations provides organization-wide operational oversight, under the direction of the VP of Operations, and works with all departments and business units across the organization. Coordinates across departments to standardize workflows, deploy float staff, and drive consistent operational performance. Represents operations on practice-related and cross-departmental meetings and committees on behalf of the VP of Operations, and leads the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of efficient, patient-centered systems of care and service.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Administration, Healthcare or related field; MBA or MHA preferred

Experience: 10+ years site operations management experience required, including multi-site oversight and staff scheduling or workforce management

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures consistent practice operations across the organization in partnership with the AVPs, Director of Ancillary Services, and leaders of Dental, Behavioral Health, and other business units.
• Manages the float staff team, including hiring, scheduling, deployment, and performance, to cover vacancies, leave, and fluctuating patient demand across practices and departments.
• Represents the VP of Operations on practice-related and cross-departmental meetings and committees; communicates decisions and follow-up actions back to operations leadership and affected departments.
• Develops, standardizes, and monitors operational policies, procedures, and workflows (scheduling, patient flow, check-in/check-out, front office, hand-offs between departments) across the organization.
• Uses operational and financial data/analytics, such as productivity, access, no-show rates, cycle times, and staffing levels, to identify gaps and drive change.
• Leads organization-wide operational initiatives and process improvement projects that span multiple departments, including support for new practice openings and service expansions.
• Directs oversight functions responsible for operational compliance with regulatory, accrediting, and 3rd party payer regulations and standards.
• Supports patient experience and customer care efforts in partnership with Patient Services and Customer Care leadership to improve access and satisfaction.
• Responsible for the selection, development, and performance of direct reports; reviews and evaluates performance to ensure a healthy corporate culture.
• Helps to manage fiscal oversight of allocated resources, including float staff labor and utilization, to optimize efficient and effective operations.
• Builds strong working relationships with department leaders across the organization, fostering communication and shared accountability for operational goals.
• Serves as operational backup to the VP of Operations and AVPs as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Kintegra Health Core Requirements

• Patient First - An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient
• Build not Blame - Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person
• Integrity and Honesty - Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers
• Cooperation and Flexibility - Related to an internal believe that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description
• Culturally Sensitive - Always working toward increasing one’s ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one’s own culture.

Kintegra Health is a is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve.

Our goals are:

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within the counties we service.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient/family-oriented care in a cost-effective manner.