Associate Director of Operations - Colony Park

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Ridgeland (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Colony Park Administration in Mississippi seeks an Associate Director of Operations to partner with senior leadership in planning, directing, and managing clinical operations at Colony Park North.

The role requires a degree and 3 years in clinical operations, with supervisory experience. Responsibilities include policy development, budget oversight, staff training, and ensuring compliance to deliver high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Degree (Associate’s or Bachelor’s) in a related field with 3 years of clinical operations experience.
• Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare administration and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Directs day-to-day clinical operations to support providers, staff, and customers while meeting HR goals for staff satisfaction, recruitment, and retention.
• Develops policies and procedures and monitors workflow quality to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Manages staff including work allocation, training, scheduling, evaluation, and issue resolution.
• Implements organizational policies to achieve departmental priorities and long-range goals.
• Maintains equipment and inventory levels, ensuring proper care and maintenance for quality patient care.
• Prepares reports and maintains records for quality care, personnel management, and reimbursement.

Skills

Healthcare administration

Resource allocation

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Policy implementation

Staff supervision

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in a related field

Job description

Job Requisition ID:

R00053768

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

Colony Park Administration

Location/s:

Colony Park North

Job Title:

Associate Director of Operations - Colony Park

Job Summary:

Collaborates with senior management in the planning, direction, coordination, and management of the practice plan or clinical operations in an assigned area. Implement policies and procedures necessary to achieve departmental short- and long-range goals and objectives.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Degree (Associate’s or Bachelor’s) and three (3) years of work experience in clinical operations, including one (1) year of experience in a supervisory or leadership role.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of healthcare administration. Skill in allocating resources and controlling costs. Verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills. Organizational skills. Ability to implement policies and procedures. Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees.

Responsibilities

• Directs the day-to-day clinical operations to effectively support the needs of providers, staff, and customers; to meet HR goals and objectives for staff satisfaction, recruitment, and retention. Develops policies and procedures and monitors quality and quantity of workflow to ensure that work is completed; monitors quality of department operations and recommends changes as needed to ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations.
• Manages employees to include work allocation, quality, compliance, training, scheduling, evaluation, and problem resolution to promote harmony among the team.
• Implements organizational policies and procedures to accomplish departmental priorities and long-range goals in a proactive and timely manner.
• Maintains sufficient equipment and inventory levels; ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of supplies and equipment that promotes efficiency and an environment of quality patient care.
• Prepares reports and maintains applicable records and files in support of quality patient care, personnel management and appropriate reimbursement.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, frequent sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

09/24/2026