Clinical Operations Partner

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 43,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health seeks a Clinical Operations Partner & Executive Assistant to support clinical and operational leadership, manage calendars, communications, meetings, and strategic initiatives. This remote role requires Utah residency and occasional onsite attendance for events and meetings.

The position oversees enterprise operations, performance reporting, KPIs, and cross-functional programs, partnering with the Vice President to drive accountability and sustain improvements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated progressive experience in healthcare operations with leadership support.
• Experience supporting enterprise or regional operations and coordinating complex initiatives.
• Proven ability to monitor, analyze, and report KPIs and translate data into insights.
• Strong relationships with clinical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience driving process improvement and coordinating cross-functional work.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical and operational leadership on strategic initiatives and performance improvements.
• Manage complex calendars, executive communications, meetings, and presentations.
• Coordinate cross-functional strategies, internal system initiatives, and external partnerships.
• Provide data-driven insights for leadership decision-making and accountability.

Skills

Leadership and cross-functional coord

Relationship building

Strategic problem-solving

Data analysis and reporting

Process improvement

Financial management

Change management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Job DescriptionThe Clinical Operations Partner & Executive Assistant serves as a trusted partner to clinical and operational leadership, supporting strategic initiatives that improve performance, operational efficiency, and value-based outcomes. The role combines clinical operations support with high-level executive assistance, including complex calendar management, executive communications, meeting and presentation preparation, project coordination, and follow-up on leadership priorities. This individual ensures strategic initiatives move forward while providing proactive, highly organized support to senior leadership.

Job DescriptionThe Clinical Operations Partner & Executive Assistant serves as a trusted partner to clinical and operational leadership, supporting strategic initiatives that improve performance, operational efficiency, and value-based outcomes. The role combines clinical operations support with high-level executive assistance, including complex calendar management, executive communications, meeting and presentation preparation, project coordination, and follow-up on leadership priorities. This individual ensures strategic initiatives move forward while providing proactive, highly organized support to senior leadership. This is a remote position; however, the selected candidate must reside in the state of Utah and live within a reasonable driving distance to attend onsite meetings, leadership events, and other in-person activities as needed. Preferred candidates with a strong Executive Assistant background, proactive planning, project support and measurement/metric tracking

Job ProfileThis position oversees enterprise and regional operations, performance reporting, and strategic initiatives essential to the success of the business. The role is responsible for developing, monitoring, and interpreting key performance indicators (KPIs) tied to core operational outcomes such as utilization, throughput, and quality. It provides insights that inform leadership decision-making and identifies opportunities to improve performance across markets. The Business Operations Partner also coordinates complex, cross-functional strategies, including internal system initiatives and external partnerships. This role ensures alignment with organizational priorities, regulatory expectations, and contractual obligations while advancing enterprise goals. Works both strategically and operationally—partnering closely with the Vice President to lead priority initiatives, drive accountability, and sustain performance improvements across the organization.

Skills

• Leadership and cross-functional coordination
• Relationship building and stakeholder engagement
• Strategic problem-solving
• Data analysis and performance reporting
• Process improvement
• Financial management
• Change management
• Attention to detail

Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrated progressive experience in a healthcare operations environment with increasing responsibility in operational leadership support.
• Experience supporting enterprise or regional operations, including coordination of complex initiatives and alignment across multiple stakeholders, departments, or care settings.
• Proven experience in monitoring, analyzing, and reporting key performance indicators (KPIs) at a department, regional, or organizational level, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with clinical, operational, and executive stakeholders across the organization.
• Experience supporting or leading process improvement initiatives that drive operational efficiency, reduce variation, and align with organizational priorities.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional work, including coordination of internal teams and external partners (e.g., payer relationships, delegated entities, or vendors).
• Strong organizational, communication, and execution skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive follow-through in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in business, healthcare, human resources or related field. Education must be obtained through an
• accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Demonstrated experience in budget development and management.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

LocationKey Bank Tower Work CitySalt Lake City Work StateUtah Scheduled Weekly Hours40 The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $31.01 - $48.84 We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Here.

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