Medical Center Manager

Sanitas Medical Centers; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanitas Medical Centers in Phoenix is seeking a Medical Center Manager to oversee daily operations and drive performance across clinical and administrative teams. You will lead operations to ensure timely, high-quality care and maintain a patient-centered environment.

The role emphasizes patient experience, staff development, regulatory compliance, financial stewardship, and alignment with organizational goals to deliver exceptional care and sustained value for the center.

Responsibilities

• Ensures patients receive an excellent care experience by achieving Service level goals, maintaining a visible presence in the waiting area, and informing patients of any situations.
• Oversees appointment availability per provider and per center, ensuring goals are met.
• Coordinates action plans with providers and medical leadership to address scheduling challenges and optimize provider utilization.
• Leads daily huddles with clinical and operational teams to plan the day, identify patient needs, and ensure effective care coordination.
• Monitors and optimizes the patient visit experience, including cycle time from check-in to check-out, with services.
• Ensures resources capacity is utilized effectively and coordinates with leadership on performance improvement, scheduling, and staffing.
• Assure telephone encounter buckets are addressed daily within 24 hours to support timely patient communication and care continuity.
• Generates and analyzes operational reports to monitor performance, patient satisfaction, and staff engagement.
• Supports implementation of new products and services at the medical center, driving growth initiatives and profitability.
• Ensures adequate staffing aligned with budget, approves overtime only as necessary, and manages uniform compliance and distribution.
• Ensures a safe and healthy environment for patients, staff, and visitors by enforcing company safety policies, training employees, and promoting safe work practices.
• Ensures center financial performance through patient retention and new member assignment by promoting high-quality care, service excellence, and follow-up throughout the patient journey.
• Drives operational excellence by monitoring and improving key performance indicators across the medical center.
• Ensures alignment with organizational and contractual goals by monitoring and closing care gaps for patients.
• Ensures patients within the assigned population are seen according to their risk stratification level, prioritizing high- and very-high-risk members/patients.
• Builds and maintains strong partnerships with peers, providers, and payer representatives to ensure the assigned population receives the best possible care.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Job description

Job Summary

The Medical Center Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations and overall performance of the Sanitas medical center, ensuring operational and service excellence in alignment with organizational goals. This role provides leadership and supervision to clinical and administrative staff, driving operational efficiency, financial performance, and compliance with policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements. The Medical Center Manager monitors key performance indicators, supports care gap closure and population health initiatives, and ensures patients receive timely, coordinated, and high-quality care. Through effective team development, resource management, and collaboration with regional leadership, the Medical Center Manager fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement to achieve both patient care and business objectives.

Job Summary

The Medical Center Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations and overall performance of the Sanitas medical center, ensuring operational and service excellence in alignment with organizational goals. This role provides leadership and supervision to clinical and administrative staff, driving operational efficiency, financial performance, and compliance with policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements. The Medical Center Manager monitors key performance indicators, supports care gap closure and population health initiatives, and ensures patients receive timely, coordinated, and high-quality care. Through effective team development, resource management, and collaboration with regional leadership, the Medical Center Manager fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement to achieve both patient care and business objectives.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ensures patients receive an excellent care experience by achieving Service level goals, maintaining a visible presence in the waiting area, and informing patients of any situations. Engages patients directly to assess their satisfaction, addresses concerns in real time, and de-escalates potential complaints. Identifies and resolves root causes of complaints to prevent recurrence, reduces overall complaint ratios, and promotes patient promoters for social media reviews and Google feedback. Ensures patients leave informed about their next steps and treatment plan.
• Oversees appointment availability per provider and per center, ensuring goals are met.
• Coordinates action plans with providers and medical leadership to address scheduling challenges and optimize provider utilization. Monitors cancellations and no-shows, implements strategies to reduce them, and ensures referral and HIM workflows are followed accurately.
• Leads daily huddles with clinical and operational teams to plan the day, identify patient needs, and ensure effective care coordination. Reviews patient cohorts and organizes resources based on the visit schedule, while monitoring key performance indicators and developing action plans to address gaps and drive improvement.
• Monitors and optimizes the patient visit experience, including cycle time from check-in to check-out, ensuring satisfaction with PCP, Urgent Care, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging services, Care programs.
• Ensures resources capacity is utilized effectively and coordinates with leadership on performance improvement, scheduling, and staffing needs. Supports seamless patient navigation across centers and preferred partner network.
• Assure telephone encounter buckets are addressed daily within 24 hours to support timely patient communication and care continuity.
• Generates and analyzes operational reports to monitor performance, patient satisfaction, and staff engagement. Manages inventories, packing slips, timesheets, and payroll approvals; addresses IT system issues promptly; and ensures supplies are available to support clinical and administrative needs.
• Supports implementation of new products and services at the medical center, drive growth initiatives, and aligns operational strategies with organizational goals to improve efficiency, patient satisfaction, and profitability.
• Ensures adequate staffing aligned with budget, approves overtime only as necessary, and manages uniform compliance and distribution. Promotes teamwork, recognizes outstanding performance, and fosters a healthy, collaborative work environment with open communication. Oversees staff development, including recognition programs and employee engagement initiatives.
• Ensures a safe and healthy environment for patients, staff, and visitors by enforcing company safety policies, training employees, and promoting safe work practices. Conducts regular safety walkthroughs, encourages staff to report hazards, and takes corrective actions to prevent unsafe conditions. Ensures the medical center is clean, safe, and well-maintained by coordinating preventive maintenance, addressing equipment issues, and promoting compliance with safety policies. Oversees the proper maintenance of emergency and rapid response equipment, verifies staff compliance with safety expectations, and activates the emergency plan when required.
• Ensures center financial performance through patient retention and new member assignment by promoting high-quality care, service excellence, and follow-up throughout the patient journey. Supports center profitability by monitoring and controlling operating expenses, managing overtime approvals, and overseeing supply orders. Improves financial performance by ensuring timely collections, reducing claim denials through adherence to workflows, and aligning center operations with organizational goals for efficiency and sustainability.
• Drives operational excellence by monitoring and improving key performance indicators across the medical center. Ensures PCP productivity through effective scheduling, workload management, and provider support. Reduces open and telephone encounters by enforcing timely documentation and follow-up. Improves patient experience by monitoring and addressing complaints, optimizing PCP cycle time to reduce wait periods, and ensuring continuity of care across the care team. Partners with clinical and administrative staff to align workflows, training, and resources with organizational standards and performance goals.
• Ensures alignment with organizational and contractual goals by monitoring and closing care gaps for patients. Improves access to care by overseeing scheduling practices, outreach efforts, and coordination of care for the patient, ensuring patients receive timely services and meet quality measures that support business objectives.
• Ensures patients within the assigned population are seen according to their risk stratification level, prioritizing high- and very-high-risk members/patients. Oversees care coordination and follow-up to provide appropriate services for patients.
• Builds and maintains strong partnerships with peers, providers, and payer representatives to ensure the assigned population receives the best possible care and maximizes the benefits of their insurance coverage. Collaborates across teams and departments to reduce barriers to care, support care coordination, and align operational efforts with organizational and contractual goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.