Multi-Unit Clinic Manager (Optometry/Ophthalmology)

Atrio Search; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrio Search Limited is seeking a seasoned Multi-Unit Clinic Manager to lead clinical operations across a multi-site eye care platform, partnering with physician leaders, regional Ops, and corporate teams to drive clinical excellence, efficiency, and a consistent patient experience.

Ideal candidates have 8–12+ years in healthcare operations, multi-site eye care, and PE-backed or rapidly scaling environments, with strong change management and analytics leadership.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations.
• Experience in multi-site eye care, ophthalmology, optometry, or aligned physician practice environments.
• Experience in private equity–backed, sponsor-owned, or rapidly scaling healthcare organizations.
• Strong operational, analytical, and people leadership capabilities.
• Experience leading through change, integration, and growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across a geographically dispersed network of eye care practices (ophthalmology, optometry, ASC, and ancillary services as applicable).
• Standardize and optimize clinical workflows, policies, and procedures while respecting physician autonomy and clinical quality.
• Drive consistent execution of care models, scheduling practices, staffing structures, and patient flow processes.
• Act as a trusted operational partner to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and clinical leadership teams.
• Support physician onboarding, engagement, retention, and alignment with platform objectives.
• Collaborate with Medical Directors and clinical committees to ensure best practices and continuous improvement.
• Operate effectively within a PE-backed MSO, supporting value creation initiatives including scalability, margin improvement, and practice performance optimization.
• Support integration of newly acquired practices, including operational onboarding, system implementation, and change management.
• Contribute to acquisition diligence by assessing clinical operations, staffing models, and readiness for integration.
• Develop and monitor key clinical and operational KPIs (e.g., productivity, access, patient experience, staffing efficiency, quality metrics).
• Translate data into actionable insights and improvement plans at the practice and regional level.
• Partner with finance and operations leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and profitability initiatives tied to clinical operations.
• Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local healthcare regulations, including but not limited to HIPAA, OSHA, CMS, and state board requirements.
• Uphold high standards for patient safety, clinical quality, and risk management across all sites.
• Lead responses to audits, inspections, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support implementation and optimization of EHRs, practice management systems, and clinical technologies.
• Lead process improvements designed to scale operations while maintaining high-quality patient care.
• Champion change management initiatives in support of platform growth and transformation.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Multi-site operations

Data-driven decision making

People leadership

Change management

Job description

The Multi-Unit Clinic Manager is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing and optimising clinical operations across a multi-site eye care platform, including ophthalmology and optometry practices. This role partners closely with physician leaders, regional operations, and corporate functions to drive clinical excellence, operational efficiency, scalable growth, and a consistent patient experience.

This position is ideally suited for a leader with experience in a private equity–backed MSO's who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment and supporting practices through growth, integration, and transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Operations Leadership

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across a geographically dispersed network of eye care practices (ophthalmology, optometry, ASC, and ancillary services as applicable).
• Standardize and optimize clinical workflows, policies, and procedures while respecting physician autonomy and clinical quality.
• Drive consistent execution of care models, scheduling practices, staffing structures, and patient flow processes.
• Act as a trusted operational partner to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and clinical leadership teams.
• Support physician onboarding, engagement, retention, and alignment with platform objectives.
• Collaborate with Medical Directors and clinical committees to ensure best practices and continuous improvement.

Private Equity Environment & Growth Enablement

• Operate effectively within a PE-backed MSO, supporting value creation initiatives including scalability, margin improvement, and practice performance optimization.
• Support integration of newly acquired practices, including operational onboarding, system implementation, and change management.
• Contribute to acquisition diligence by assessing clinical operations, staffing models, and readiness for integration.

Performance Management & KPIs

• Develop and monitor key clinical and operational KPIs (e.g., productivity, access, patient experience, staffing efficiency, quality metrics).
• Translate data into actionable insights and improvement plans at the practice and regional level.
• Partner with finance and operations leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and profitability initiatives tied to clinical operations.

Quality, Compliance & Risk

• Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local healthcare regulations, including but not limited to HIPAA, OSHA, CMS, and state board requirements.
• Uphold high standards for patient safety, clinical quality, and risk management across all sites.
• Lead responses to audits, inspections, and quality improvement initiatives.

Systems, Process & Scale

• Support implementation and optimization of EHRs, practice management systems, and clinical technologies.
• Lead process improvements designed to scale operations while maintaining high-quality patient care.
• Champion change management initiatives in support of platform growth and transformation.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• 8–12+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations.
• Demonstrated experience in multi-site eye care, ophthalmology, optometry, or aligned physician practice environments.
• Proven track record working in private equity–backed, sponsor-owned, or rapidly scaling healthcare organizations.
• Strong operational, analytical, and people leadership capabilities.
• Experience leading through change, integration, and growth initiatives.

Preferred

• Experience supporting M&A integration or de novo site growth.
• Familiarity with ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and ancillary eye care services.
• Background partnering directly with physician owners or medical leadership.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
• Credible partner to physicians and clinical teams
• Change leader with high emotional intelligence
• Comfortable balancing standardization with local nuance in clinical environments