Optical Clinic Manager - NCEENT Optical North Durham

Duke Careers; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clinic Manager at NCEENT of North Durham within Duke Health leads daily ambulatory operations, ensuring high-quality patient care, efficient scheduling, and regulatory compliance. This role oversees non-nursing staff, coordinates resources, and supports physician and APP teams.

Responsibilities include managing patient flow, staffing, budget monitoring, and implementing quality improvements to enhance patient outcomes and clinic performance in a day-shift, Mon-Fri setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, or related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of related administrative or clinic management experience required.
• Clinic Managers with clinical responsibilities are required to maintain current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily clinic operations, including patient flow, appointment scheduling, access metrics, and service recovery; ensure operational readiness and a patient-centered experience.
• Supervise and coordinate clinic staff (all clinical but non-nursing), including scheduling, assignment of duties, performance evaluation, and training.
• Monitor and manage operational metrics (volumes, productivity, access, and wait times) to ensure service excellence and efficiency.
• Partner with nursing and/or clinical leads to ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and infection control requirements.
• Participate in the development and monitoring of clinic budgets, including labor and supply costs; identify cost-containment opportunities.
• Implement quality improvement initiatives and standard work processes to improve patient outcomes and operational performance.
• Coordinate operational support for physician and APP teams, ensuring efficient clinic workflows and resource availability.
• Support onboarding, orientation, and training for new administrative staff, and ensure ongoing development for existing team members.

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, or related field

Job description

Optical Clinic Manager - NCEENT Optical North Durham

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Work Arrangement:

Requisition Number: 274446

Regular or Temporary: Regular

Location: Durham, NC, US, 27704

Date: Sep 2, 2026

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Health Integrated Practice, which comprises more than 110 primary and specialty outpatient clinics, extending the reach of Duke Health's mission across the state of North Carolina.

JOB LOCATION

NCEENT of North Durham - 4102 North Roxboro Street

JOB SUMMARY

The Clinic Manager is responsible for the daily operational, clinical (non-nursing), administrative, and patient service functions of one or more ambulatory clinic locations. This role ensures high-quality patient care, efficient clinic operations, and compliance with DUHS policies, procedures, and regulatory standards. The Clinic Manager oversees clinic staff, coordinates resources, supports physician and advanced practice provider teams, and drives performance improvement initiatives. This role actively participates in planning, resource allocation, and change management efforts within the assigned clinic(s).

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee daily clinic operations, including patient flow, appointment scheduling, access metrics, and service recovery; ensure operational readiness and a patient-centered experience.

Supervise and coordinate clinic staff (all clinical but non-nursing), including scheduling, assignment of duties, performance evaluation, and training.

Monitor and manage operational metrics (volumes, productivity, access, and wait times) to ensure service excellence and efficiency.

Partner with nursing and/or clinical leads to ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and infection control requirements.

Participate in the development and monitoring of clinic budgets, including labor and supply costs; identify cost-containment opportunities.

Implement quality improvement initiatives and standard work processes to improve patient outcomes and operational performance.

Coordinate operational support for physician and APP teams, ensuring efficient clinic workflows and resource availability.

Support onboarding, orientation, and training for new administrative staff, and ensure ongoing development for existing team members.

JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, or related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of related administrative or clinic management experience required.
• Clinic Managers with clinical responsibilities are required to maintain current BLS certification.

JOB HOURS

The schedule for this position is day shifts, Monday-Friday

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Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flâ iring. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh

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