Physician Practice Operations Manager

Ascension; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

403(b) retirement

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance

Parental leave

Wellness resources

Job summary

Ascension in Nashville, TN, is seeking a healthcare operations leader for Saint Thomas Medical Partners’ Outpatient Surgery services. This full-time, days role focuses on building a high-performing team, improving patient flow, and aligning physician compensation with financial goals.

Responsibilities include overseeing recruitment, staff development, and ensuring regulatory and care coordination excellence within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Education: HS diploma or equivalent with 2 years of cumulative leadership experience, or 4 years of job-specific experience with 1 year leadership.
• Experience in managing teams in healthcare environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Empower Your Team: Oversees recruitment, professional development, and staff satisfaction to cultivate a high-performing culture.
• Operational Excellence: Optimizes patient flow, site policies, and physician scheduling to keep the practice running smoothly.
• Strategic Growth: Collaborates with physician leadership to meet financial goals and may shape physician compensation systems.
• Quality Stewardship: Champions regulatory compliance and patient care coordination to meet high standards of excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Recruitment

Staff development

Payroll management

Regulatory compliance

Patient care coordination

Education

HS diploma w/ leadership experience

4 years related experience + 1 year leadership

Job description

• Empower Your Team: You will cultivate a high-performing culture by overseeing recruitment, professional development, and staff satisfaction, ensuring every team member feels supported and heard.
• Operational Excellence: From optimizing patient flow and site policies to managing physician scheduling and payroll, you'll keep the practice running like a well-oiled machine.
• Strategic Growth: You'll collaborate directly with physician leadership to meet financial goals and may play a key role in evolving our physician compensation systems.
• Quality Stewardship: You will serve as a champion for regulatory compliance and patient care coordination, ensuring our clinical services meet the highest standards of excellence.

Your future role at a glance

• Location: Nashville, TN
• Facility: Saint Thomas Medical Partners
• Specialty: Outpatient Surgery
• Schedule: Full-time | Days

How you’ll make an impact in this role

• Empower Your Team: You will cultivate a high-performing culture by overseeing recruitment, professional development, and staff satisfaction, ensuring every team member feels supported and heard.
• Operational Excellence: From optimizing patient flow and site policies to managing physician scheduling and payroll, you'll keep the practice running like a well-oiled machine.
• Strategic Growth: You'll collaborate directly with physician leadership to meet financial goals and may play a key role in evolving our physician compensation systems.
• Quality Stewardship: You will serve as a champion for regulatory compliance and patient care coordination, ensuring our clinical services meet the highest standards of excellence.

What Minimum Requirements You’ll Need

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience and 1 year of cumulative leadership experience required. OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience and 1 year of cumulative leadership experience required.

Benefits that help you thrive

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Equal employment opportunity employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.