Regional Assistant Director - Central Coast

University of California; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking a Regional Assistant Director for the Central Coast to partner with the Director of Operations, oversee daily clinic operations, manage staff, and drive strategic initiatives with budget oversight across multiple sites. You will step in for the Director when needed and guide decisions impacting patient care and clinic performance.

The role includes supervising 3+ clinics, ensuring regulatory compliance, and optimizing costs while maintaining high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Healthcare managerial experience required.
• Clinical leadership, planning and change management skills.
• Ability to persuade and influence across levels to achieve results.
• Experience managing patient services and nursing staffing in high-volume environments.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support daily clinic operations across multiple sites.
• Provide staff management and supervision of clinic managers.
• Act as deputy to the Director, Operations during absences.
• Lead strategic initiatives and projects with financial oversight.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and monitor performance.
• Oversee 3+ targeted clinics within the region and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Staff management

Budget management

Change management

Regulatory compliance

Diplomacy and influencing

Communication skills

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or related field

Job description

Description

Take on a key clinical leadership role within a world-class, award-winning health system. Take your career in an exciting new direction. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health.

As the Regional Assistant Director for the Central Coast, you will serve as the primary operational partner and deputy to the Director, Operation. You will be responsible for supporting daily clinic operations, staff management, and stepping in during the Director's place in their absence to make critical decisions impacting patient care and clinic performance. The position also leads strategic initiatives and projects while providing financial oversight through budget management, performance monitoring, and identifying cost optimization opportunities across multiple clinic locations. Additionally, the Asst. Director will provide direct oversight of 3+ targeted clinics within the assigned region, to include direct supervision of those respective clinic managers.

Salary Range: $105,700.00 - $234,500.00 annually

Qualifications

• Master's degree (Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health or related field) or combination of education and relevant experience
• Healthcare Managerial experience.
• Clinical leadership, planning and change management skills
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of diplomacy in persuading and influencing a wide variety of people at various levels to achieve results.
• Previously demonstrated Healthcare managerial experience and expertise in managing patient services and nursing staffing in environment with a high volume of patient visits.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards and/or regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate decisions to meet the unit's current and future needs.
• Effective interpersonal and political acumen skills.
• Ability to establish a culture of integrity within their unit and with those external to the units.
• Strong knowledge of industry standards, trends and/or regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Skill in analyzing information, problems, situations and procedures to define objectives, identify patterns, and formulate conclusions.
• Skill in setting priorities, which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with faculty, residents, medical students and staff from various social, cultural and economic backgrounds
• Skill in communication to clearly convey complex problems and proposals in both formal and informal situations.