Senior Director Community Impact

Ascension; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus eligibility

Job summary

Ascension is seeking a leader to develop an enterprise social care strategy that embeds community-based support into routine clinical workflows, ensuring patients receive seamless whole-person care across settings.

You will expand social needs screening, scale a closed-loop referral network with community partners, launch targeted interventions for vulnerable populations, and implement dashboards to track ROI and SROI for sustainable funding.

Qualifications

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years in leadership/management.
• Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years in leadership/management.
• Master's degree or above preferred and beneficial for leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise social care strategy integrating community-based support into clinical workflows.
• Expand standardized social needs screening across the health system to detect obstacles early.
• Scale a closed-loop referral network with community partners to resolve patient needs.
• Launch targeted health interventions for vulnerable populations to reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
• Collaborate with clinical, technology, and actuarial leaders to secure sustainable funding under philanthropic and value-based payer arrangements.
• Establish ROI and SROI measurement frameworks and dashboards to track impacts.

Education

High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience

Associate's or Bachelor's degree with 3 years applicable cumulative job specific experience, with 2 years in leadership/management

Master's degree or above (preferred)

Job description

• Develop an enterprise social care strategy to embed community-based support directly into routine clinical workflows, ensuring patients receive seamless whole-person care across every setting.
• Expand standardized social needs screening across the health system to detect nonmedical obstacles early and connect individuals to dignified, culturally responsive resources.
• Scale a closed-loop referral network alongside community partners to verify that vital patient needs like food, housing, and transportation are fully resolved.
• Launch targeted health interventions for vulnerable populations to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve long-term health outcomes.
• Partner with clinical, technology, and actuarial leaders to identify high-opportunity patient populations, lowering total care costs and securing sustainable funding under philanthropic and value-based payer arrangements.
• Demonstrate return on investment (ROI) and social return on investment (SROI) of social care interventions by establishing robust measurement frameworks, performance metrics, and interactive data dashboards to track clinical, operational, and community-level impacts.

Your future role at a glance

• Location: Remote with up to 30% travel
• Department: Mission, Community Services
• Schedule: Days | Full-time
• Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

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How you’ll make an impact in this role

• Develop an enterprise social care strategy to embed community-based support directly into routine clinical workflows, ensuring patients receive seamless whole-person care across every setting.
• Expand standardized social needs screening across the health system to detect nonmedical obstacles early and connect individuals to dignified, culturally responsive resources.
• Scale a closed-loop referral network alongside community partners to verify that vital patient needs like food, housing, and transportation are fully resolved.
• Launch targeted health interventions for vulnerable populations to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve long-term health outcomes.
• Partner with clinical, technology, and actuarial leaders to identify high-opportunity patient populations, lowering total care costs and securing sustainable funding under philanthropic and value-based payer arrangements.
• Demonstrate return on investment (ROI) and social return on investment (SROI) of social care interventions by establishing robust measurement frameworks, performance metrics, and interactive data dashboards to track clinical, operational, and community-level impacts.

What Minimum Requirements You’ll Need

Licensure / Certification / Registration

• Required Credential(s):
• None Required.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences

• Master's degree or above
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing enterprise social determinants of health or population health initiatives within a health system or health plan.
• Proven track record aligning social care interventions with value-based care contracts, risk models and payer partnerships.

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.

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