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Operations Manager I, Ambulatory (Primary Care) Spokane WA (Veradale)

Primary Location Spokane, Washington Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $109000 - $141020 / year
Job Number 1357664 Date posted 05/23/2025
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Operations Manager I - Primary Care

Spokane WA (Veradale Medical Center)

Job Summary:

Manages ambulatory operations to optimize patient care and support organizational goals. Drives implementation of action items and supports compliance with timelines and financial commitments. Designs ad hoc reports to meet specific client needs and translates data into operational initiatives. Manages human resources, including orientation, education, disciplinary procedures, and training and development. Designs survey readiness activities to maintain compliance with regulatory standards and prepares audit documentation. Assists in budget management and payroll administration. Ensures standardized care delivery by managing complex work streams and implementing strategic initiatives. Utilizes data analysis to align strategies and develop plans. Monitors and manages resources to ensure efficient assignment and utilization. Leads multidisciplinary clinical teams and implements emergency preparedness programs. Manages improvements in operations and technology processes, identifying and addressing root causes, and implementing solutions. Aligns performance metrics with strategic department initiatives.



Essential Responsibilities:


  • Provides developmental opportunities for others; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; works closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement. Pursues professional growth; develops and provides training and development to talent for growth opportunities; supports execution of performance management guidelines and expectations. Leads, adapts, implements, and stays up to date with organizational change, challenges, feedback, best practices, processes, and industry trends. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members, engages, motivates, and promotes collaboration within and across teams. Delegates tasks and decisions as appropriate; provides appropriate support, guidance, and scope; encourages development and consideration of options in decision making.

  • Manages designated work unit or team by translating business plans into tactical action items; oversees the completion of work assignments and identifies opportunities for improvement; ensures all policies and procedures are followed. Aligns team efforts; builds accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; determines and ensures processes and methodologies are implemented; resolves escalated issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Fosters the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; identifies and addresses improvement opportunities; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences teams to execute in alignment with operational objectives.

  • Manages ambulatory operations to support patient care by: driving implementation of action items and supporting compliance with timelines and financial commitments; using and providing feedback on standard reports and identifying needed ad hoc reporting to meet specific client needs related to workflow and performance targets; providing feedback as needed on data collection, reviewing data, and translating reports into short-term operational initiatives; managing human resources activities related to recruitment, creating and ensuring the use of standardized procedures and processes for employee management; designing survey and compliance readiness activities, including mock rounds and mitigating issues, to maintain compliance and regulatory standards and developing procedures for preparing audit documentation, information, and reports;and assisting in the development and management of their departments budget, expenditures, and payroll with input from a higher-level leader.

  • Ensures standardized care delivery by: developing strategic partnerships with physicians and subject matter experts and managing complex work streams and implementing strategic initiatives with significant program impact; using data and analysis to ensure strategic alignment while developing and implementing plans; proactively monitoring and managing daily operational activities involving patient care management; managing resources in clinical areas to ensure appropriate assignment and utilization; managing multidisciplinary ambulatory team(s); implementing emergency preparedness programs and ensuring the teams emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current and that staff are trained and know what is expected during and after an emergency; and leading project teams, initiatives and monitoring implementation and delivery on objectives.

  • Manages improvements to patient-centered operations and technology processes by: defining issues and overseeing the development of goals and priorities for strategic projects designed to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency; applying a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve the performance of operations system processes; and ensuring performance metrics used to monitor the success of strategic improvement projects are tied to strategic department initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum two (2) years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.

  • Minimum two (2) years of customer or member/patient service experience.

  • Bachelors degree in a business, nursing, health care, or directly related field AND minimum three (3) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.

Additional Requirements:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Change Management; Confidentiality; Human Resources Systems; Conflict Resolution; Stakeholder Management; Microsoft Office; Training; Legal And Regulatory Requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
  • Two (2) years of project/program management and/or implementation-related experience.
Primary Location: Washington,Spokane,Veradale Health Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-WA-04|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Department: Veradale Medical Center - Medical Office Administration - 1130 Pay Range: $109000 - $141020 / year Travel: No

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

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