Provider Connected, Patient Centered, and Personally Coordinated
Clinical Operations Director
Location
United States
Posted
15 days ago
Salary
$135K - $155K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Clinical Operations Director
Alopex
• Provide operational leadership and oversight for Care Coordination and Enrollment teams • Directly manage frontline operational staff, including Team Leads, Care Coordinators, and Enrollment Specialists • Own frontline operational execution, workforce accountability, and service line performance across Clinical Operations • Partner with executive leadership to support organisational growth initiatives and operational scaling • Monitor and drive operational KPIs related to productivity, engagement, quality, patient outcomes, and operational performance • Support staffing strategy, workforce planning, scheduling oversight, and operational resource allocation • Ensure operational consistency across service lines, workflows, and customer implementations • Coach, mentor, and support frontline operational leaders and staff • Promote accountability, consistency, and operational excellence across teams • Support onboarding, performance management, corrective action, and employee development • Foster a collaborative, patient-centred, and high-performance operational culture • Drive operational execution across traditional CCM, LTC and future population health service lines.
Job Requirements
- Active RN license strongly preferred
- 7+ years of healthcare operations leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience leading frontline operational teams in healthcare environments
- Experience in CCM, population health, managed care, telephonic care management, LTC, or value-based care strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience leading remote or hybrid operational teams
- Strong understanding of productivity management, operational KPIs, and workforce planning
- Experience leading teams through organizational growth, operational change, and workflow transformation
- Strong communication, coaching, accountability, and leadership skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving operational environment.
Benefits
- Reliable high-speed internet connection suitable for professional calls and video conferencing.
- Quiet, secure, and professional work environment suitable for discussing sensitive health information and Protected Health Information (PHI).
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