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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Operations Mgr II - Ambulatory

Business & StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOakland, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum four years of experience in a leadership role, with or without direct reports.
  • Minimum three years of customer or member/patient service experience.
  • A bachelor’s degree in business, nursing, health care, or a directly related field and a minimum of five years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field, or a minimum of eight years of experience in business operations, clinical health care, or a directly related field.

Responsibilities

  • Manage ambulatory operations to optimize patient care and support organizational goals.
  • Drive implementation of action items, ensuring compliance with timelines and financial commitments.
  • Develop and guide short- and long-term operational initiatives.
  • Manage human resources, including orientation, education, disciplinary procedures, and training and development.
  • Lead continuous survey readiness activities and prepare audit documentation.
  • Develop, monitor, and control departmental payroll, budget, and financial management.
  • Develop strategic partnerships with physicians, subject matter experts, and service area leaders to ensure standardized care delivery.
  • Develop and implement plans, policies, and processes for data gathering and analysis while ensuring guideline and regulation alignment.
  • Manage resources to ensure optimal assignment and utilization.
  • Lead multidisciplinary clinical teams and assist in designing emergency preparedness programs.
  • Manage improvements in operations and technology processes by identifying root causes and implementing solutions.
  • Ensure performance metrics used to monitor success align with strategic organizational initiatives.
  • Create developmental opportunities, hire and develop talent, evaluate talent for succession planning, and set performance management guidelines across teams and units.
  • Manage designated units or teams by translating business plans into tactical action items, overseeing work completion, ensuring policies and procedures are followed, and addressing improvement opportunities.
  • Communicate goals and objectives, incorporate resources, costs, and forecasts into team and unit plans, and ensure matrixed resources meet service or performance requirements.
  • Develop and implement workflows and strategies to achieve performance targets and align with market strategies.
  • Lead survey and compliance readiness activities, including mock rounds and issue mitigation, and develop procedures for audit documentation, information, and reports.
  • Contribute to departmental payroll and non-payroll budget control and financial cost reduction.
  • Oversee complex workstreams, align patient care management solutions across departments or service lines, and manage clinical resources for appropriate assignment and utilization.
  • Lead ambulatory teams, hold teams accountable for performance, and lead project teams and initiatives through implementation and delivery on objectives.
  • Assist with emergency preparedness programs and ensure emergency preparedness and recovery plans are current and that managers and staff are trained.
  • Lead strategic projects to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and operating efficiency.
  • Develop and manage a structured approach for identifying root causes and implementing solutions to improve operations system processes.
  • Ensure strategic improvement project performance metrics are tied to organizational initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • Basic Life Support certification.
  • Three years of project/program management and/or implementation-related experience.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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