Company Description

Heart & Vascular Partners LLC (“HVP” or the “Company”) is a leading, national management services organization built exclusively to support independent cardiology and vascular practices and their physician partners. HVP was founded by clinicians, for clinicians, to provide specialized supported services to meet the needs of cardiovascular care, including managed care contracting, facility development and operations, revenue cycle management, and marketing to both patients and referral partners.

HVP serves its partners through a national and scaled service delivery platform. The Company remains active in expanding its impact through the leading practices in the markets it targets for investment. Bringing together the most innovative, successful, independent cardiovascular clinicians across the country delivers unique insight, scale, and acceleration of realizing the potential value of each practice for its community, partners, and team members.

Summary

The Director of ASC Operations is responsible for the planning, design, and execution of multiple development projects across HVP’s markets and practice partnerships. The successful establishment of high-quality, efficient outpatient care for our physician partners is one of the most important and value-creating services HVP offers its partners. Additionally, the Director will support the management teams of each ASC by working closely with the COO to share best practices, data, and shared initiatives across HVP’s portfolio. The role is both strategic and tactical, requires the ability to manage multiple stages of multiple processes simultaneously, think creatively and strategically to solve challenges in each market, communicate clearly and persuasively, and to understand technical and operational details of ASC management. This is a role with critical responsibilities and points of coordination with HVP’s CFO, HVP’s partner practices (and their physician and administrative leaders), and third-party consultants.

Essential Responsibilities:

ASC Development: Project Management

• Lead ASC development projects on behalf of HVP and its physician partners.
• Manage real estate (site) selection and lease negotiations.
• Select and manage third party service providers, including architects, engineers, and general contractors through the duration of each project.
• Assist in the creation of project budgets and pro forma, tracking and reporting on results throughout project duration.
• Where applicable, lead efforts to receive regulatory approvals (e.g., certificate of need, accreditation surveys) for the establishment of an ASC.
• Coordinate communications with HVP, AHP, and physician partners regarding pace, scope, and performance to budget for each project.

ASC Operations: Initial Stand-Up and Integration to HVP

• Operate a well-organized process to procure specialized equipment, and coordinate between vendors and architect/contractor teams.
• Establish and quantify equipment and consumables needs with physician partners; identify and manage group procurement opportunities with the COO and build procurement cards per procedure.
• Work closely with practice leadership and HVP HR to specific and recruit staff (clinical and non-clinical) needed to open and maintain ASC operations; interview and make recommendations on hires.
• Manage accreditation (AAAHC or Joint Commission) and CMS credentialing of facility; complete all licensure requirements per state, as needed.
• Establish, and implement, necessary policies and procedures, rules and regulations, as well as applicable bylaws required for operation of a first-rate facility.
• Initiate credentialing and contracting processes with commercial payers with support of HVP contracting team.
• Lead marketing efforts, including event management, tied to ASC opening.

Continuous Operating Support

• Dedicated clinical and operational reporting to ASC administrators, as supported by COO.
• Lead cross-portfolio projects in best practices or outcomes data aggregation.
• Support for ASC administrators via management process.
• Active participant in, and contributor to, individual ASC Boards/MECs
• Develop and execute to facility annual budget performance
• Manage key vendor relationships re: enterprise supply sourcing, equipment contracts, etc.

Essential Skills

• Communication and presence, especially with physicians, with ability to develop relationships easily.
• Resilience and extroverted energy to source leads in competitive and challenging market.
• Detailed orientation, and ability to multitask across several simultaneous projects.
• Business acumen and comfort with complexity of physician practice transactions.
• Ability to make prudent and effective decisions, on your feet, quickly and clearly.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong understanding and commitment to the concept of confidentiality and discretion.

Education and Experience

• At least three (3) years in an ASC development or multi-facility operating role with direct exposure to physicians.
• Experience in outpatient cardiovascular facilities preferred, but not required.
• Demonstrated process leadership experience in multifaceted, complex projects.
• Bachelor's degree; MBA a plus.

Supervisory Responsibility: Coordination of contractors and consultants.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability occasionally to lift files, office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds. This position is primarily a desk position, requiring sitting longer hours at the computer typing on a keyboard.

Days/Hours This is a full-time position, the schedule of which is determined by the Supervisor. Can work varying or longer schedules, if needs require.

Travel: National travel will be required, at a minimum of 2 days a week expected.

Other Duties: As assigned.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.