Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is seeking an Executive Director, Medical Network Ambulatory Surgery Centers. This executive leadership role provides strategic direction, operational oversight, and overall accountability for a portfolio of hospital-owned and joint-venture ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). You will ensure clinical quality, regulatory compliance, strong financial performance, and effective physician partnerships, all while aligning with the broader strategic objectives of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Network.
What You'll Do
- Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for Medical Network ambulatory surgery services in alignment with system objectives.
- Develop and execute regional ambulatory surgery strategies to support growth, access, quality, and differentiation.
- Oversee operational performance across multiple ambulatory surgery centers including access, throughput, staffing, and patient experience.
- Be accountable for financial performance including budget management, case volume, EBITDA, labor productivity, and cost-per-case.
- Lead annual operating plans, long-range strategic planning, and capital planning initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements including CMS, AAAHC or Joint Commission, and state agencies.
- Partner with clinical leadership to promote patient safety, quality outcomes, and continuous performance improvement.
- Oversee quality programs including credentialing, infection prevention, performance improvement, and case review.
- Address escalated patient, physician, or regulatory issues requiring executive-level intervention.
- Provide executive oversight of ambulatory surgery center administrators and regional operational leadership.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with physicians, anesthesia providers, and clinical partners.
- Drive standardization of operating procedures, governance structures, and management practices across centers.
- Oversee vendor relationships and contracts including anesthesia services, implants, and service agreements.
- Lead workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning initiatives.
- Support physician recruitment, onboarding, block utilization, and case migration strategies.
- Oversee ambulatory surgery center development, expansion, and facility modernization initiatives.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities for new ambulatory surgery center development, acquisitions, and service line expansion.
- Monitor and report key performance indicators and prepare executive-level reporting for leadership and governance bodies.
- Lead the end-to-end onboarding and integration of new ambulatory surgery centers across the acquisition, joint venture, and de novo development models.
What We're Looking For
- 10 years minimum progressive leadership experience in ambulatory surgery, outpatient services, or healthcare operations.
- 12 years minimum ASC or outpatient leadership experience.
- 10 years minimum demonstrated success managing multiple sites or a regional portfolio.
- 10 years minimum experience in physician partnership or joint-venture environments.
- 10 years minimum proven financial management and P&L accountability.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.
