Director, Clinical Integration
AMSURG
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nashville • Tennessee • United States
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About the role
- Lead clinical workstreams for all acquisitions, de novos and mergers, ensuring alignment with AMSURG’s clinical policies and standards, regulatory requirements, and patient safety expectations
- Oversee clinical due diligence, identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities related to quality, compliance, infection prevention, credentialing, and clinical operations
- Develop and execute comprehensive clinical integration plans, including readiness assessments, day-one workflows, post-close optimization, and long-term alignment milestones
- Establish clinical KPIs to evaluate integration success and ensure alignment with enterprise clinical and operational objectives
- Create clinical onboarding processes, tools, documents, and checklists to support consistent integration outcomes across all service lines
- Serve as the lead clinical liaison to all other cross-functional teams throughout the integration lifecycle
- Provide leadership-level presentations, updates, and risk assessments to senior stakeholders
- Consolidate and analyze clinical data to support integration decisions
- Coordinate with physician partners and center leaders to ensure clinical workflows, policies, and practices meet AMSURG standards
- Ensure consistent, comprehensive application of AMSURG clinical standards across newly acquired or developed centers
- Partner with Quality and Compliance teams to ensure adherence to accreditation requirements (AAAHC, The Joint Commission) and CMS Conditions for Coverage
- Lead evaluations for documentation practices, infection prevention protocols, medication management, equipment readiness, and safety programs
- Identify clinical risks and lead mitigation strategies to improve patient safety and operational readiness
- Guide center’s clinical teams through organizational change, supporting cultural alignment, clinical workflow adoption, and competency standardization
- Support onboarding of clinical leaders, ensuring clinical directors, nursing staff, and key personnel understand AMSURG expectations and resources
- Develop standardized integration tools and maintain enterprise-wide clinical integration documentation
- Contribute to the creation of a knowledge management system capturing lessons learned, best practices, and integration benchmarks
- Collaborate with Clinical and Operations teams to identify opportunities for technology solutions, automation, and predictive analytics
- Identify opportunities to initiate operational changes and policy modifications within Clinical External & Physician Partner Engagement
- Build trusted relationships with new center teams through transparent communication, collaboration, and expert guidance during integration.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business or related field strongly preferred
- Minimum 10 years of clinical leadership experience in an ASC, perioperative, or related healthcare setting
- Experience in clinical integration, acquisitions, de novos, or clinical operations strongly preferred
- Knowledge of CMS, accreditation standards (AAAHC, TJC), and state regulatory requirements
- Project management certification (PMP, CAPM, or similar) preferred but not required
- Deep clinical expertise in ambulatory surgery operations, patient care workflows, regulatory standards, and accreditation
- Strong project management skills and the ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives without direct authority
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence, persuade, and collaborate across all organizational levels
- Analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with comfort interpreting clinical and operational data to drive decisions
- Ability to navigate high-stakes environments, manage competing priorities, and maintain focus on quality and patient safety
- Demonstrated ability to lead change and support clinical teams through periods of transition.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Disability
- Healthcare FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Limited Healthcare FSA
- FSAs for Transportation and Parking & HSAs
- matching 401(K) Plan
- 9 observed holidays
- paid family leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
clinical integrationclinical operationspatient care workflowsregulatory standardsaccreditation standardsclinical data analysisrisk assessmentproject managementinfection prevention protocolsdocumentation practices
Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillscommunication skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationinfluencepersuasionchange managementorganizational change
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree in NursingMaster's degree in Healthcare AdministrationMaster's degree in BusinessProject Management Professional (PMP)Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)