Quinault Community Health Clinic Director

At Quinault Community Health, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day by improving access to high-quality healthcare for our community.

Quinault Community Health is a rural healthcare organization dedicated to serving the entire community with accessible, high-quality care. We provide comprehensive services including primary care, pediatric care, behavioral health, and walk-in/urgent care services, ensuring patients receive coordinated care across the full continuum of health needs.

We proudly serve members of our community regardless of insurance status, including individuals with private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and those who are uninsured, reinforcing our commitment to equitable access to care for all.

We are seeking an experienced, visionary Clinic Director to join our Executive Leadership Team. This senior leadership role is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of our Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), ensuring the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered healthcare while advancing our mission to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

If you are an innovative healthcare leader with experience managing outpatient clinical operations, developing service lines, leading multidisciplinary teams, and driving organizational growth, we invite you to apply.

The Ideal Candidate Is:

• A strategic and collaborative healthcare leader
• Passionate about improving patient care and healthcare access
• Skilled at leading change and building high-performing teams
• Data-driven and committed to continuous quality improvement
• Comfortable making operational and strategic decisions in a dynamic environment
• Dedicated to excellence, accountability, and servant leadership

As a Clinic Director, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the health center by:

• Leading day-to-day clinic operations to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality patient care
• Supervising, mentoring, coaching, and developing managers and clinic staff
• Collaborating with providers, nursing leadership, and administrative teams to improve patient access, workflow, and clinical outcomes
• Developing and implementing operational strategies that support growth, quality improvement, and organizational excellence
• Monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), including productivity, patient satisfaction, quality measures, and operational performance
• Managing departmental budgets, staffing models, and resource allocation
• Ensuring compliance with FQHC requirements, state and federal regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies
• Building strong relationships with patients, community partners, and stakeholders
• Serving as a trusted member of the Executive Leadership Team while helping shape the strategic direction of the organization

Required:

• Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Nursing, Business Administration, or a related field (a minimum of five (5) years of higher-level healthcare management experience may substitute for a master’s degree)
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible healthcare management experience
• At least three (3) years of leadership or supervisory experience in a clinic, FQHC, or outpatient healthcare setting
• Experience with service line development, implementation, and expansion
• Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, strategic planning, budget development and resource allocation, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, patient flow optimization, and revenue cycle operations
• Experience utilizing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and analytical skills
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced healthcare environment
• Commitment to serving diverse and underserved populations
• Ability to successfully pass a criminal background investigation, reference check, and drug screening (including marijuana)

Licensure:

• Current Washington State professional license or certification in a healthcare-related field (preferred, if applicable to discipline)
• Valid Washington State Driver’s License with an insurable driving record

Physical & Cognitive Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent must regularly see and hear; frequently stand, walk, speak, and use hands and fingers to grasp, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and occasionally reach with arms and hands, operate foot controls, bend, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• The incumbent must possess the cognitive ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions; interpret and apply policies, procedures, and regulations; maintain attention to detail; exercise sound judgment and discretion; analyze information; think logically and critically; solve problems; prioritize competing demands; make timely and appropriate decisions; adapt to changing situations; and maintain concentration, memory, and situational awareness while performing essential job functions.
• Required abilities include manual and finger dexterity, hand-eye coordination, analytical thinking, initiative, accuracy, alertness, reasoning, sound judgment, effective decision-making, and the ability to respond appropriately in routine and unexpected situations.

Working Conditions:

• Work is primarily performed in an indoor healthcare or office environment for up to 10 hours per day, with frequent interaction with patients, staff, and visitors in a fast-paced setting.
• This position requires the ability to travel between assigned work locations throughout the Aberdeen, Washington area. Employees are responsible for providing their own reliable transportation unless otherwise authorized.
• The work environment may involve exposure to odors, fumes, gases, airborne particles, moving mechanical equipment, and biological hazards commonly found in healthcare settings. Occasional exposure to cleaning agents and other chemicals, wet or humid conditions, electrical equipment, elevated work areas, intermittent vibration, and temperature variations may occur. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety protocols are provided and must be followed.