Senior Vice President of Operations

Overview

US Anesthesia Partners is the highest-quality single-specialty anesthesia practice in the United States, with over 6,000 employees distributed across 12 states. Our clinical and non-clinical staff support each other as they work toward a common vision: Empowering people to advance exceptional care.

The Senior Vice President of Operations will be charged with managing a $150M P&L, while serving as a strategic operational leader and business partner to the physician leaders of the USAP Tennessee & Indiana practices. The SVP of Operations will oversee services across the practice locations in the Greater Nashville area (with one site in KY) and the Fort Wayne, IN area. The practices’ combined clinical teams consist of nearly 500 physicians and CRNAs.

The anesthesia services space represents a multi-billion-dollar industry that has been growing steadily over the past several years. Clinical service fragmentation and demand-factors have created a favorable dynamic for collaboration and growth in the sector. USAP’s platform is well positioned to capitalize on this dynamic and grow into new geographies, partnerships and patient populations. The successful candidate will lead USAP Tennessee and Indiana through a transformative phase by fulfilling a role as a key constituent and senior leader within the organization.

Job Highlights

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation)

• Provides senior leadership and management for one or more platform/division(s).
• Oversees and directs the strategic planning and execution necessary to surpass revenue, profitability, cash flow, business goals and objectives throughout the company’s operations and supports the internal goals of the company, including its financial goals and corporate mission.
• Directs the overall operations of the platform/division and monitors the organization’s operational success through VP Levels for provision to the COO or President.
• Supervises through VP levels and below the proper employee and customer relations, oversight of platform’s infrastructure, development of timely, accurate and complete reports on operating condition of the company, and ensures the management teams for billing, collections, credentialing, information technology and scheduling.
• Leads development, communication and implementation of growth strategies and processes for the platform/division through VP levels and below.
• Ensures the development and maintenance of infrastructure of operating systems, processes, and personnel designed to accommodate organizational growth.
• Attracts, recruits, retains, motivates, and leads executive management team.
• Provides executive responsibility for leading the evaluation, selection, implementation, enhancement, and expansion of new practice management systems to service more providers on behalf of the platform/division.
• Evaluates platform(s) profits and revenue, and calculates risks.
• Collaborates with other executives and SVPs to decide on business strategies.
• Guides and supports VPs and managers.

Qualifications

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (KSAs):

• Master’s Degree in business, healthcare administration or relevant field preferred, and a minimum of 7 – 15  years (7 years of healthcare) management experience in an integrated hospital delivery system or large medical group of $100 million revenues including extensive: or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing healthcare operation staff.
• Strong experience in management, leadership, project management, budgeting, strategy building, implementation, data analysis and performance metrics

*The physical demands described here are representative of those that may need to be met by an employee to successfully preform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Occasional Standing

• Occasional Walking

• Frequent Sitting

• Frequent hand, finger movement

• Use office equipment (in office or remote)

• Communicate verbally and in writing