Clinic Director Jobs in Ohio
Clinic Director jobs in Ohio draw consistent demand across hospital systems, physical therapy networks, behavioral health organizations, and federally qualified health centers, with openings at every level from emerging clinical leaders through senior multi-site directors. Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati account for the largest share of postings, where employers such as OhioHealth, Cleveland Clinic, and UC Health maintain ongoing needs for clinic directors across their ambulatory and specialty care footprints. The most in-demand specialties right now are behavioral health, physical and occupational therapy, and primary care clinic management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About Primary Health Solutions
Our Mission
We meet people where they are and partner with them on their journey towards wellness.
Our Vision
The destination for servant leaders to provide comprehensive and exceptional care.
Our Values
R – Respect
I – Innovation
S – Stewardship
E – Excellence
Director of Clinic Operations Summary
The Director of Clinic Operations (DCO) provides administrative oversight and supervision of clinic operations leadership at multiple PHS locations who oversee clinic staff and direct day-to-day clinic operations. The DCO oversees programs, processes and resources that align with PHS policies, goals and objectives that include continuous improvement, ensuring standards are met. The DCO is responsible for ensuring delivery of high-quality patient services, financial and operational results of areas of oversight.
A Day in the Life
This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Leadership
- Driving results by taking initiative, managing execution, and focusing on overall performance.
- Make sound business decisions by understanding the business from multiple stakeholders' perspective, make complex decisions and ensure timely decisions that advance the organization.
- Engaging people through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent, and influencing people.
- Holding oneself accountable by fostering trust, being open by demonstrating self-awareness and self-development, and remaining flexible and adaptable.
- Maximize contribution to ensure meeting company strategic goals, key performance indicators or initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Foster a high-performance culture through effective leadership, training, and performance management, ensuring the team is motivated to provide efficient service delivery and high-quality patient care.
- Engages staff and providers to promote team building and contribute to the success of the clinic’s quality, fiscal, staff and patient experience.
- Drive strategic initiatives aligned with PHS’ long-term vision, focusing on growth opportunities and overall practice performance.
- Drive consistent daily operational outcomes e.g., patient service productivity, utilization, staff ratios, maximize capacity, wait-time, panel management, resources allocation, etc.
- Leads and collaborates interdepartmentally to drive successful short-term and long-term projects to successful outcome.
- Develop and implement operational processes, policies, and procedures with a focus on efficiency and scalability, establishing mechanisms to incorporate best practice findings into standards of practice.
- Assures standardization of operations aligned with PHS priorities or expectations.
- Maximize efficiency and productivity through process analysis and interdepartmental collaboration.
- Consistently meets financial goals through optimizing revenue and implementing cost-control measures,
- Consistently meets population health quality goals including value-based care contracts with state or federal e.g., Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and Medicaid Value Based Care (CPC); and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certification and Uniform Data System (UDS) measures are met in accordance with HRSA.
- Ensure regulatory and safety compliance through implementation and oversight of best practices in all operations.
- Prepared and participates effectively in mandatory audits - adheres to quality assurance and regulatory standards from PHS, federal, state, and other agencies, including OSHA, HRSA, PCMH, and ODH.
- Independently analyze reports and data with action to enhance operational performance.
- Responds promptly to persistent issues with effective action plans including continuous process improvement to get back on track.
- Other duties assigned.
Core Competencies
- Understanding the Business: customer focused (patient and staff), financial acumen, business insight, tech savvy
- Making Complex Decisions: decision quality and manages complexity with competing needs, balancing stakeholders
- Taking Initiative: action oriented, resourcefulness
- Managing Execution: directs work, plans and assigns, optimizes work processes
- Focusing on Performance: ensures accountability, drives results with focus on outcomes
- Building Collaborative Relationships: collaborates
- Optimizing Diverse Talent: attracts top talent, retains top talent, develops top talent, values differences
- Influencing People: communicates effectively, drives engagement, organizational savvy by balancing people and organization with approach, persuades, drives vision and purpose
- Being Authentic: instills trust
- Being Open: demonstrates self-awareness, self-development
- Being Flexible and Adaptable: being resilient and nimble learner
Success Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
Required: 5+ years' experience within the same scope of responsibilities within an ambulatory operations leadership role. At least 5 years of experience directly supervising other leaders. Strong healthcare business acumen and positive record with provider relations.
Preferred: bachelor's or master's degree in health care administration, business administration or related field. Previous experience working with external stakeholders or partners delivering patient care services, multi-specialty or school-based health care.
Language Skill
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have the ability to gain knowledge to be proficient of current electronic health record, practice management system and Microsoft 365 including Outlook, Excel and Word.
Other Applicable Requirements
Strong communicator and listener to patients and associates. Strong interpersonal skills (friendly, caring, patient). Strong verbal/written communication skills. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Affirmative Action/EEO Statement
It is the policy of Primary Health Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
About Primary Health Solutions
Our Mission
We meet people where they are and partner with them on their journey towards wellness.
Our Vision
The destination for servant leaders to provide comprehensive and exceptional care.
Our Values
R – Respect
I – Innovation
S – Stewardship
E – Excellence
Director of Clinic Operations Summary
The Director of Clinic Operations (DCO) provides administrative oversight and supervision of clinic operations leadership at multiple PHS locations who oversee clinic staff and direct day-to-day clinic operations. The DCO oversees programs, processes and resources that align with PHS policies, goals and objectives that include continuous improvement, ensuring standards are met. The DCO is responsible for ensuring delivery of high-quality patient services, financial and operational results of areas of oversight.
A Day in the Life
This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Leadership
- Driving results by taking initiative, managing execution, and focusing on overall performance.
- Make sound business decisions by understanding the business from multiple stakeholders' perspective, make complex decisions and ensure timely decisions that advance the organization.
- Engaging people through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent, and influencing people.
- Holding oneself accountable by fostering trust, being open by demonstrating self-awareness and self-development, and remaining flexible and adaptable.
- Maximize contribution to ensure meeting company strategic goals, key performance indicators or initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Foster a high-performance culture through effective leadership, training, and performance management, ensuring the team is motivated to provide efficient service delivery and high-quality patient care.
- Engages staff and providers to promote team building and contribute to the success of the clinic’s quality, fiscal, staff and patient experience.
- Drive strategic initiatives aligned with PHS’ long-term vision, focusing on growth opportunities and overall practice performance.
- Drive consistent daily operational outcomes e.g., patient service productivity, utilization, staff ratios, maximize capacity, wait-time, panel management, resources allocation, etc.
- Leads and collaborates interdepartmentally to drive successful short-term and long-term projects to successful outcome.
- Develop and implement operational processes, policies, and procedures with a focus on efficiency and scalability, establishing mechanisms to incorporate best practice findings into standards of practice.
- Assures standardization of operations aligned with PHS priorities or expectations.
- Maximize efficiency and productivity through process analysis and interdepartmental collaboration.
- Consistently meets financial goals through optimizing revenue and implementing cost-control measures,
- Consistently meets population health quality goals including value-based care contracts with state or federal e.g., Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and Medicaid Value Based Care (CPC); and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certification and Uniform Data System (UDS) measures are met in accordance with HRSA.
- Ensure regulatory and safety compliance through implementation and oversight of best practices in all operations.
- Prepared and participates effectively in mandatory audits - adheres to quality assurance and regulatory standards from PHS, federal, state, and other agencies, including OSHA, HRSA, PCMH, and ODH.
- Independently analyze reports and data with action to enhance operational performance.
- Responds promptly to persistent issues with effective action plans including continuous process improvement to get back on track.
- Other duties assigned.
Core Competencies
- Understanding the Business: customer focused (patient and staff), financial acumen, business insight, tech savvy
- Making Complex Decisions: decision quality and manages complexity with competing needs, balancing stakeholders
- Taking Initiative: action oriented, resourcefulness
- Managing Execution: directs work, plans and assigns, optimizes work processes
- Focusing on Performance: ensures accountability, drives results with focus on outcomes
- Building Collaborative Relationships: collaborates
- Optimizing Diverse Talent: attracts top talent, retains top talent, develops top talent, values differences
- Influencing People: communicates effectively, drives engagement, organizational savvy by balancing people and organization with approach, persuades, drives vision and purpose
- Being Authentic: instills trust
- Being Open: demonstrates self-awareness, self-development
- Being Flexible and Adaptable: being resilient and nimble learner
Success Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
Required: 5+ years' experience within the same scope of responsibilities within an ambulatory operations leadership role. At least 5 years of experience directly supervising other leaders. Strong healthcare business acumen and positive record with provider relations.
Preferred: bachelor's or master's degree in health care administration, business administration or related field. Previous experience working with external stakeholders or partners delivering patient care services, multi-specialty or school-based health care.
Language Skill
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have the ability to gain knowledge to be proficient of current electronic health record, practice management system and Microsoft 365 including Outlook, Excel and Word.
Other Applicable Requirements
Strong communicator and listener to patients and associates. Strong interpersonal skills (friendly, caring, patient). Strong verbal/written communication skills. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Affirmative Action/EEO Statement
It is the policy of Primary Health Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Clinic Director Job Market in Ohio
A snapshot from current Ohio openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Ohio Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in clinic director jobs across Ohio.
- Active Ohio license in a clinical discipline relevant to the clinic's patient population
- Master's degree in healthcare administration, nursing, physical therapy, or a related clinical field
- Minimum of three to five years of progressive clinical or operations leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, staffing, and clinic performance metrics
- Familiarity with Ohio Department of Health regulations and Joint Commission accreditation standards
- Strong working knowledge of electronic health record systems and value-based care models
Clinic Director Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a clinic director in Ohio?
Most clinic directors in Ohio hold an active Ohio clinical license in their specialty, such as a Registered Nurse license through the Ohio Board of Nursing, a Physical Therapist license through the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board, or equivalent credentials in their discipline. Beyond licensure, employers typically expect a master's degree in a clinical or administrative field combined with several years of progressive leadership experience in an Ohio clinical setting before moving into a director role.
Which companies hire clinic directors in Ohio?
Employers hiring clinic directors in Ohio right now include Rehab Employee Services, XCEL Physical Therapy, and Rehab Employee Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Ohio's density of large integrated health systems, federally qualified health centers, and regional therapy networks means hiring is distributed broadly rather than concentrated at a single organization.
Which Ohio cities have the most clinic director jobs?
Pickerington, Troy, and Akron lead Ohio for clinic director openings, reflecting the concentration of major health system campuses, academic medical centers, and specialty clinic networks in those metros. Suburban and secondary markets around these cities also generate steady postings because large systems like OhioHealth and Cleveland Clinic operate satellite clinics well outside their central campuses.
Are there remote clinic director jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. Clinic directors typically oversee on-site staff, patient flow, and facility operations, which limits remote arrangements for most positions. About 0% of clinic director openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, and those that do allow remote work generally involve corporate-level clinical operations, compliance oversight, or multi-site program management rather than day-to-day clinic leadership.
How can I get hired as a clinic director in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is moving into an assistant clinic director, clinic supervisor, or practice manager role first, which large Ohio health systems such as OhioHealth, MetroHealth, and Nationwide Children's Hospital regularly fill with candidates coming from charge nurse, lead therapist, or senior coordinator positions. Completing a master's degree in healthcare administration or a related field while working clinically accelerates the transition, and holding an active Ohio clinical license in your specialty remains the single strongest credential advantage when competing for your first director-level opening.
Where can I find and apply to clinic director jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to clinic director jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current Ohio openings across health systems, therapy networks, behavioral health organizations, and community health centers. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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