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INTRODUCTION

We are recruiting for a mission-driven Manager, Access Business Operations to join our team!

We're with you for life’s journey. At Denver Health, purpose isn’t just something we believe in—it’s something we live every day, for life’s journey.

Our Values

Respect | Belonging | Accountability | Transparency

Department

Operations Management

Job Summary

Provides enterprise-wide support for ambulatory patient access initiatives, focusing on maximizing the availability of ambulatory care, reducing patient wait times for care, and ensuring that provider and clinical resources are optimized to meet patient needs. Oversees personnel and financial management specific to assigned operations. Leads a team responsible for designing and implementing access-related programs, including provider and resource template design and scheduling workflows. Builds collaborative relationships with clinic practices, the Appointment Center and IT. Drives the ambulatory access KPIs related to improving appointment volume and lead times, enhancing the patient experience, and maximizing the use of the Epic infrastructure to promote best practice access approaches. Analyzes and evaluates service for quality improvement including productivity, strategy, budget, and development of performance standards.

Essential Functions:

• Access Operations
• Designs and implements patient access programs
• Tracks and optimizes key access metrics
• Articulate and execute initiatives to improve ambulatory access operations, with a focus on template and capacity management
• Partner with the Appointment Center and operations staff to identify scheduling and template optimization opportunities and drive standards across the supported lines of business
• Demonstrate creative and innovative thinking and proactive problem-solving skills
• Continuously evaluate opportunities for improvement in operational workflows across the organization
• Ensure scheduling templates incorporate best practices for clinic throughput, clinician workflows, and patient access
• Provide the Epic application architecture design to IT for system build; partner with IT to plan for the implementation of the build; partner with clinic staff to coordinate communication, testing, and validation
• Facilitate governance committees and reconcile competing priorities for template modifications
• Sponsor the administrative aspects of enterprise access principles, policies, and standards, ensuring translation of operating principles to workflows and ongoing monitoring

• Manages and sustains access policies, processes and initiatives to keep programs effective and scalable (50%)

• Data, Analytics and Reporting

• Establish team workflows, quality assurance standards, and performance metrics aligned with organizational objectives
• Monitor resource and provider templates and report on insights
• Monitor KPIs and forecast supply and demand, partnering with clinical and administrative leaders to optimize scheduling templates in alignment with clinical effort

• Develop reports with key trends and data-driven recommendations (30%)

• Leadership and Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop team members to achieve departmental goals and maintain high-quality standards
• Build high‑performing teams
• Collaborate with team and template builders to translate recommendations into system changes
• Champions a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem‑solving (20%)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Hospital Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field Required
• Master's Degree Preferred

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 4-6 years Typically, six years of professional experience in healthcare administration. Related experience in ambulatory administration, project management, operations management, business development, IT system management preferred. Required

LICENSES:

• Certification in Epic Cadence or the ability to obtain certification within six months of hire.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to train and develop team members
• In-depth understanding of hospital and clinical services
• Knowledge of operational management, project management and improvement practices sufficient to be able to accomplish assigned objectives
• Ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyze information, identify implications, draw appropriate conclusions, generate viable alternative solutions to a question or problem and evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative.
• Ability to interpret, adapt, apply and create guidelines and procedures
• Ability to present to large groups and have quality public speaking skills
• Ability to develop training and instructional material
• Knowledge of electronic health records, Epic Cadence application knowledge preferred
• Ability to build partnerships with physicians and department leadership
• Proficiency in data analysis
• Exceptional communication, motivation, and people management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Shift

Days (United States of America)

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$101,400.00 - $157,200.00 / yr

BENEFITS

At Denver Health, we take care of the people who take care of our community. Our benefits are built to support your life, your family, and your future — with generous paid time off, fully paid parental leave, exceptional retirement contributions, comprehensive health coverage, and nationally recognized well-being programs. We invest in your growth through tuition assistance, career advancement pathways, and professional development — while also offering meaningful financial advantages through loan forgiveness eligibility and employer contributions. When you join Denver Health, you’re joining a mission-driven organization that invests in you.

Here is a small list of our benefit programs:

• Paid time off starting at 28 days per year, inclusive of vacation, personal/sick, and 7 Holidays

• 100% paid parental leave up to 6 weeks

• Immediate eligibility for retirement plans with employer contribution up to 9.5%

• Generous medical, dental, vision plans in addition to employer paid disability and life insurance.

• Comprehensive well-being programs including on-site employee fitness center located on Denver Health main campus and nationally recognized RESTORE Center

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education, coaching, and professional development opportunities through the Workforce Development Center (WFDC) that support internal career growth and advancement pathways

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer + free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

ABOUT DENVER HEALTH

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver Health Medical Plan and Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net health care system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.