Practice Operations Manager

Practice Management Leadership and Supervision

The Practice Operations Manager leads and develops the Sr. Office Manager, establishing clear expectations for performance, accountability, and leadership across Office Managers and Office Specialists. They ensure consistent supervision, communication, and performance management across sites.

The role ensures operational expectations are consistently upheld across sites through structured performance management and follow-through.

Front Office Practice Management Systems and Execution

The Practice Operations Manager designs and maintains standardized front office and practice management workflows and standard operating procedures, including scheduling, intake logistics, confirmations, copay collection, demographic and insurance documentation, telehealth coordination, and client communication.

The role establishes and maintains training systems, onboarding approaches, and competency expectations that enable consistent execution across clinics. They work closely with the Sr. Office Manager and Office Managers to ensure workflows are operationalized, reinforced, and continuously improved in day-to-day practice.

The Practice Operations Manager partners with General Operations Facilities and Security staff to support safe, functional, and well-maintained clinic environments, including coordination around site readiness, environmental standards, and site-specific security procedures and relationships.

Standardization and Local Adaptation

The Practice Operations Manager ensures the Sr. Office Manager establishes a clear vision for cross-site consistency in practice management operations, defining appropriate local adaptation, and developing, implementing, and maintaining operational standards across clinics.

The role provides direction, coaching, and oversight to ensure that standards are actively managed, continuously refined, and consistently executed through Office Managers and staff.

Clinic Workflow Design and Operational Improvement

In alignment with the Vice President of Operations, the Practice Operations Manager defines and advances a cohesive practice management model for clinic operations and leads the design and re-design of workflows, beginning with front office processes and extending to end-to-end client flow (referral into care through completion of an episode of treatment).

The role partners closely with Clinical Directors, Clinical Supervisors, and the Vice President of Behavioral Health to assess and design clinical operational systems. They work closely with the Health Informatics/EHR team to ensure workflows are supported by system configuration, reporting, and day-to-day usability.

The Practice Operations Manager drives operational improvement efforts that reduce friction, improve coordination, and strengthen alignment between clinical, operational, and financial performance.

Access, Flow, Throughput, and Engagement Reliability

The Practice Operations Manager strengthens the operational systems that support timely client access, follow-up scheduling, early engagement, visit continuity, and completion of care. They identify and address breakdowns in client flow, particularly in early engagement, follow-up coordination, and handoffs between front office and clinical staff, to improve throughput and reduce avoidable drop-off.

Revenue Cycle and Compliance Readiness Support

The Practice Operations Manager ensures practice management workflows reliably support billing readiness, documentation handoffs, copay collection, demographic accuracy, and compliance with OMH, Medicaid, HIPAA, and internal standards. They partner with Finance, Compliance, and Billing teams to reduce revenue leakage and strengthen alignment between services delivered and services captured.

Operational Visibility and Escalation

The Practice Operations Manager creates visibility into clinic operations through direct observation and use of data. They identify recurring patterns, operational constraints, and system-level issues, and escalate where leadership intervention is required. They ensure that operational issues are addressed at the appropriate level and do not persist as recurring workarounds.

Operational Leadership and Continuous Improvement Culture

The Practice Operations Manager uses a practical, relational, and change-oriented approach to challenge leaders constructively, push for prioritization and follow-through, and support a culture in which operational improvement is part of how clinics function day to day. They ask strong questions, surface unclear assumptions, and help connect operational improvement efforts to measurable differences in access, engagement, and care delivery.

Skills and Abilities

• Systems thinking and operational design
• Process improvement (LEAN, Six Sigma, or equivalent experience preferred)
• Ability to translate strategy into executable workflows
• Strong judgment in balancing standardization with local needs
• Clear, direct communication and expectation-setting
• Comfort working across clinical and administrative boundaries
• Ability to build structure without adding unnecessary complexity
• Strong team leadership, including delegation, prioritization, and development of high-performing teams
• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in health administration, business, public administration, social work administration, or related field preferred
• 5–8+ years of experience in healthcare operations, practice management, or multi-site service delivery
• Experience in behavioral health, outpatient services, or NYS OMH-regulated environments strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience designing and improving workflows and operational systems
• Familiarity with EHR systems and healthcare data/reporting environments
• Experience supervising managers and leading cross-site or cross-functional teams
• Ability to frequently and efficiently travel to Agency locations across Dutchess and Ulster Counties
• Must have established cell phone, willing to use for work (will be reimbursed), with effective coverage for the Hudson Valley area.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match up to 5%
• Generous paid vacation, holiday, sick and personal time package (2 weeks’ vacation in first year, 13 paid holidays per year, 12 sick days per year and 4 personal days per year)
• Access to Family Services’ Compassionate Leave Program where employees can donate/receive unused time off
• Group term life and long-term disability insurance
• Supplemental life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment coverage (AD&D)
• Supplemental insurance through Aflac
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Pet insurance

Our Mission

Family Services brings people together to find the support they need, improving their lives and communities, and building a stronger safer Hudson Valley.

Our Values

• Compassion – Extending empathy and understanding to others
• Integrity – Being honest and dependable
• Hope – Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart, to emerge and thrive when faced with a challenge
• Diversity – Promoting a vision of community comprised of wide-ranging assets
• Respect – Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement
• Community – Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives
• Justice – Promoting social and economic equity and fairness
• Quality – Aspiring for excellence in every aspect of our work

Contact Information

To apply, please email hr@familyservicesny.org. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact hr@familyservicesny.org.