Director, NeuroMusculoSkeletal
Palo Alto, CAFull-time$188–301K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Provides administrative and clinical leadership for outpatient or clinic service lines, guiding patient-care initiatives and supporting high-value quality care. The director partners with physicians, medical staff, care teams and senior leaders to resolve operational challenges, improve processes, and develop strategic plans. The role sets priorities, allocates resources, and establishes policies and procedures to support safe, consistent and effective patient care.
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We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
Organization:
PAMF-Palo Alto Medical Foundation PAD
Position Overview:
Provides administrative and clinical leadership for assigned outpatient/clinic service line(s) of an affiliate or geographic area. Establishes and implements goals, standards and practices that guide and support patient care initiatives while ensuring the delivery of high-value quality care and exceptional care experiences. Develops and fosters a solid partnership with physicians, medical staff and Sutter Health leaders, care teams and other employees to facilitate and collaborate on initiatives, to resolve operational challenges and/or to improve processes. Works with senior leadership to develop and establish short- and long-term strategic plans that complement system, operating unit or affiliate goals and initiatives, including business, operations, and/or organizational priorities. Sets priorities and allocates resources to align with business objectives and annual plan. Develops and establishes the direction of policies and procedures, and sets a structure for providing safe, consistent and effective patient care.
Job Description :
EDUCATION:
Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
Bachelor's: Administration, Management or related field
OR Other: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
12 years recent relevant experience.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of all aspects of the practice management environment including scope of practice issues and care center, site and/or specialty operations.
Knowledge of state, regulatory, cms, and accrediting requirements.
Knowledge of implementing and leading quality improvement programs and initiatives.
Knowledge of the healthcare system, billing processes, clinical procedures, budget preparation, staffing models, employee regulations, and previous interaction with physicians in a management role.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with physicians, senior management, managers and care center staff. Knowledge of physician office operations and reimbursement procedures.
Ability to lead professionals, influence collaboration, and to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis, as well as proven leadership skills in project management, consulting, and communication skills.
Experience with Lean production in ambulatory healthcare desired.
Business and analytical skills, including financial planning and assessment.
Proficient in both written and verbal communication.
Ability to exercise initiative, judgment, problem solving, and decision making
Job Shift:
Days
Schedule:
Full Time
Days of the Week:
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements:
As Needed
Benefits:
Yes
Unions:
No
Position Status:
Exempt
Weekly Hours:
40
Employee Status:
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $187,886.40 to $300,622.40 / annual salary
The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,109 open Healthcare Administration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$188–301K/yr
- California median$142–216K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$87–123K/yr250 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $244K, is 32% above the California median midpoint ($186K) — in the middle half of Healthcare Administration salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Healthcare Administration jobs in California and 1,109 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health (this employer)11 open
- UCLA Health8 open
- Dignity Health6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Healthcare Administration postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 750 postings).
- Education
- 197 of the 1,109 open Healthcare Administration jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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