United States Remote (Country)

Carewell is hiring a Director of Clinical Operations

Responsibilities

  • Stand up and run the daily clinical operations for PIN/CHI delivery
  • Translate program requirements into repeatable care workflows the team can execute
  • Promote healthy PIN/CHI enrollment
  • Ensure billability and compliance
  • Clearly define what care tasks require re-attestation
  • Clearly support documentation requirements and incident-to billing rules
  • Provide clinical guidelines to decline enrollment, graduate patients, etc.
  • Ensure oversight cadence is clinically appropriate and operationally feasible
  • Build “day in the life” playbooks for care coordination delivery
  • Define the care team structure (pods, roles, coverage)
  • Own supervision ratios and operating cadence (case reviews, QA, coaching)
  • Ensure clear scope-of-practice boundaries across all staff
  • Ensure billing-ready documentation is completed correctly every time
  • Build QA routines (weekly sampling, completeness scoring, corrective actions)
  • Partner with Compliance + RCM support to prevent leakage/denials caused by ops errors
  • Operate a controlled pilot with volume caps and learning loops
  • Track and improve KPIs: minutes delivered per member engagement + drop-off points
  • Track and improve KPIs: documentation completeness
  • Track and improve KPIs: time-to-first-touch and ongoing touch cadence
  • Track and improve KPIs: escalation volume + resolution time
  • Create onboarding and training for care team members (fast + repeatable)
  • Own ongoing coaching, calibration, and performance improvement
  • Define escalation pathways (urgent, safety, abuse/neglect, BH red flags)
  • Ensure escalation response SLAs are met
  • Partner with medical oversight as needed for care plan interpretation
  • Define what the clinical team needs in the workflow/tools to execute
  • Work with Product & Engineering to ensure the workflows are productized accurately
  • Ensure documentation, time capture, tasking, and audit trails work in production
  • Help define the “minimum viable clinical ops stack” for launch

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, Registered Nursing, or a related field
  • 8+ years in operations leadership, including 5+ years in healthcare or clinical settings
  • Experience with care coordination/care navigation programs (Patient Illness Navigation, Community Health Integration)
  • In-depth experience with workflow design, putting together operating playbooks and performance systems to drive operational efficiency in clinical environments
  • Working closely with product/engineering teams to operationalize workflows
  • Experience building virtual delivery programs efficiently from the ground up in a high growth, ambiguous environment
  • Knowledge of healthcare compliance and regulatory standards (e.g., HIPAA, OSHA)
  • Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams in fast-moving & remote/distributed environments
  • A collaborative leader who inspires multidisciplinary teams with empathy and clarity, drives alignment toward shared goals, and communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels
  • Proven track record of driving large scale service operations, delivering on KPIs with a high sense of urgency and service orientation, naturally relentless in overcoming barriers with speed and quality
  • Skilled in leveraging data analytics to identify trends, measure performance, and inform organizational strategy and OKRs
  • Passion for embedding equity, accessibility, and inclusivity into all aspects of clinical operations

Nice to Have

  • A master’s degree (MBA, MPH, or MHA)
  • Experience in healthtech startups
  • Experience with Medicare reimbursed programs (CCM, TCM) and/or MA populations and/or longitudinal care models

Additional Information

  • Location: Remote (US) / Miami preferred
  • Start: ASAP
  • Type: Full-time, part-time, or contract-to-hire
Required Skills
Workflow Design
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Carewell
Carewell is a category-defining business dedicated to providing the most trusted and reputable retail source for caregiving products. It offers a vast selection of expert-vetted products including incontinence supplies, wound care, nutrition, and mobility aids.
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Posted 4 months ago