Job Description - Vice President, Ambulatory Services (2600002J)

Job Description

Vice President, Ambulatory Services - ( 2600002J )

Description

The Vice President, Ambulatory Services provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for the organization's ambulatory care network. This role is responsible for advancing access, quality, growth, and financial performance across outpatient clinics, specialty practices, and community-based sites while ensuring an exceptional patient and family experience.

As a key member of the senior leadership team, the VP partners closely with physician leaders, nursing, operations, finance, quality, and other teams to scale ambulatory services in alignment with the hospital's mission, vision, and long-term growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Lead the vision, strategy, and execution for ambulatory services across all outpatient and clinic operations.
• Drive system-wide standardization, performance improvement, and operational excellence across diverse ambulatory settings.
• Partner with executive leadership to align ambulatory growth with enterprise goals, including access, market expansion, and care model innovation.
• Collaborate closely with physician leaders and clinical chiefs to optimize clinic performance, patient throughput, and care delivery models.
• Support the integration of academic, research, and teaching missions within ambulatory operations.
• Foster strong dyad leadership models across ambulatory sites.

Financial & Performance Management

• Oversee ambulatory budgets, revenue cycle performance, productivity, and cost management.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to access, patient experience, quality, safety, and financial performance.
• Lead initiatives to improve clinic utilization, reduce variation, and enhance margin performance.

Growth, Access & Experience

• Expand ambulatory access through innovative scheduling, digital health, extended hours, and community-based care models.
• Champion a patient- and family-centered approach to care delivery.
• Support new clinic openings, service line expansion, and network optimization.

People & Culture

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing ambulatory leadership team.

Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications Required

• Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, Public Health, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience, including senior leadership of ambulatory or outpatient services.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-site ambulatory operations in an academic medical center or large integrated health system.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing large operating budgets.

Primary Location

District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations

CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010

Job Organization

Other Ambulatory

Position Status : R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time

Job Posting

Jan 14, 2026, 11:20:00 PM

Full-Time Salary Range

150000 - 450000

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a drug-free work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.