[Hiring] Director, Patient Access and Contact Center Operations @Prism Vision Group

Role Description

PRISM Vision Group is seeking an experienced healthcare operations leader to serve as Director, Patient Access & Contact Center Operations. This role will oversee all contact center operations across PRISM, including multiple hubs, centralized patient access workflows, scheduling support, inbound and outbound call operations, service performance, quality assurance, and operational readiness.

The Director will lead both day-to-day performance and longer-term operational transformation as PRISM advances a more centralized, technology-enabled, and data-driven patient access model.

Responsibilities

• Contact Center & Patient Access Leadership
  • Oversee all contact center operations across PRISM, including multiple hubs and centralized patient access teams.
  • Lead contact center managers, supervisors, and frontline team members to deliver consistent, high-quality service across locations.
  • Establish operating standards for inbound calls, outbound outreach, appointment scheduling, referrals, patient inquiries, escalation pathways, and service recovery.
  • Build a culture of accountability focused on patient experience, access, efficiency, quality, and operational consistency.
  • Partner with practice leadership to ensure centralized operations support local clinic needs while advancing enterprise-wide standards.
  • Support the development of scalable staffing models, management structures, and operating rhythms across current and future contact center hubs.
• Operational Performance & Workforce Management
  • Manage contact center performance through clear KPIs, dashboards, service levels, productivity metrics, quality reviews, and coaching routines.
  • Develop workforce planning practices, including staffing coverage, queue management, scheduling, capacity planning, and escalation support.
  • Monitor and improve key contact center metrics such as call volume, speed to answer, abandon rate, handle time, service level, scheduling conversion, referral capture, productivity, quality, patient satisfaction, and AI-specific measures.
  • Identify performance gaps and lead process improvement initiatives to reduce variation, improve efficiency, and enhance the patient and staff experience.
  • Create consistent supervisor routines, team huddles, performance reviews, and feedback loops to support ongoing operational improvement.
• Workflow Standardization, Quality & Training
  • Standardize contact center workflows, scripts, scheduling protocols, escalation pathways, documentation expectations, and service standards.
  • Develop and maintain training programs for new hires, supervisors, and existing team members.
  • Implement quality assurance programs, including call monitoring, scorecards, coaching standards, and service recovery processes.
  • Partner with Operations and clinical leaders to ensure scheduling and patient access workflows align with provider templates, appointment types, triage expectations, and clinic capacity.
  • Ensure contact center teams are prepared for new workflows, technology changes, practice integrations, and expansion into additional locations or service lines.
• Technology, Systems & Reporting
  • Serve as a joint decision-maker with IT on the selection, configuration, and governance of contact center and AI-enabled technology.
  • Serve as an operational leader for platforms and systems including Five9, AthenaOne, Nextech, and workforce management tools.
  • Ensure operational requirements are reflected in call routing, IVR design, user access, reporting, dashboards, training, and workflow configuration.
  • Use data and analytics to identify trends, improve service performance, inform staffing decisions, and support leadership reporting.
  • Own the near-term rollout and ongoing operation of AI-enabled patient self-service and voice agent technology.
• Compliance, Risk & Patient Experience
  • Ensure all contact center operations comply with HIPAA, patient confidentiality standards, healthcare regulations, and PRISM policies.
  • Maintain high standards for professionalism, documentation, service quality, and patient communication.
  • Identify operational risks, training gaps, workflow breakdowns, and service issues; lead corrective actions in partnership with appropriate stakeholders.
  • Champion a responsive, compassionate, and consistent patient experience across every interaction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive healthcare operations, patient access, call center, or contact center leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading managers, supervisors, or large frontline teams in a high-volume healthcare service environment.
• Direct experience managing healthcare contact center, centralized scheduling, patient access, referral, ambulatory operations, or physician practice support functions.
• Proven experience leading multi-site or multi-hub operations with consistent performance standards.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA, patient confidentiality, healthcare compliance, and service quality expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage performance using KPIs, dashboards, service levels, productivity metrics, quality monitoring, and coaching.
• Experience leading workflow standardization, process improvement, training, staffing model development, and change management initiatives.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across Marketing, Operations, IT, Revenue Cycle, clinical leadership, and executive teams.
• Experience evaluating, implementing, or governing AI-enabled contact center or patient engagement tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in ophthalmology, retina, ambulatory surgery center, MSO operations, specialty healthcare, or physician practice management.
• Experience scaling centralized patient access or contact center operations across multiple practices, markets, or regions.
• Familiarity with IVR design, call routing, and quality monitoring tools.
• Master’s degree or relevant certifications in healthcare administration, contact center management, patient experience, operations, or process improvement.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Healthcare contact center leadership
• Patient access operations
• Multi-site and multi-hub management
• Workforce planning and staffing model design
• KPI management and performance improvement
• Quality assurance and call monitoring
• Workflow standardization and process improvement
• Technology-enabled operations leadership
• Change management and stakeholder alignment
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Patient-first service mindset
• Ability to balance enterprise standardization with local practice needs