Area Manager, Primary and Urgent Care Clinics (Fairfield, Hilborn, Rio Vista) at NorthBay Health

Job Description

At NorthBay Health, the Area Manager provides operational leadership and oversight for Primary Care and Urgent Care clinics across a designated geographic area. This role ensures that high-quality, patient-centered care is delivered consistently across all locations while achieving operational goals related to quality, access, patient experience, provider productivity, and financial performance. The Area Manager partners in a dyad leadership model with the Primary Care Medical Director and Urgent Care Medical Director to ensure alignment of clinical and operational priorities.

The Area Manager ensures their defined geographic responsibility is aligned to meet and exceed NorthBay’s pillar goals centered around:

• Quality: delivering safe, reliable, patient-centered care.
• Innovation: adopting new technologies and models of care to improve outcomes.
• Growth and access: expanding services and improving entry points for patients.
• People and Culture: fostering engaged, high-performing teams and a positive work environment.
• Financial Stewardship: managing resources responsibly and achieving budgetary goals.
  
  

This role drives organizational performance through frontline leader development, daily management systems, and strong collaboration with shared services to optimize patient care, staff engagement, and growth across the ambulatory network.

This position reports directly to the Director of Primary and Urgent Care. It is responsible for leading initiatives that enhance operational efficiencies, drive financial performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve patient experience.

At NorthBay Health, our vision is to be the trusted healthcare partner of choice for the communities we serve. We are dedicated to improving the well-being of our community by providing accessible, high-quality care to all who need it. Every member of our team plays a vital role in delivering compassionate and effective healthcare solutions. We invite you to join us in our mission to ensure that every patient and family member feels valued, respected, and cared for throughout their healthcare journey.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, Business, Nursing, or related field required; Master’s preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive leadership in an ambulatory care, urgent care, or primary care setting, and leadership experience required with at least 3 years in this discipline.
• Skills: Demonstrated expertise in operations management, financial oversight, and human resource leadership. Strong evidence in building collaborative working relationships with physicians, providers, colleagues, and staff. Proven success in leading cross-functional teams and improving clinic efficiency, provider engagement, and patient outcomes. Takes initiative, excellent follow-through, results-oriented, and can work independently and collaboratively. Understanding of ambulatory care standards, compliance requirements, and key drivers of patient experience. Excellent oral and written communication, as well as presentation skills. Experience with dyad leadership models and collaborative leadership style. Demonstrated effective project management skills. Must possess a strong degree of organizational skills and demonstrated ability to deal with job-related stress, set priorities, coordinate multiple projects, and have a successful record of meeting deadlines. Must possess a willingness to provide on-site practice oversight, as needed. Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel skills required. Excellent interpersonal, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the True North values. The True North values are a set of value-based behaviors that are to be consistently demonstrated and role-modeled by all employees working at NorthBay Health. The True North values principles consist of Nurture/Care, Own It, Respect Relationships, Build Trust, and Hardwire Excellence.
• Compensation: $165K to $175K based on years of experience doing the duties of the role.
  
  

About Us

At NorthBay Health, we are guided by our values: Nurturing Care; Own It; Respect; Build Trust; and Hardwire Excellence. These principles lead us to our TRUE NORTH and inspire us to provide exceptional care.

These values serve as the foundation of everything we do, guiding us to deliver individualized care with integrity and accountability. We are committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, where every team member is valued and empowered to contribute their best to the health and well-being of those we serve.

This is an exciting time to join NorthBay Health.

As an independent, nonprofit health system north of the San Francisco Bay Area, in the Napa/Solano Region, we are expanding our footprint across Solano, Yolo, and Napa counties to meet the evolving needs of our communities. With two acute-care hospitals—including a Level II Trauma Center and a modern maternity unit with a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)—along with a comprehensive cancer center, multiple urgent care facilities, and a growing network of primary and specialty clinics, we are investing in the future of care across the region.

NorthBay Health we are home to advanced clinical programs and nationally recognized cardiovascular, neuroscience, and orthopedic services, as well as comprehensive surgical and outpatient specialties. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our Magnet with Distinction designation for nursing (one of only 12 organizations nationwide) and recognition from U.S. News & World Report as “High Performing” in multiple clinical areas, including maternity care, heart failure, and stroke. NorthBay Medical Center has earned the High Performing designation in maternity care for four consecutive years.

As the only locally governed health system in the region, we remain deeply rooted in our communities while growing into a trusted regional healthcare leader. If you are seeking meaningful work, collaborative teams, and the opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare in Northern California, you will find it at NorthBay Health.

Join us with our commitment to excellence, to achieve our vision to be the trusted healthcare partner of choice for the communities we serve.

To learn more about NorthBay Health's benefits, diversity statement and community please visit https://www.northbay.org/careers/