Vice President, Clinical Operations

Who We Are 

Evergreen Nephrology partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care through a value-based, person-centered, holistic, and comprehensive approach to kidney care. We believe patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care. We are committed to improving patient outcomes and improving quality of life by delaying disease progression, shifting care to the home, and accelerating kidney transplants. 

We help nephrologists focus on the right patients at the right time across the full care spectrum. We do this by providing them with the best-in-class interdisciplinary clinical resources, analytical insight and tools, and services to patients. We listen to the needs of our patients, our employees, and our client partners, continually working to push beyond the status quo in which the care system manages patients today. 

Who You Are 

You are devoted, compassionate, and enjoy being on the front lines of healthcare, changing the lives of patients by supporting them and the team by focusing on customers. You’re excited about being part of a team that is building a healthcare delivery model that ensures the highest possible quality of life and best outcomes for those in our care. You believe people living with kidney disease deserve the best person-centered, holistic, comprehensive care and want to influence the healthcare system to drive towards that. You thrive in innovative and evolving environments with high rates of change.  

Your Role 

As a Vice President of Clinical Operations with Evergreen Nephrology, you are a senior clinical operations leader responsible for the performance, scalability, and continuous improvement of enterprise clinical programs. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across clinical programs, with accountability for clinical quality, HEDIS/Stars performance, utilization outcomes, patient engagement, and value-based care results.  

This leader will translate clinical strategy into scalable operating models, workflows, technology requirements, and performance management systems that support disciplined execution across markets and programs. The VP will partner cross-functionally to improve outcomes, reduce total cost of care, strengthen care coordination, and ensure patients receive the right care at the right time in the right setting.  

The ideal candidate is a licensed clinician and proven operator with hands-on experience leading technology-enabled clinical programs in a complex, fast-paced healthcare environment. They bring a track record of implementing and optimizing care management platforms, building high-performing teams, and driving measurable improvements in quality, utilization, engagement, and operational performance.  

This role oversees programs including CKD Navigation, Post-Acute Care optimization (PAC), Compassionate Care (ECCP) and palliative pathways, Pharmacy, and future clinical programs as the organization continues to scale.  

Role Responsibilities 

• Own performance across CKD Navigation, PAC, ECCP, Pharmacy, and future clinical programs  

• Ensure clinical programs align with value-based care contract requirements, quality goals, utilization targets, and enterprise clinical strategy  

• Lead program integration, stabilization, and scaling across markets and payer partnerships  

• Translate clinical priorities into workflows, protocols, technology requirements, reporting needs, and frontline execution  

• Serve as the senior escalation point for program risks, performance gaps, and complex operational challenges  

• Partner with Central Quality to translate enterprise quality strategy into program level execution, workflow design, and frontline accountability  

• Partner with Product, Technology, Analytics, and Clinical teams to implement and optimize care management platform functionality, clinical workflows, reporting, and patient engagement capabilities  

• Lead and advance technology enabled care delivery models that improve patient engagement, documentation accuracy, workflow efficiency, communication, and measurable outcomes  

• Support integrated patient engagement strategies across outreach, communication, care coordination, and campaign-based workflows  

• Drive data integrity and reporting alignment across Evergreen technology platforms and operational reporting systems  

• Own program level KPI performance and use rapid cycle improvement to identify and close performance gaps  

• Build and develop high performing clinical leadership teams with clear role clarity, performance expectations, and accountability structures  

• Lead operational integration across programs to create a more coordinated patient and provider experience  

• Other duties consistent with this role, as assigned. 

Required Qualifications 

• Licensed clinician with experience in direct patient care and clinical operations.  

• • Backgrounds may include nursing, advanced practice providers, pharmacy, social work, or medicine  

• Experience leading clinical operations in value-based care, provider enablement, population health, or complex chronic care models.   

• Experience partnering with physician leaders and building strong clinical relationships.   

• Strong working knowledge of HEDIS, Stars, quality performance, utilization management, and value-based care economics  

• Hands on experience implementing, optimizing, or operationalizing care management platforms, clinical workflow tools, or patient engagement capabilities  

• Experience translating operational needs into technology requirements and ensuring platform workflows support real frontline execution  

• Experience using digital engagement, communication workflows or campaign-based outreach to improve patient engagement and program performance  

• Ability to lead across centralized and embedded teams, multiple markets, and matrixed partners  

• Proven ability to manage outcomes in a fast moving, evolving environment  

• Track record of building disciplined operating systems, clear accountability, and scalable clinical programs  

• Experience leading through influence across clinical, operational, analytics, technology, and payer partnership teams  

• Intermediate skills with MS Office Suite of products including Outlook and Teams 

• Able to work effectively in a primarily remote environment: 

• • Home internet must support a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps. Cable, Fiber, or DSL connections hardwired to the internet device are recommended 

• • Evergreen will provide remote employees with telephony applications and equipment to meet the business requirements for their role 

• • Employees must work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience leading clinical operations in a Nephrology setting

• Experience in a clinically integrated mode 

• Bachelor's degree 

Compensation 

The pay range for this role is $200,000-$220,000 annually. Exact pay is determined based on experience, education, demand for the role, and other role-specific factors.   

This role is also eligible for an annual bonus.  

Benefits  

Evergreen Nephrology’s total rewards program is designed to support you in and outside of work. You can expect: 

• Flexible time off policy for full-time employees 

• 12 paid holidays per year 

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including an HSA with employer match 

• Reimbursement for continuing medical education for eligible roles 

• A 401(k) program where Evergreen matches up to 4% of contributions after six months of tenure 

• Paid parental leave 

• A robust training and development program that starts with onboarding and continues throughout your career with Evergreen Nephrology 

Evergreen Nephrology is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any other protected category under local, state or federal laws. 

If you are an applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please contact us for assistance at recruiting@evergreennephrology.com.