President Shepherd Hospital

Overview

Major Responsibilities:
Develops and implements the medical center's long-term strategic direction and ensures consistency with the overall mission and direction of the patient service market, market group and Aurora.

• Oversee all operations and ensure the effective utilization of physical and financial resources.
• Maintain financial stability by promoting services produced in a cost-effective manner.
• Collaborate with finance leadership within the market group to develop, recommend and implement the annual operation plans and programs necessary to meet the strategic direction established by the organization.
• Effectively implement care management and patient experience initiatives to ensure the highest possible delivery of service to patients, families, physicians, and employees relative to their personal expectations.
• Serve as a member of the patient service market leadership team to establish plans to drive performance of all management throughout the patient service market and market group.
• Collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer to ensure that physicians and other providers rendering professional services provide the best possible care for patients.
• Collaborate cohesively with physician groups, community leaders and entity and market group staff to maintain a high-quality medical staff and appropriate administrative relations at the medical center to help meet community needs for high quality medical care.
• Oversee and ensure compliance with government regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
• Review, evaluate, and enforce existing policies and procedures; formulate, establish, and enforce additional procedures, rules, and regulations as necessary to provide for proper admission, care, safety, and discharge of patients.
• Perform human resources responsibilities for staff, including interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
• Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved budget objectives.
• Understand and adhere to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
• Take an active leadership role in non-profit or community-based organizations by providing community service hours or serving in professional organizations; encourage team members to participate in these activities.
• Design and direct the work of the assigned area(s) of responsibility; select, coach, and develop teams, setting objectives aligned with organizational strategy to inspire and motivate the teams.
• Manage organizational talent through performance management, succession planning, and development; design and direct processes for recognition, feedback, and systematic performance improvement.
• Develop and/or recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved budget objectives.
• Understand and adhere to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure that people actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with policies, regulations, and laws.

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Master's Degree (or equivalent knowledge) in Health Care Administration or related field.

Typically requires 10 years of management experience in health care administration which includes experience as a chief executive officer or chief operating officer in a progressive acute care facility overseeing operations, developing medical center strategies, and formulating organization-wide policy.

• Skills and expertise in developing and implementing short- and long-term strategies and creating a system for efficient, effective delivery of medical services.
• Expert level knowledge of the health care industry to successfully manage patient care, serve as a liaison between medical staff, department heads and governing boards.
• Demonstrated operational excellence in a tertiary setting and a proven commitment to excellent patient service.
• Skills in assessing risk using financial, statistical, and economic data.
• Demonstrated success collaborating closely with physicians and physician groups in a manner that fosters physician satisfaction, close working relationships and loyalty.
• Excellent critical thinking skills to organize, plan and lead the development of long-range planning.

• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• Exposed to normal office environment.
• Position requires travel and may involve exposure to road and weather hazards.

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