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St. Vincent’s Health System · 2 days ago

VP-Operations/Chief Operating Officer - Birmingham

US-AL-Birmingham

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

5+ years exp

UAB St. Vincent’s Health System is a trusted provider of health care in Alabama for over 125 years. The Vice President of Operations will oversee daily operations of the hospital, providing leadership and collaborating with multi-disciplinary leaders to promote organizational growth and improvement.

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Responsibilities

Ensures compliance with system, hospital/facility policies and procedures, and governmental/accreditation regulations

Actively participates with the UAB system medical staff and hospital leadership in the development of hospital wide strategic and operations plans, programs, policies/procedures, and performance standards

Develops and contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards

Aligns goals, objectives, and action plan for assigned departments and programs with the overall system and hospital strategic and operational plans

Monitors department/program performance in patient care, patient safety, patient/employee satisfaction, performance improvement, operational excellence, employee engagement, recruitment and retention, staff development, and interdepartmental relationships

Develop budgets for assigned departments; monitors and adjust objectives to meet budget requirements

Evaluates and reacts to shifting legal, regulatory/accrediting priorities, and ensures compliance

Participates in the negotiation of contracts and tracks compliance and evaluate performance

Serves as a liaison in the development of community partnerships and business development opportunities with UAB Medicine and the broader community at large. Attend meetings of professional, civic, and service organizations as a representative of UAB St. Vincent’s

Represents the entity in the absence of the CEO as requested. Serves as Executive lead or member on assigned committees and takes rotation as Administrator on-call

Develops and cultivates medical staff relationships to explore new business growth opportunities

Participates in the orientation of employees to the UAB Medicine and UAB St. Vincent’s mission, vision, and values

Displays commitment to teamwork through open honest communication and a unity of purpose

Directs and supervises subordinate management and leadership team members along with administrative support personnel. Interviews, hires, develop, counsels, and directs and discipline subordinate personnel in collaboration with Human Resources

Effectively responds to unique needs of patients as the need arise

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Healthcare AdministrationOperations ManagementBudget DevelopmentStrategic PlanningRegulatory CompliancePatient SafetyEmployee EngagementTeam LeadershipCommunication SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Required

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Health-care, Administration, or Business

Five to Seven (5-7) years' experience with a minimum of five (5) years progressive experience in acute care, specialty care, and/or ambulatory services management is required

Hospital Operations Experience Required