Covenant Health · 1 day ago
Senior Vice President & CAO, Oncology Services
Knoxville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCovenant Health is a not-for-profit healthcare enterprise headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and they are seeking a Senior Vice President of Oncology Services. The role involves strategic leadership, financial management, and operational oversight to ensure high-quality patient care and alignment with the health system's goals in a competitive healthcare environment.
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Hiring Manager
Rani Dabul
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement short and long-term strategic goals in collaboration with physician and health system executive leadership. Identify opportunities for expansion and growth in oncology services. Build business plans as needed. Assess and present key market share and leading data indicators for planning purposes. Stay updated on healthcare trends, regulations, and innovations impacting the field of oncology
Financial Management: Oversee the advancement of budgeting, financial and capital planning, and resource allocation to ensure financial stability and growth. Monitor service line productivity, financial performance, ensuring profitability and cost-efficiency across all areas of the service line with finance leaders. Develop strategies to optimize, grow revenue, and improve data analytics and financial reporting for the service line
Operational Management: Ensure the day-to-day operations of oncology services run smoothly and efficiently. Work with operations leaders to implement process improvements to enhance patient care, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Develop strategies to improve patient experience and operational efficiency. Oversee clinic and outreach locations to ensure optimal performance and agreed upon goals are achieved. Collaborate with hospital operations leaders to align inpatient and outpatient programs and service objectives
Physician Relations and Recruitment: Build strong, effective relationships with oncologists, surgeons, other physicians in the health system, and key referral sources. Collaborate with physician leadership to align clinical operations with business objectives. Help develop and oversee physician and APP recruitment and retention plans. Partner with physician leadership to advance clinical quality, research, and innovation
Stakeholder Engagement: Represent Covenant Health oncology services in the community, across the medical community, and with other state and national organizations as appropriate. Maintain positive relationships with patients, physicians, hospitals, other healthcare organizations and medical group leaders, and the community
Quality, Safety and Compliance: Partner with clinical leaders to advance evidence-based care pathways, clinical protocols, and quality initiatives. Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and best industry practices with risk management and compliance officers. Work collaboratively with health system physicians, nursing, and medical staff leadership
People: Develop, implement and coordinate activities that support a healthy culture. Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing teams. Function as a liaison to ensure good flow of communication and information within the service line, between service locations and health system support departments, and with hospitals. Proactively address issues to support strong and healthy relationships between the service line and health system. Promote a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and patient-first service
Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree, preferably in Business Administration or Hospital Administration
At least ten (10) years of leadership experience in healthcare including oncology and cancer program experience
Experience should include a variety of increasingly complex supervisory/managerial assignments with demonstrated expertise in the management functions of planning, organizing, and leading
Requires effective communication, excellent financial, planning and analytical skills
Must be able to interface effectively with all levels of management and with outside organizations and officials
Competency in the use of a variety of computer hardware and software systems
Strong, positive track record in physician/medical staff relationships
Company
Covenant Health
Covenant Health is a top-performing healthcare network company located in Knoxville.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jim VanderSteeg
President and CEO
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