VP Operations

Overview

In 2020 united in a fierce commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care including 11 hospitals and nearly 5000 physicians and providers. Together we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.

Situated at an elevation of 750 feet above sea level in a pastoral setting between plateau farmlands and the Cascade Mountains, is the city of Enumclaw. With beautiful homes set among the picturesque backdrop, it is one of the most beautiful cities in King County and just an hour Southeast of Seattle.

As a Senior leader, you are responsible for providing administrative, operational and clinical leadership for St. Elizabeth Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital in Enumclaw, WA. The hospital is a key community hospital for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH), ensuring that operations are conducted in accordance with strategic business plans, professional/clinical standards and applicable regulatory/accreditation requirements and produce fully integrated, high quality and cost-effective health care outcomes.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities require considerable knowledge of healthcare reform concepts and organizational models, technologies and hospital operations sufficient to take advantage of important synergies/opportunities in contract administration, cost containment, business growth/development, clinical outcomes, information systems support and regulatory compliance.

In the context of day-to-day operations, you serve as the hospital Chief Operating Officer and have direct oversight of plant operations, environmental services, dietary, supply chain/material management as well as all inpatient and outpatient clinical operations, including integration of diagnostic imaging and perioperative services. Focused on optimizing culture, quality, safety, patient care outcomes and the patient experience in partnership with physician leadership, you ensure that the needs of the hospital are understood and addressed in short- and long-term strategic planning, leading significant change management and performance improvement initiatives, maximizing financial performance and creating effective relationships with external constituencies to deliver sustained value to the community. You will maintain close ties to all hospital departments and medical staff to assure efficient, cost-effective and compliant operations and to identify/address/resolve challenges in a timely manner.

Overseeing financial management of assigned facility, including:

• Monitoring budgets

• Productivity measures and other internal controls to assure defined targets and maximum performance measures are attained

• Recommending/overseeing capital improvements such as upgrading hospital facilities, including construction/renovation of structures and purchase of new equipment

• Leading/implementing initiatives, programs and projects to monitor, evaluate, integrate and improve overall hospital operations and quality of care in line with healthcare reform mandates and new organizational/delivery models

• Directly supervising subordinate site-based clinical management staff (e.g. Med-Surg, Emergency Services, Critical Care, Acute Care, etc).

Key stakeholders include VMFH regional leadership, employed and independent physician group leaders, physicians and other healthcare professionals to gain acceptance of recommendations regarding new programs/systems/policies and financial/performance/process improvement opportunities.

To be an effective leader in this position, performance will require a high degree of professionalism and the ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of internal/external entitles/stakeholders to significantly increase the growth, visibility and financial viability of the assigned hospital.

Qualifications

• Physician recruitment and build effective working relationships; Recruiting Orthopedic and general surgery a plus

• Critical access experience

• Community involvement, familiarity with being in a rural community

• Experience in a fast paced facility with high traffic

• Has had experience with ED or Perioperative department oversight

• Understands principles, practices and tools relating to hospital/health system administration, strategic business planning, program development and continuous process/performance improvement

• Experience with, managed care, including capitation and contracting issues

• Ability to influence/persuade others, negotiate effectively with diverse groups of high-level individuals, and create buy-in for services, programs, and initiatives

• Ability to identify budget variances, compliance deficiencies and/or systemic weaknesses and implement timely corrective action/performance improvement to forestall or remedy

• Knowledge of safety/risk management and regulatory accreditation/survey processes relating to health care organizations

Education/ Experience:

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in healthcare administration, business administration or other discipline related to the duties of the position

• Minimum of seven years of executive-level experience that would demonstrate attainment of the requisite job knowledge/abilities, including five years of leadership work experience