This leadership role provides vision, direction, and management for Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital. The Chief Administrative Officer drives operational excellence, optimizes financial performance, and ensures high standards for patient and employee quality and safety. The role involves working closely with the hospital's Board of Directors and Vandalia Health Shared Services on strategic initiatives and representing the hospital to the community and regulatory agencies.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with the Board and Vandalia North System Administration to chart the hospital's course in response to community needs
Evaluate the effects of external forces on the institution
Recommend long-range plans that support the institution’s philosophy and general objectives
Inform trustees about current trends, issues, problems, and activities in healthcare and community health needs to facilitate policy making
Recommend hospital policy positions concerning legislation, government administrative policies, and other public policy matters
Help identify potential Board members with diverse expertise
Update long-range plans
Ensure the attainment of hospital objectives through the selection, development, motivation, and evaluation of hospital personnel
Specify accountabilities of personnel
Evaluate performance regularly
Establish appropriate departmentalization and delegation
Lead educational programs and participate as teacher and preceptor
Help prevent occupational mishaps
Promote high morale
Monitor the adequacy of the hospital’s patient-care activities through coordination with the Board, medical staff, nursing, and ancillary personnel in establishing policies needed to assure acceptable healthcare services
Assure institutional operating stability by creating a working environment satisfactory to staff and physicians
Consult with medical, nursing, and ancillary staff concerning the quality of patient care within the hospital
Consult with leaders of medical, nursing, and ancillary staff prior to establishing new policies and determining the availability of resources to implement policies
Represent Board policies to the medical staff appropriately
Coordinate efforts of the medical staff, Board, and management staff in recruiting and retaining medical staff
Advocate and implement efforts toward continuous quality improvement of all hospital systems
Maintain a hospital-wide culture of safety by adhering to regulatory and DNV standards
Promote healthcare services that are produced in a cost-effective manner, endeavoring to employ economies while maintaining an acceptable level of quality
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Assure the sound fiscal operation of the institution, including timely, accurate, and comprehensive development of an annual budget and its implementation
Plan for capital equipment through the budget and obtain approvals for capital purchases above a specified threshold
Plan the use of the institution’s physical resources
Ensure against physical damage to the institution’s physical resources
Arrange contractual relationships with consultants, contractors, architects, etc. on behalf of the Board in planning and developing facilities, finances, and personnel programs
Combine organizational resources in such a way as to maximize the quantity and/or quality of a set of results
Develop a program of patient safety implemented throughout the hospital with effective oversight and with reporting mechanisms that identify process success and failures
Ensure compliance with regulations governing hospitals and the rules of accrediting bodies by continually monitoring the organization’s service delivery and by initiating changes as required
Participate as needed in litigation for the hospital
Inform the Board of the need to initiate litigation
Inform the Board if the hospital is out of compliance with any major regulation
Ensure corporate compliance through education and training of staff, monitoring patient care services and billing practices, and implementing changes as appropriate
Work with Vandalia Health executive leadership, legislators, regulatory agencies, and representatives of the field to assure that legislative and regulatory policies promote the health of the community and do not place unmanaged encumbrances upon the hospital
Serve as spokesperson and representative of the hospital and the field of healthcare management to appropriate local, state, and national forums
Support state, provincial, and national efforts to define healthcare issues
Testify before legislative and regulatory bodies
Solicit Board and community support
Encourage the integration of the hospital with the community by using effective communication and public relations programs
Speak to community groups concerning health problems and new programs
Represent the Board in the community
Initiate, develop, and maintain cooperative relationships with the business community and with other hospitals
Articulate contemporary healthcare issues in a manner that defines and promotes the hospital
Conceptualize, transmit, and effect a personal vision of health delivery in the community
Increase public understanding of health policy issues, the role of the hospital, and needed directions for change through interaction with community leaders and others
Be committed to a set of values that serves to motivate others and to advance the hospital’s programs and services consistent with community need, using ethical and equitable methods
Act to avoid crises, but if they occur, manage them decisively and with sensitivity
Have a clear vision of the future of the hospital and its contribution to the community’s well-being
Communicate this vision effectively and motivate others in the community and in the hospital to effect this vision
Foster a smoothly functioning, efficient organization through timely and effective resolution of disruptions
Have a plan for crisis intervention, e.g., strikes, disasters, etc.
Devote necessary time to operational duties and display a strong work ethic as an example for subordinates to follow
Give attention to systems, program development, quality, fiscal management, compliance and clinical management measures, physician relationships, outreach strategies, work culture enhancement, and internal communication and consensus-building
Ensure that resources are focused on optimally satisfying the healthcare needs of those served
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein and any other tasks as deemed necessary by the CEO
Requirements
Master's Degree
Minimum of seven (7) years of healthcare senior leadership experience
Experience in a matrixed environment is preferred
Proven experience and successful track record in executive management, including strategy development and implementation, performance planning and management, and overall leadership of professional staff
Ability to foster a positive work environment that motivates staff to achieve their potential
A driver of change, able to manage conflict in an adaptive and agile manner
Adept at leveraging technology to reduce risk, streamline operations, and add value to the organization
Exceptional communication, leadership, relationship-building, mediation, and negotiation skills
Demonstrated financial acumen and ability to successfully manage large budgets
Excellent broad-based business background with knowledge and experience in organizational development, continuous quality improvement, and business compliance
Exhibits a strong presence of command with proven ability to establish work plans, goals, and manage to those objectives
Fosters a results-oriented, accountable environment
Ability to drive change in alignment with the mission, vision, and values of the organization
Expert knowledge of current healthcare challenges and ability to align organizational goals and outcomes in accordance
Ability to assume a leadership role while establishing effective working relationships and collaborations with a broad cross-section of staff, providers, and community in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner
Light Work: Frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 lbs. with a maximum lifting of 25 lbs.
Important Details
Schedule: Days
Contract: Full Time Regular 1.0
About the Company
Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital is committed to enhancing the health of the communities it serves. The company's vision is for its exceptional team to provide an extraordinary patient experience, compassionate care, and clinical excellence, guided by values of integrity, commitment, accountability, respect, and excellence.
