Vp Of Operations - Ssm Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee - Shawnee, Ok

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Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee is seeking a Vice President of Operationsto join the leadership team. Ideal candidates will have 10 years of relevant operational experience with at least 5 of those years being in a management role. Experience in role managing multiple departments within a healthcare system preferred. Experience as an Assistant VP/VP Operations within a hospital is a plus.
• VPO is a strategic partner with the President in continuing to gain market share and enhance healthcare for the communities we serve.
• VPO has leadership over daily operations, including major revenue generating service lines
• The size of the organization allows the VPO to be an executive but also have relationships with frontline team members
Our senior leaders in Shawnee bring many years of experience to their roles and are very active within the community. They have collaborative relationships with medical staff and physician leadership and are looking for a VP of Operations that will also value building relationships within the hospital and community.
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee has been serving the health needs of Pottawatomie County and surrounding areas for more than 55 years and is the 2nd largest employer for Pottawatomie County. SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee offers a wide range of services, 128 patient beds, and physicians and staff who are dedicated to providing exceptional health care consistent with our mission.
Shawnee is a growing city of 40,000, located just 40 minutes east of Oklahoma City. Shawnee is a unique community that affords you the charm of a small town with easy access to a major metropolitan area. Pottawatomie County provides affordable housing options, as well as exceptional schools including a private university, community college and a tech center. The city of Shawnee provides ample entertainment options with large concert venues, annual rodeos, local theater productions and shopping at major retailers and quaint shops.
In 2022, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee assumed operations of the hospital in the nearby town of Seminole, OK --now named SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Seminole. The leadership team in Shawnee is responsible for overseeing the addition in Seminole --which includes an ED, lab services, inpatient services, physical therapy and wound care.
If you would like to be considered in our search for VP of Operations, please submit your resume and cover letter through our SSM Health portal or by sending directly to jon.dirksen@ssmhealth.com.
Job Summary:
Develops strategy and provides leadership for the operational processes across the organization. Develops short- and long-term operational goals and plans ensuring alignment with broader organization priorities. Utilizes metrics and organization vision to lead and direct operational activities. Challenges assumptions and standards of business in an effort to improve overall operational effectiveness and service to organization customers.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on operational related issues. Works effectively as a team member in a dynamic executive environment in a matrix organization, and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem solving skills.
• Ensures premier customer satisfaction. Implements mechanisms and feedback processes to determine customer satisfaction levels. Ensures engagement and satisfaction of employees, physicians, and leadership to ensure effective implementation of strategic and operational plans. Creates an environment in which effective communication and responsiveness to customer needs are priorities. Provides timely resolution and response to customer complaints, concerns and suggestions.
• Develops and implements strategic business plans. Operationalizes business plans for assigned area. Translates initiatives into action plans at the departmental level with appropriate performance measures. Assumes fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation. Establishes and monitors process improvement initiatives to achieve value based outcome metrics.
• Oversees human resource management for the assigned area creating a culture of employee engagement. Ensures HR policies are administered consistently across function. Organizes operations through appropriate structure and delegation of functions to achieve productivity. Identifies succession planning needs with special emphasis on retaining and recruiting a diverse work force.
• Promotes team building and collaboration. Motivates, encourages and empowers staff to achieve personal, organizational and team goals. Recognizes accomplishment. Encourages and provides opportunity for staff input and feedback regarding improvement opportunities. Mentors and coaches the leadership team. Regularly informs and updates staff on organizational and industry issues.
• Ensures quality patient care is provided on a daily basis. Participates in ongoing continuous quality improvement education and training.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures that address hospital and service line functions. Develops and ensures compliance with confidentiality practices. Maintains knowledge and achieves compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements, licensure, accreditation requirements, record procedures and internal controls.
• Develops and enhances relationships with community, other public, organizations and groups that expand the effectiveness of the mission.
• Collaborates with regional support functions of nursing, finance, planning, quality and human resources to achieve successful outcomes for the hospitals, service lines, network and system. Participates in developing policies and procedures and communicates appropriately to ensure compliance is achieved. Effectively communicates at all levels of the organization.
• Regularly displays and encourages ethical behavior in the areas of business ethics, legal compliance, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, vendor relationships and the reporting of questionable activities.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree or equivalent education and years of experience

EXPERIENCE

• Ten years' experience, with five years' in leadership

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Department:
8050000024 Administration
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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