Associate Administrator – Westover Hills Baptist

Tenet Executive Search•San Antonio, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Administrator has responsibility for developing management objectives and policies for the various departments and monitoring the results. He/she also interprets objectives, policies, and procedures. Further, the Associate Administrator is responsible for coordinating the activities of the assigned departments with other departments both within and outside the hospital. The Associate Administrator resolves problems with department heads concerning use of resources, as well as encourages and maintains open lines of communication with and between employee groups, other medical personnel, and patients and their family members.

Requirements

A minimum of three years of progressively responsible hospital management experience.
Ability to act as liaison between the administrative and medical staff, Board of Directors, and external stakeholders.
Ability to provide leadership to establish priorities and to develop and implement solutions.
Highly developed expertise in quantitative analysis to support definition and advancement for the hospital’s goals and objectives.
Ability to understand physicians’ viewpoints and needs and work strategically in the best interest of patients and the hospital.
A strong reputation for sustained inclusive, trust-based physician relations.
Proven success in balancing cost/quality issues and partnering with medical staff to address productivity improvements and initiatives.
A high orientation to detail with proven analytical and financial skills.
A team player who excels in developing team momentum, enthusiasm and pride.
High level, complex problem-solving abilities both in groups and in one-on-one situations.
The capacity, maturity, stature and communication skills to eventually assume a more senior leadership role in a hospital system.
Capable of working with staff and assisting them in their continued development, as well as enhancing their performance in a supportive team environment.
Able to think strategically and have the communication and leadership skills to follow through on development plans.
Ability to demonstrate effective decision-making skills based on thoughtful determination and excellent intuitive judgment.
Excellent interpersonal skills; a skilled and dedicated listener, comfortable in a variety of settings dealing with diverse constituencies; a broad thinker.
The ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
Goal oriented individual who is fair-minded, intelligent, and able to command respect and to manage by influence.
Ability to establish trust and to gain support when making difficult decisions and choices.
High-principled and thorough, with a high energy level and a strong team orientation.
An individual open to giving meaningful consideration to new ideas and solutions and will seek out ways to solicit input from many sources.
Someone with a deep understanding of the interrelatedness and interdependence of disparate hospital departments and is committed to helping them function well together.
One who values a collegial environment that fosters the open exchange of creative ideas and solutions.
An individual with the ability to bring diverse constituents together toward a common goal and vision.
An energetic, results-oriented individual, not content with the status quo.
One who constantly seeks to achieve a higher level of performance.
An individual of highest personal and professional integrity, principle and knowledge, earning respect and support when making difficult decisions and choices.
Able to establish immediate credibility with peers, senior leadership, and the medical staff.
Self-confident and assured with significant presence and charisma, but with balanced ego.
A high-energy individual with a strong work ethic and high expectations for performance.
Someone who delegates to others but holds them accountable and demands excellence and timely performance.
An undergraduate degree from a recognized and accredited institution is required.

Nice To Haves

An MBA/MHA or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluating the performance of the various departments, as well as the performance of key managers and supervisors.
Advising employees promptly when performance problems arise or changes are needed.
Establishing the operating budgets for the various departments and monitor performance against budgets.
Assisting Administration with special projects and with short- and long-term strategic planning.
Attending promptly to the administrative details of the position including the signing of documents, preparation of reports, completion of performance appraisals, and other employee-related actions.
Ensuring that all operations within the scope or the position are carried out in an ethical, responsible manner.
Developing, with the help of the responsible department heads, standard operating procedures for the departments within the position’s span of control. Coordinating with other departments and medical staff as needed.
Making final hiring and firing decisions of personnel within immediate scope of operations coordinating information with upper management and human resources according to established procedures.
Approving expenditures to the level established by upper management.
Establishing realistic and aggressive team/individual goals, and action plans that deliver results.
Demonstrating high visibility, consistently interacting with key stakeholders to inform, advise, listen, encourage, and challenge.
Optimizing facility’s financial and human resources by overseeing day-to-day operations in a high quality and cost-conscious manner.
Clearly understanding and communicating the Balanced Scorecard metrics and targets to the organization.
Demonstrating high level complex problem-solving abilities.
Using highly developed expertise in quantitative analyses to define and support facility goals.
Understanding business development and physician recruitment strategies that lead to a competitive advantage.
Working knowledge of patient care standards reflected in federal and state regulation.
Taking decisive operational action in high stakes situations or times of crisis and uncertainty.
Promoting or asserting own position and ideas for operation improvement, quality care delivery, revenue, and volume growth.
Seeking and championing new ideas and initiatives that create operational/strategic advantages.
Decisively confronting and resolving issues or barriers to success.
Assuming CEO responsibilities in absence of CEO (i.e. Second in command).
Understanding financial indicators/levels and delivering year over year improved financial performance.
Using financial and productivity analysis vs. anecdotes to make decisions.
Building consensus and commitment across disparate facility managers, physicians and home office staff with often competing priorities, with short and long-term goals.
Engaging in team bench strength assessments and recruitment or promotion action plans that meet current/future talent needs.
Being an effective team member with the facility’s CEO, CFO, CNO, and DBD to pursue new growth, implement new processes, and/or address new challenges.
Providing ongoing feedback, measurement and assessment processes that measure performance to plan and cause course correction for direct reports.
Partnering effectively with medical staff to continually improve the quality and level of services provided.