Chief Executive Officer – DMC Sinai Grace Hospital

Tenet Executive Search•Detroit, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Chief Executive Officer has overall operational responsibility for DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital and leads the hospital by example, setting clear strategies and performance expectations in a collaborative environment with senior management, physicians, and the Joint Advisory Board(s). The role requires sustaining high standards of healthcare delivery and patient outcomes while strengthening the hospital’s market position, physician relationships, employee relations, and community presence. The CEO leads organizational strategy and operations, builds and develops the administrative team, and works with physicians and other stakeholders to advance quality, service, growth, and cost objectives. The position represents the hospital as a vital community provider and employer, builds partnerships, recruits and retains physicians, and identifies opportunities for new services, product lines, ventures, and other strategic growth. The CEO is expected to exercise sound judgment, business and financial acumen, bold leadership, and integrity while fostering trust, collaboration, and a patient-focused culture. DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is a full-service hospital in Detroit, Michigan, with 404 licensed beds. It has more than 700 physicians, 650 nurses, and 1,100 support staff, and serves more than 284,000 patients annually. Its services include cardiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, urological services, psychiatry, radiation oncology, gerontology, physical medicine, and orthopedic surgery. The position requires approximately 25 percent travel within the market. The selected candidate must pass a Motor Vehicle Records check. Compensation will be tailored to the selected candidate and includes base salary, a performance bonus, a comprehensive benefits program, and relocation assistance.

Requirements

Ten to fifteen years of progressive experience in facility or healthcare management, culminating in successful leadership of a complex entity in a culturally diverse, competitive urban environment.
Sophisticated understanding of healthcare and facility financial matters, with strong experience-based knowledge of managed care.
Experience as a senior operational executive in a proprietary facility, or demonstrated capability to consistently produce positive margins in a complex and competitive environment.
Proven background developing and implementing strategies that deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare.
Verifiable history of engendering growth through increased productivity and program development.
Strong reputation for sustained, successful, inclusive, trust-based physician relations and success attracting excellent physicians.
Ability to understand physicians’ viewpoints and needs and work strategically with them in the interests of patients and the facility.
Demonstrated ability to lead effectively and bring teams toward full use of their talents and abilities to achieve business results.
Independent judgment and decision-making capability, excellent human relations skills, and strategic vision.
Demonstrated success balancing cost and quality and partnering with medical staff on productivity and quality improvements.
Superior knowledge of healthcare trends and legislation and strong business acumen.
Track record of active community leadership and willingness to represent the facility in civic forums.
Ability to provide high-quality, cost-effective care through innovation, reputation, and positive employee and physician relations.
Ability to communicate effectively with diverse constituencies and deliver high-quality written and verbal presentations.
Strong interpersonal, public relations, and negotiating skills; excellent listening skills.
Ability to encourage feedback and collaboration to promote patient care, cost-effective service delivery, and a team-oriented culture.
Highest personal and professional integrity, sound principles and knowledge, and ability to establish credibility with peers, senior leadership, medical staff, and the Board.
Undergraduate degree in Business, Health Care Administration, or a related field.
Ability to travel within the market; approximately 25 percent travel is expected.
Must pass a Motor Vehicle Records check.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Provide overall operational leadership and responsibility for DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital.
Set clear strategies and performance expectations in collaboration with senior management, physicians, and the Joint Advisory Board(s).
Build positive working relationships with physicians and foster open communication and mutual understanding among physicians, facility leadership, and employees.
Develop and lead a high-performing administrative team and participate in planning for the recruitment and development of leaders.
Foster shared purpose, pride of ownership, collaboration, and consistently high-quality patient care among physicians, employees, and the community.
Maintain a visible presence and engage key stakeholders on strategy, healthcare trends, legislation, and hospital activities.
Represent the hospital as a provider and employer through active civic and community leadership.
Recruit and retain high-quality physicians and develop effective physician and facility strategies.
Use strong communication, presentation, listening, interpersonal, and negotiating skills to promote facility-wide coordination and alignment.
Assess strategic opportunities to strengthen the hospital’s market position and develop executable plans for services, product lines, partnerships, and ventures.
Ensure high standards of healthcare delivery, patient focus, quality, and outcomes.
Build effective relationships with partners, payors, businesses, customers, physicians, employees, and the broader community.
Promote positive employee relations and trust through communication, education, consistency, and dependability.
Develop and execute plans to improve the facility’s long-term potential, service, quality, growth, productivity, and cost performance.
Integrate the medical staff and create opportunities for growth and profitability.
Apply fact-based judgment to complex healthcare, operational, financial, regulatory, and strategic issues, including payer mix and physician partnerships.
Monitor progress against plans, establish feedback and assessment processes, and make course corrections as needed.
Make decisions that mitigate cost risk and maximize revenue potential, including prioritizing capital investment.
Take decisive action in high-stakes situations and address barriers or ineffective processes.
Maintain high ethical standards and integrity consistent with Tenet values and compliance expectations.
In conjunction with the facility’s Chief Financial Officer, certify the facility’s financials quarterly.