COO - ACUTE

UHS•Denison, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Universal Health Services (UHS), a Fortune 300 corporation and a leading provider of hospital and healthcare services, is seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Texoma Medical Center (TMC) in Denison, Texas. TMC is an acute care hospital with a medical staff of over 200 physicians, offering major specialty services including open heart surgery and neurosurgery, and serving as a regional specialty center with certified trauma care. Since 1965, TMC has been a vital part of the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma communities, providing sophisticated and experienced care. The COO will oversee the day-to-day operations of the hospital, implement the strategic vision of the CEO and Corporation, and manage hospital departments to optimize quality of services and profitability. This leadership role involves directing quality operations to enhance return on investment and community reputation, increasing revenues, managing bad debt, achieving margin targets, and implementing operating cost controls. The COO will also develop and provide quality programs and services to the community, ensuring employee commitment to quality and service. Furthermore, the COO is responsible for managing and developing employees by fostering a climate that motivates high performance through effective management practices, setting direction, coaching, providing feedback, and building commitment.

Requirements

Five years of hospital experience with a minimum of two to three years as a senior level manager is required.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Must be organized and be able to manage multiple diverse departments.
Must be detail oriented, focus on nuances of multiple hospital operations, and be able to manage communication with employees and vendors.
Must be able to motivate, inspire, and communicate with individuals and groups.
Knowledge of the financial implications of decisions including budgeting and forecasting is required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred in Business, Health Administration or other closely related field.

Responsibilities

Provides day to day operations of the hospital.
Implements strategy of CEO and Corporation.
Manages hospital departments efficiently and effectively to maximize quality of services and profits of the hospital.
Directs effective quality operations to maximize return on investment and community reputation.
Increases revenues and income before inter-company allocations, maintains or decreases the effective bad debt rate, achieves the margin percentage, and implements operating cost controls in the areas of staffing, supplies, purchased services, etc.
Develops and provides quality programs and service to the community.
Manages and implements programs to ensure all employees are committed to quality and service.
Manages and develops employees. Through appropriate management practices, creates a hospital climate to motivate employees to highest performance.
Establishes direction, coaches employees, provides feedback, and builds commitment.