Division Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Solano Medical Center

Sutter Health•Vallejo, CA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Sutter Solano Medical Center is a trusted not-for-profit, acute care hospital serving Vallejo, Solano County, and the greater North Bay region. As part of Sutter Health’s integrated network, the medical center offers patients and families access to high-quality care close to home, including 24-hour emergency care, surgery, cardiology, intensive care, diagnostic imaging, endoscopy, inpatient rehabilitation, orthopedics, respiratory therapy, and cancer care. Known for its commitment to compassionate, reliable, and patient-centered care, Sutter Solano continues to build on its strong reputation for clinical excellence, including recognition for stroke care, sepsis treatment, patient safety, and low infection rates. This is an exciting opportunity for a mission-driven healthcare executive to lead Sutter Solano Medical Center as Division Vice President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this role, the CEO will help shape the future of care for the Vallejo and Solano County communities while advancing Sutter Health’s broader priorities. The CEO will provide strategic and operational leadership across the medical center, working closely with physicians, nurses, clinical teams, support services, community partners, Board members, and Sutter Health leaders to deliver exceptional, high-quality, and cost-effective care. With responsibility for operations, long-range planning, quality, service line growth, and financial performance, this leader will ensure SSMC is well positioned to meet the needs of patients today and continue evolving for the future. Reporting to the Division President, the CEO partners closely with the CME, CNE, senior hospital leaders, Foundation Administrators, and other division leaders, and serves as a member of the Sutter Division Leadership Team. The CEO will lead through the SSMC senior leadership team, supporting broad patient care and operational priorities across the acute care enterprise and related service lines. This includes guiding leaders and teams in staffing, program development, quality improvement, financial stewardship, and daily operations. The role may also include oversight of outpatient and ambulatory services, such as clinics, urgent care centers, surgery centers, specialty care, same-day and walk-in services, clinical service lines, and shared support services. Just as important, the CEO will help create a culture where people feel connected to the mission, empowered to do their best work, and encouraged to collaborate, innovate, and continuously improve. For the right leader, this is a meaningful opportunity to strengthen an already respected medical center and make a lasting impact on the communities Sutter Solano serves.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field required.
Must have significant experience in healthcare administration at the administrator, assistant/associate administrator or similar level.
Experience must demonstrate competence and success in financial operations, new business planning, development, implementation and management, board and physician relations and management development.
Demonstrated track record in delivering excellence in the Triple Aim (access, affordability and quality).
Strong experience engaging employees, physicians and community leaders.
Experience in health care business development and acquisition activities.
Experience in developing business and strategic plans for health care service lines.
Strong knowledge and experience in understanding operational impact on finances, costs, and efficiency.
Demonstrated understanding and experience in the use of lean to drive management and operational processes.
Experience providing leadership to operations teams in an ambulatory setting.
Must have an in-depth working knowledge of healthcare administration, operations and departments, with a strong emphasis on and understanding of multi-specialty medical group operations, financial management, strategic planning, physician relations, patient care, quality assessment and improvement, risk management and human resource management.
Have a solid working knowledge of applicable laws and operating guidelines.
Strong understanding of the trends and issues affecting the healthcare industry, including managed care, clinical integration and quality outcomes.
Working knowledge of all legal guidelines and requirements of accrediting bodies.
Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and presentation/public speaking).
Demonstrated skills in leadership, conflict identification and resolution, group problem solving and group process as well as organization and prioritization.
Effective as a team leader and team member, with a bias toward timely and appropriate action.
Possesses a customer service excellence orientation, with emphasis on continuous quality improvement.
Demonstrated effective organizational performance improvement skills, in-depth working knowledge of integrated healthcare organization and administration, agency standards/compliance, and laws applicable to healthcare operations is required.
Ability to balance clinical and financial goals with the health care needs and challenges facing targeted audiences and their related communities.
Strong skills in identifying, planning, and executing appropriate and successful health care business strategies to meet changing organizational and community needs, and regulatory requirements.
Politically savvy and an excellent communicator with a successful track record of leading strategic initiatives and building innovative, high quality, health care delivery systems in collaboration with professional and community partners.
Well-developed skills in problem-identification, persuasion, and negotiation.
Effective team leader and team member skills, with a bias toward timely and appropriate action.
Demonstrated skills in leadership, conflict identification and resolution, group problem solving and group process as well as organization and prioritization.
Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with foundation management, physician providers, nursing, key departments and individuals at all levels inside and outside of Sutter Health.
Well-developed and engaging communication skills (written, verbal and presentation/public speaking), including the ability to tailor presentations to a specific audience, and address and interact with large groups.
Proven ability explaining complex medical/clinical information and concepts in simple terms.
Excellent customer service orientation, with emphasis on continuous quality improvement.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business, Hospital, Healthcare Administration preferred.
Executive level experience in a multi-facility/matrix management healthcare system strongly desired.
Prior demonstrated philanthropy experience desired.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and operational leadership across the medical center.
Work closely with physicians, nurses, clinical teams, support services, community partners, Board members, and Sutter Health leaders to deliver exceptional, high-quality, and cost-effective care.
Oversee operations, long-range planning, quality, service line growth, and financial performance.
Ensure SSMC is well positioned to meet the needs of patients today and continue evolving for the future.
Partner closely with the CME, CNE, senior hospital leaders, Foundation Administrators, and other division leaders.
Serve as a member of the Sutter Division Leadership Team.
Lead through the SSMC senior leadership team, supporting broad patient care and operational priorities across the acute care enterprise and related service lines.
Guide leaders and teams in staffing, program development, quality improvement, financial stewardship, and daily operations.
Potentially oversee outpatient and ambulatory services, such as clinics, urgent care centers, surgery centers, specialty care, same-day and walk-in services, clinical service lines, and shared support services.
Help create a culture where people feel connected to the mission, empowered to do their best work, and encouraged to collaborate, innovate, and continuously improve.