Regional Vice President, Communications and Public Relations

Prime Healthcare•Ontario, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California, operating 54 hospitals and over 360 outpatient locations across 15 states. With more than 3.0 million patient visits annually and over 60,000 employees and physicians, it is one of the nation's leading health systems. Twenty-one of its hospitals are part of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join its corporate team. The Regional Vice President of Communications and Public Relations is a corporate, tactical leader responsible for extensive writing, editing, planning, development, and execution of the organization's strategic communications and public relations. This leadership position serves as a key representative of Prime Healthcare with internal and external stakeholders and acts as the primary spokesperson. The role involves the development and deployment of all corporate communications, media relations, investor-related communications and presentations, support for government relations, and PR/community engagement activities. This leader will oversee a corporate staff responsible for internal communications, executive communications, PR and media relations, crisis communications, corporate sponsorships, Prime Healthcare Foundation activities, website development, digital marketing, and social media strategy. The position requires working with hospital leadership across the system to advance company strategic goals, with hospital communications teams having a dotted line to this role. This role is required to be onsite at the HQ in Ontario, CA and is not offered remotely.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or related field.
10+ years of effective communications success in a healthcare delivery setting.
10+ years’ leading and executing communications function at the c-suite level.
Successful track record of effectively communicating with senior level executives, board members, physician leaders, elected officials, and key community stakeholders.
Excellent writing skills for a variety of audiences.
Relationship building skill and experience with local and national media; Becker’s Healthcare, Modern Healthcare included.
Demonstrated results effectively leading and executing corporate and regional-level communications, executive communications, crisis communications, media relations and public relations, as well as labor related communications.
A “working leader” working alongside teams developing materials, often under tight deadlines.
Highly developed organizational, communication, planning and leadership skills.
Diplomatic with the ability to build positive relationships across the health system.
Excellent coaching and mentoring skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a large, complex (matrixed) national health system.
Experience with investor relations.
Experience and knowledge in government relations and working with elected officials and key stakeholders.
Connections, or experience working with, national news media in key markets (LA, NYC, Midwest).

Responsibilities

Extensive writing, editing, planning, development and execution of the organization's strategic communications and public relations.
Serve as a key representative of Prime Healthcare with internal and external stakeholders.
Act as primary spokesperson for Prime Healthcare.
Develop and deploy all corporate communications, media relations, investor-related communications and presentations.
Provide support for government relations.
Oversee PR/community engagement activities for Prime Healthcare.
Oversee a corporate staff responsible for internal communications, executive communications, PR and media relations, crisis communications, corporate sponsorships, Prime Healthcare Foundation activities, website development, digital marketing and social media strategy.
Work with hospital leadership across the system to advance the company’s strategic goals.
Manage hospital Communications teams with a dotted line reporting structure.