Regional Vice President, Communications and Public Relations
About The Position
Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California, operating 54 hospitals and more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states. It has more than 60,000 employees and physicians. The Regional Vice President of Communications and Public Relations is a corporate tactical leader responsible for strategic communications and public relations, including extensive writing, editing, planning, development, and execution. This leader is a key representative of Prime Healthcare with internal and external stakeholders and serves as the organization’s primary spokesperson. The role leads development and deployment of corporate communications, media relations, investor-related communications and presentations, support for government relations, and public relations and community engagement. It oversees corporate staff responsible for internal and executive communications, public relations and media relations, crisis communications, corporate sponsorships, Prime Healthcare Foundation activities, website development, digital marketing, and social media strategy. The role works with hospital leadership across the system to advance strategic goals; hospital communications teams have a dotted-line relationship to this leader. The position is required to be onsite at Prime Healthcare’s headquarters in Ontario, California, and is not remote.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
- 10+ years of effective communications success in a healthcare delivery setting.
- 10+ years leading and executing a communications function at the C-suite level.
- Successful track record communicating effectively with senior-level executives, board members, physician leaders, elected officials, and key community stakeholders.
- Excellent writing skills for a variety of audiences.
- Relationship-building skills and experience with local and national media, including Becker’s Healthcare and Modern Healthcare.
- Demonstrated results leading and executing corporate and regional-level communications, executive communications, crisis communications, media relations, public relations, and labor-related communications.
- Ability to work alongside teams to develop materials, often under tight deadlines.
- Highly developed organizational, communication, planning, and leadership skills; diplomacy and the ability to build positive relationships across the health system.
- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills.
- Ability to work onsite at Prime Healthcare’s headquarters in Ontario, California.
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, including Los Angeles, New York City, and the Midwest.
- Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, English, Marketing, or Journalism.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the organization’s strategic communications and public relations.
- Serve as a key representative of Prime Healthcare with internal and external stakeholders and as its primary spokesperson.
- Develop and deploy corporate communications, media relations, investor-related communications and presentations, support for government relations, and public relations and community engagement activities.
- Oversee corporate staff responsible for internal communications, executive communications, public relations 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.
- Lead and execute corporate and regional communications, executive communications, crisis communications, media relations, public relations, and labor-related communications.
- Work alongside teams to develop materials, often under tight deadlines.
- Provide coaching and mentoring.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401K retirement plan
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Voluntary benefit options
- Potential eligibility to participate in the Company’s annual discretionary bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
