Vice President of Operations

MedVet•Worthington, OH

24d

About The Position

Welcome to MedVet. We are a family of emergency and specialty hospitals committed to providing exceptional care for our patients and unrivaled experience for our clients and referring veterinarians. We are employee-owned and veterinarian led which keeps us grounded in our commitment to providing the best specialty and emergency care available for your pet. Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer, the Vice President - Operations is the leader who drives and provides support to ensure the success of day-to-day operations. In this role, the individual is responsible for inventory management, procurement, and equipment management.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate has a minimum of 15 years’ experience in Hospital Operations Management.
Must be fully competent utilizing Microsoft Office programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Experience with SharePoint and MS Teams. Ability to learn industry-specific programs is required.
Must be a systems and strategic thinker who is versed at leading change and effectively mitigates and resolves conflict.
Must have a professional demeanor, problem-solving ability, and possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Skillfully conceptualizes, analyzes and evaluates information to act with clarity, accuracy, relevance and fairness.
Relates well to all kinds of people inside and outside MedVet.
Creates appropriate rapport and builds effective relationships with diplomacy and tact.
Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
Dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external clients. Acts with the client in mind. Obtain first-hand client information and use it for improvements.
Balances team and individual responsibilities.
Contributes to building a positive team spirit and highly functional team.
Sees conflict as opportunities. Find common ground and get cooperation equitably. Clearly communicates in difficult and emotional situations.
Can effectively cope with change and shifts gears comfortably.
Treats people with respect. Works with integrity and ethically.
Delegates work assignments.
Speaks and writes clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations. Responds well to questions.
Identifies opportunities to strengthen and build team and services provided and acts upon those opportunities.
Displays a willingness to make decisions.
Generate suggestions for improving processes. Effectively creates and facilitates change.
React well under pressure.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the healthcare and/or veterinary industry is a plus but not required.
Master’s degree and/or Lean Six Sigma experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Supports operations-related strategy creation and execution of strategic and operational plans.
Coaches and develops operations team.
Communicates hospital information as appropriate through hospital network structure while working collaboratively to improve processes through leadership of large projects and initiatives to improve quality and efficiency.
Responsible for capital budget process and support of operational expense budget compliance.
Accountable for centralized hospital network purchasing of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, blood, medical equipment, medical gases, environmental supplies and office supplies
Accountable for centralized maintenance of inventory levels and parameters and physical inventory processes in compliance with MedVet and accounting requirements
Accountable for policies and procedures related to preventive maintenance, calibration and equipment repair.
Accountable for fiscally responsible practices for COGS management.
Accountable for efficient and effective performance of inventory and procurement systems.