VP-Regional Operations, Southern Market

Northeast Georgia Health System•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Vice President of Regional Operations – Southern Market reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Northeast Georgia Health System. The Vice President provides executive leadership and oversight of Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) southern market that includes Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton, NGMC Barrow and NGHS’ home health and inpatient rehab joint ventures. Responsible for executing strategic initiatives to optimize operational effectiveness with a focus on accelerated growth in market share, exceptional care experience, clinical quality outcomes and financial performance. The Vice President cultivates and develops relationships and capitalizes on market synergies to create opportunities to support market growth and financial objectives.

Requirements

Masters Degree.
Minimum seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressive experience in healthcare leadership.
Strong financial acumen and business literacy
Evidence of successfully executing strategic initiatives
Effective relationship building skills; a high-integrity, approachable leader who can quickly build respect, credibility, and trust at all levels of the organization and community
Excellent critical thinking, negotiating and decision-making skills
Aptitude for innovation, learning and change management

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in Healthcare administration degree (MHA) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, develop, and monitor all operational and fiscal activities within assigned regional market to ensure quality, compliance, and consistency with NGHS standards and core values.
Serve as executive liaison with medical staff regarding concerns, issues and questions pertaining to operations of assigned regional market and system-level service lines.
Translate initiatives into action plans at the regional level with appropriate performance measures.
Assume fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation.
Demonstrate strong business acumen and knowledge of staffing, capacity, ROI, budget, margins, service and product offerings to implement and drive strategic and relevant operational outcomes.
Foster a “Just Culture” of shared accountability and respond to behaviors of employees in a fair and just manner.
Drive innovation, transformation, and performance initiatives that achieve regional growth, service and quality objectives.
Champion a culture of high reliability and lean management.
Provide effective leadership, coaching, and mentoring to leaders within assigned regional market locations.
Work collaboratively with system-level department leaders to establish and maintain effective relationships.
Establish regular communication to ensure effective cascade of information to both regional and system-level leaders.
Create and cultivate a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Develop a strong community and brand presence within assigned regional market by establishing and leveraging effective relationships with business, government and community leaders.
Stay abreast of the competitive market, industry, and government and regulatory environment to anticipate and assess implications for regional market.
Performs other duties as assigned.