PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Serves as a member of the regional leadership team providing strategic direction on operational issues. Works in a dynamic executive environment in a matrix organization, and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem solving skills.

- Promotes ethical behavior in the areas of business ethics, legal compliance, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, vendor relationships and the reporting of questionable activities.

- Ensures engagement, satisfaction and alignment of employees, physicians and executives to ensure effective implementation of strategic and operational plans within the assigned entity. Creates an environment in which effective communication and responsiveness to customer needs are priorities.

- Oversees human resource management for the assigned area creating a culture of employee engagement. Ensures policies are administered consistently across function. Organizes operations through appropriate structure and delegation of functions. Mentors leaders in career growth and participates in succession planning efforts.

- Promotes team building and collaboration. Motivates, encourages and empowers staff to achieve personal, organizational and team goals. Encourages and provides opportunity for staff input and feedback regarding improvement opportunities.

- Develops and implements policies and procedures that address medical group, hospital and service line functions. Ensures compliance with confidentiality policies and procedures.

- Maintains knowledge and achieves compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements, licensure, accreditation requirements, record procedures and internal controls. Informs and updates staff on organizational and industry issues.

- Develops and enhances relationships with community and other public organizations and groups that expand the effectiveness of the mission. Participates in developing regional policies, procedures and directives as requested and communicates to ensure compliance is achieved.

- Responsible for operational performance and overall strategic direction of assigned service lines throughout the regional medical group (these assignments may periodically change and rotate).

- Collaborates with regional support functions of nursing, finance, planning, quality and human resources to achieve successful outcomes for the hospitals, service lines, network and system.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

- Master's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education

EXPERIENCE

- Ten years' experience, with five years' in leadership

Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2023 - Becker's Healthcare

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 - Newsweek

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023 - Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization's 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God's healing presence to everyone they serve.

With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.

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