Vp Post Acute Services

Responsibilities

Assess, develop, and enhance the operational leadership team.

• Facilitate a culture of trust between staff and leadership and hold leaders accountable for moving the service areas forward as a desired career designation.
• Work closely with the existing and leadership team assess current capabilities.
• Create and monitor a stability and growth plan to remain a competitive in the market.
• Promotes improvements using appropriate performance improvement methodologies (Lean/Six Sigma), data and benchmarking.
• Leverage strengths and address challenges. The system has undergone significant changes from reorganizing the operating structure to changes in leadership.

Strategic Operational Leadership

• Participate in the development of Post-Acute strategic plans and short and long-term objectives to ensure continued growth of home health and post-acute services are achieved.
• Ensure that systems, processes and procedures are in place and utilized to continuously improve the services, efficiency and outcomes.
• Set goals on an annual basis around four system objectives (People, Patient Experience, Patient Outcomes & Patient Safety, Financial Performance). In addition, goals will also be set regarding growth of services and patients served.
• Oversee and manage the development of appropriate policies and procedures to ensure services and facilities are in compliance with the necessary regulatory legislation, the Joint Commission (TJC), and System requirements
• Work closely with finance, corporate resources and other operational leaders to ensure appropriate information is available to make sound operational decisions.
• Lead continued focus on safety, team and physician engagement, and the building of crossfunctional relationships generating enthusiasm and support for an integrated and seamless continuum of care for patients.
• Skilled Nursing Facilities - Ensure the continued growth and the provision of necessary services to the community; implements plans and programs as approved by the System.
• Partner with the leadership teams to achieve the operational goals, ensuring appropriate measurement of performance.
• Hospice services - to ensure the end-of-life needs of the communities are met.

Develop/Sustain Operational Partnerships

• Work closely with Hospital Presidents and WellStar Medical Group to coordinate operations across the system.
• Foster relationships with direct reports to ensure that the clinical needs of the patients are met through effective coordination and collaboration with medical staff.
• Ensure consistent operating philosophies and practices across the continuum of care and support sites.
• Establish personal and professional credibility, gain respect and built trust with leadership, peers, teammates, physicians and the community. Gain a reputation as an engaged, highly visible, knowledgeable, and strong leader who is in touch with day-to-day operations and physician needs; forge productive relationships at the hospital and system level, as well as in the community and with the community Board.

Required for All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Education:

• Must hold either a Master’s Degree in Nursing or Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from accredited nursing schools with a Master’s Degree in related field required.

Required Minimum Experience:

• Significant experience in a senior operational leadership role in a large complex healthcare institution, skilled nursing services, senior care services or a multi-hospital system required.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive healthcare administration experience required.
• Demonstrable effectiveness in leading quality initiatives required.
• Demonstrated success and expertise in broad operational healthcare leadership, including past successes improving patient satisfaction, employee engagement and cultural trust, fiscal performance and clinical quality required.
• Ability to influence positive and sustainable change in an urgent and fast-paced environment required.

Required Minimum Skills:

• Superior physician relation building skills.
• The ability to use data to create accountability structures to drive success.
• An understanding of and a commitment to patient experience as a necessary component for success.
• A sensitivity to the “family-like aspects” and “community based aspects” of the culture of the Wellstar Health System and has a comfort level with integrating these attributes of the culture in planning for the future business of the organization.
• A management philosophy and behavior which exemplifies integrity and strength of character, people sensitivity and respect for others, collaboration and team building, sense of humor, willingness to share and teach, customer service orientation and commitment to quality in all endeavors.
• Creative problem solving skills with the willingness to take the initiative in leading change as well as the ability to effectively manage change.
• Strong interpersonal qualities and the demeanor and style to quickly establish credibility in the organization.
• An ability to organize and present data in a concise and easily understood manner, often to professionals, physicians and board members.
• A comfort with a competitive and complex healthcare market.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to represent the Wellstar Health System in formal and informal settings.
• Proven success in accumulating and analyzing appropriate data and formulate actionable plans to achieve goals.
• Values consistent with those of Wellstar Health System.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• Reg Nurse (Single State) required.
• RN - Multi-state Compact required.