Job Description

Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. Developing and operating healthcare delivery systems in 39 distinct markets across 15 states, CHS is committed to helping people get well and live healthier. CHS operates 69 acute-care hospitals and more than 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, imaging centers, cancer centers and ambulatory surgery centers.

 

Summary:

The Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations will be responsible for leading and overseeing key aspects of clinical operations for the company. This role will require strategic leadership, operational excellence, and a deep understanding of healthcare processes and service line development. The successful candidate will drive the formulation and execution of clinical development plans, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of high-quality healthcare services. The position reports directly to the President of Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer of CHS.

This is an on-site role and will be located at our corporate office in Franklin, TN.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:Develop and execute the overall clinical development strategy in partnership with business development and operations partners in a manner that aligns with the company's objectives.Identify and evaluate new clinical development opportunities, including innovative care delivery designs and technologies.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of clinical operations with other areas, such as business operations, financial operations, regulatory affairs, quality and business development.Patient Outcomes, Operational Excellence, and Financial Discipline:
Oversee the planning, execution, monitoring, and ongoing development of key clinical service lines, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and quality standards.Enhance safety, quality and clinical excellence in collaboration with other subject matter experts to develop, promote and implement evidence-based practices demonstrated to improve patient outcomes and enhance operational performance.Implement robust quality management systems to ensure data integrity and support continuous improvement.Effectively utilize performance improvement methods to achieve patient outcomes, operational excellence and financial discipline for key clinical areas in the company.Team Leadership:
Build, develop, and lead high-performing teams of professionals in clinical operations.Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.Provide mentorship and coaching to team members, promoting professional growth and development.Safety & Regulatory Compliance:
Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.Stay abreast of evolving regulatory trends and industry best practices.Proactively identify and mitigate potential safety and regulatory risks.Capabilities:
Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and influence others to achieve improvements in quality and operational efficiency across a multi-hospital system or complex clinical environment.Ability to foster effective working relationships and build consensus, and successfully mediate and resolve complex problems and issues.Prior experience in leading physicians through clinical and operational changes including standardization initiatives.Highly collaborative - able to work with corporate colleagues, hospital administrative leadership, and clinical staff to develop cost-effective systems of care and promote appropriate utilization.Optimistic and energetic, possesses a sense of humor and positive attitude.Politically astute and intelligent but highly collaborative and resilient - must demonstrate ability to be successful in a complex matrixed environment.Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire teams.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders.Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

 

Qualifications:

MD or DO requiredExtensive experience in clinical operations, with 10 years of healthcare experiencePrior experience as Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Officer or large Service Line leaderMasters Degree in business, hospital administration, public health or other similar degreeExperience in large Regional or National Healthcare System preferred

 

Physical Demands:
In order to successfully perform this job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, the following are outlined below:

The Employee is required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a PC or similar, and should possess visual acuity.The Employee may be required to occasionally climb, push, stand, walk, reach, grasp, kneel, stoop, and/or perform repetitive motions.The Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and; therefore, job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found within general office or administrative work.