Director, Hospital Operations - Jefferson Methodist Hospital

Jefferson Health System

• $125K — $150K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in project management, business management, or healthcare administration.
  • 5 years of progressive experience in project management and/or hospital operations.
  • 3 years of direct management experience on large, complex projects.
  • Knowledge of all healthcare work processes across departments and divisions.
  • Strong interpersonal and strategic analysis skills with proficiency in project management techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Translate strategic initiatives into actionable campus plans and programs.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership on campus planning aligned with organizational goals.
  • Manage and motivate multiple operational teams to achieve shared objectives.
  • Communicate critical operational issues and prepare operational review reports.
  • Implement workflows that optimize efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Lead initiatives across multiple business areas in collaboration with senior leaders.
  • Conduct project updates and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Flexible spending accounts and retirement plans.
  • Tuition assistance and discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after service milestones.
  • Access to voluntary benefits with group rates on insurance.
Full Job Description

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

Assumes responsibility for translating interrelated strategic initiatives into large, complex campus plans and programs for execution. In collaboration with campus executive team and leader(s), the Campus Operations Manager plans, resources, implements, controls, and evaluates projects that support LVHN's strategic plan. Communicates regularly and often works one- on-one with senior leadership on a wide variety of topics and/or projects. Works closely with campus leaders for the coordination and execution of clinical operations, including staffing, regulatory compliance, care/service delivery, and adherence to standardized operating policies and procedures. Strategic thinking, flexibility, innovation, and creativity are critical to the role. Provides technical and organizational leadership in specific area(s) of specialization.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

  • Maintains cost control and evaluates budget needs for operations.
  • Collaborates to establish campus plans consistent with mission, strategic operations, quality and safety improvement plan, and overall network goals.
  • Manages and motivates multiple teams across several initiatives to achieve shared goal, while developing relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Proactively communicates critical issues and intervenes accordingly, prepares and submits timely reports for operational review.
  • Implements and adjusts workflows to streamline operations and corrective actions for cost control problems.
  • Independently leads and facilitates initiatives in collaborations with senior leaders, key stakeholders, and network leadership working across multiple business areas and stakeholder groups.
  • Provides data for developing project estimates by identifying phases and elements, personnel requirements, and costs.
  • Effectively conducts written and oral project updates for senior management and other leaders.
  • Maintains ongoing, proactive relationships with all relevant people.
  • Recommends and submits for capital expenditures to promote safe and efficient care delivery and sound business operations.
  • Recommends and implements new technology as needed to advance care and align with the most progressive industry standards.
  • Routinely reviewing data to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and errors to address them promptly.

Additional Responsibilites:

  • Demonstrates eagerness and curiosity to understand core business elements critical to project success in relevant topics (e.g. healthcare operations, patient access and experience, healthcare IT, human resources, finance and revenue cycle) through idependent reading, professional networking, and/or attending relevant conferences and workshops.
  • Supports campus-based process improvement projects.
  • Provides support as needed to senior and operational leadership roles and cross-functional team.

Education - Required

  • Bachelors Degree

Education - Preferred

  • Masters Degree with concentration in project management, business management, or healthcare administration.

Experience - Required

  • 5 years progressive experience in project management and/or hospital operations and
  • 3 years direct management of large and complex projects.

Experience - Preferred

  • 7 years related job experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Required

  • Ability to work under pressure and meet close deadlines.
  • Ability to identify business development and opportunities.
  • Interpersonal skills and leadership to manage large, complex projects working effective with internal and external executive personnel to accomplish organizational goals.
  • Knowledge of healthcare work processes for all healthcare departments and divisions.
  • Strong research and strategic analysis skills.
  • Ability to use project management techniques to keep all teams aligned and focused on milestone level task reporting.
  • Maintains appropriate confidentiality in work with stakeholders.
  • Strong emotional intelligence and adept at relationship building.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

2301 South Broad Street,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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