Position Summary:
The Regional Director is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and directing Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute programs and services within a specified region. Working collaboratively with physicians, leadership and staff across the region, the Director supports Hartford HealthCare's vision and works to achieve the Cancer Institute goals, objectives and improvement priorities. The Director also ensures the delivery of high-quality care through the adoption of Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) standards of care and by communicating direction, facilitating change, building engaged teams, and mentoring/developing colleagues to achieve high performance and provide the best possible care to patients.
Key Accountabilities:
- Combines, plans, directs and evaluates complex care systems in collaboration with physicians and health care teams to ensure continuous performance improvement for optimal patient care and outcomes
- Continually evaluates existing programs and services and identifies new program opportunities to respond to emerging trends in clinical care, technology, research and population health
- Participates in strategic, short range and long-range planning for the Cancer Institute
- Develops regional goals and objectives to support the Cancer Institute and Fairfield region strategic plan
- Collaborates effectively with physician leadership and staff to promote multidisciplinary, team-based care and build high levels of engagement
- Effectively manages organizational change through a well-communicated vision and mission, as well as clear and articulate assignments and expectations of others
- Develops and maintains a strong relationship with key stakeholders and identifies areas for business opportunity and support
- Develops and owns the regional operating budget; delivers timely variance reporting and corrective action plans when performance falls short
- Serves as a mentor to staff and promotes professional development of staff
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in health care field required. Master's degree is strongly preferred.
- Fifteen plus years of experience in a healthcare specialty field or service line
- Ten plus years of leadership experience
- Cancer program management experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience in effectively implementing organizational change initiatives at a system-level
- Visible, collaborative leader skilled at building trust across physicians, staff, and executives
- Strong financial acumen
- Demonstrated track record of growing programs and increasing patient volume
- Highly effective analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Exceptional communication and engagement skills in working within a large healthcare system
