Lead Patient Progression Across Our Health System

The Billings Clinic–Logan Health system is seeking an accomplished and collaborative healthcare executive to serve as its System Vice President of Patient Progression and Throughput.

This executive leader will provide strategic direction and operational oversight for patient progression across the health system. The position is accountable for advancing clinical quality, patient safety, access, operational performance, growth, and financial results across the continuum of care.

Working closely with administrative, physician, nursing, and operational leaders, the System Vice President will lead initiatives that improve patient access, care coordination, capacity utilization, and the safe and efficient movement of patients across all sites of care.

The System Vice President will work in a dyad partnership with Chief Medical Officers to support the integrated delivery of high-quality services throughout the system. This partnership also extends to rural physicians, referring organizations, post-acute providers, and community partners that share responsibility for clinical, operational, financial, and strategic outcomes.

Courtesy Posting – Apply Through Billings Clinic
Important application instructions:

Logan Health is sharing this opportunity for a position supporting the Billings Clinic–Logan Health system. Although the role supports our integrated health system, the recruitment and application process is being managed through the Billings Clinic Careers site.

👉 To be considered for this position, you must apply directly through Billings Clinic using the link below:

https://billingsclinic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12406?c=billingsclinic

For questions regarding the position or application process, please refer to the contact information included in the Billings Clinic posting.

Location: Billings, Montana
Schedule: Full-time | Day Shift
Employment Status: Exempt
Billings Clinic Requisition: req12406
Compensation: Starting wage dependent upon experience

What You’ll Do

• Provide executive leadership for system-wide patient throughput, access, and care coordination, including oversight of Transfer Center, Patient Flow, and Nursing Coordinator operations.

• Establish system governance, operating models, staffing expectations, productivity standards, and performance measures that support strategic, quality, and service outcomes.

• Lead system-wide standards for clinical appropriateness and level-of-care placement, ensuring approved criteria are applied consistently across facilities.

• Partner with physician, nursing, and administrative executives to align placement and capacity decisions with quality, safety, regulatory requirements, and organizational strategy.

• Develop and execute an enterprise patient-access and physician-services strategy that prioritizes demand across service lines and facilities.

• Lead a portfolio of patient-progression and throughput initiatives designed to improve time to bed, patient experience, capacity utilization, and operational predictability.

• Collaborate with hospital presidents, Chief Nursing Officers, Chief Medical Officers, ancillary leaders, and other stakeholders to identify constraints, remove barriers, and standardize leading practices across the system.

• Sponsor system-wide performance-improvement programs, establish multiyear goals, recommend investments, and allocate resources to support sustainable clinical and financial results.

• Establish measurable performance expectations through key performance indicators, executive dashboards, operational reviews, and corrective-action planning.

• Direct regional and rural access strategies in collaboration with hospital executives and Rural Health leadership.

• Strengthen referral relationships and align transfer pathways with system growth, network integrity, access needs, and community priorities.

• Lead the development and optimization of relationships with transport providers, skilled nursing facilities, long-term acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, and community-based services.

• Advance transition-of-care strategies that improve capacity, reduce length of stay, and support positive patient outcomes throughout the system.

• Recruit, develop, coach, and mentor leaders across patient-throughput functions while establishing succession plans, leadership competencies, and effective escalation pathways.

• Establish documentation and data-governance standards that support compliance, audit readiness, continuity of care, analytics, and executive decision-making.

Leadership Attributes

Strategic Execution

Translates organizational strategy into clear and measurable operational priorities. Anticipates system needs, evaluates how operational decisions affect organizational success, and uses data to develop and present informed recommendations—including the associated benefits and risks.

Business Acumen

Demonstrates strong capabilities in healthcare operations, fiscal management, employee engagement, organizational governance, strategic planning, change management, risk management, compliance, patient safety, and quality improvement. Maintains a commitment to professional growth and lifelong learning.

Emotional Intelligence

Builds trusted relationships throughout the health system and serves as a visible role model for collaboration, transparency, communication, accountability, and service excellence.

People Leadership

Creates an inclusive, supportive, and high-accountability culture. Develops leaders and employees through coaching, training, empowerment, and meaningful performance expectations. Partners with Human Resources and organizational leadership to strengthen engagement, growth, and retention.

Qualifications

Education

One of the following is required:

• An advanced degree in a related field; or

• A master’s degree in nursing, business, healthcare administration, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Six to eight years of progressively responsible management experience.

• At least three years of successful executive leadership experience.

• Healthcare administration experience.

• Demonstrated success leading organizational initiatives and developing strategic policies that support sustainable growth.

• Experience with process improvement, healthcare operations, human resources, and budgetary management.

• Proven ability to lead change and achieve results across complex, cross-functional operations.

• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

• A high level of personal integrity, sound judgment, and ethical leadership.

An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.

Licensure and Certifications

• Current Montana Registered Nurse license required upon hire.

• Valid Montana driver’s license required upon hire.

• Must meet requirements to be insured to operate organizational vehicles.

All required licenses and certifications must remain active and in good standing.

Additional Expectations

• Maintains professional knowledge and completes all required education.

• Applies process-improvement principles and oversees ongoing assessment within assigned areas of responsibility.

• Performs additional duties as needed to support the departments, service lines, and health system.

Ready to Make a System-Wide Impact?

This is an opportunity to shape patient access, progression, and care coordination across the Billings Clinic–Logan Health system while building strong connections among hospitals, clinicians, rural partners, and post-acute providers.

Shift:

Day Shift - 8 Hours (United States of America)