System Vice President, Hospitalist Service Line - Remote Eligible

System Vice President, Hospitalist Service Line

Everyone who works with Mercy Health is united under one purpose: to help our patients be well in mind, body and spirit. This drive, along with our history of faith, is a powerful combination. It gives us a shared calling to work toward every day. Join our exceptional team and help us continue to provide the highest quality of health care possible to our communities.

Location: Can be located anywhere in the U.S. (strong preference for Eastern or Central time zones)

Reports To: Chief Care Delivery Officer

# of Direct Reports: 5

This is a brand-new position to lead our hospitalist service line, providing subject matter expertise across all markets, including employed and non-employed hospitalist arrangements. This role will also oversee the Behavioral Health and Wound Care system service lines. The person in this position will partner with the contracting team to define PSA terms, including SLAs and KPIs.

We are looking for someone with true hospitalist service line expertise or someone who has managed a larger-scale hospitalist program (employed and independent experience).

Primary Function/General Purpose of Position The Vice President of Hospital Services is responsible for providing subject matter expertise and driving clinical and operational standardization to reduce clinical variability, improve quality outcomes and drive clinical and operational efficiency. This position will partner with the medical director of hospital services and other key stakeholders including market leadership, contracted physician groups, and both contracted and employed providers to implement best practices, optimize clinical workflows and drive value-based performance.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides subject matter expertise across all Bon Secours Mercy Health markets including employed and non-employed hospitalist arrangements
• Oversees the Behavioral Health and Wound Care system service lines
• Partners with the contracting team to define PSA terms including SLAs and KPIs
• Manages outcomes and performance components of professional service agreements for the hospitalist service line and is accountable for contracted and employed SLAs and KPI performance including length of stay, readmission rates, infection prevention, patient experience and other clinical outcome metrics.
• Collaborates with finance and operational teams to quantify the value and ROI of clinical initiatives and improvements.
• Develops and ensures sound execution, measurement, and accountability of the clinical engagement strategy for hospitalist services, behavioral health and wound care services.
• Utilizes a blend of strategic and operational leadership.
• Analyzes clinical operations scorecard and other data to identify opportunities to reduce clinical variability, improve quality outcomes, drive clinical efficiency, and value generation in identified service lines.
• Monitors initiative compliance and engages with underperforming markets to develop action plans and assist in addressing barriers to achieve compliance/improvement targets.

Education Masters Degree in Hospital administration, business or related field (required)

Work Experience 10+ years in senior level leadership position (required). Understands hospital operations, supply chain operations and processes, health system leadership, leading through influence in a matrixed structure (preferred). Prior experience managing contracted provider groups (preferred)

Skills

• Hard/Technical Skills: Proficiency with clinical informatics and data-driven decision-making. Financial acumen. Ability to identify and execute on clinical quality improvement efforts.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication and team-building skills across multidisciplinary teams. Ability to think strategically while managing complex operational challenges. Collaborative leadership style with a commitment to patient-centered care. Leads through influence

Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with: Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans Prescription drug coverage Flexible spending accounts Life insurance w/AD&D Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible Paid time off Educational Assistance And much more*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.