Associate Administrator - Valley Baptist Medical Center Harlingen

MARKET SUMMARY:

Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen 

At Valley Baptist Medical Center— Harlingen, we’ve been providing comprehensive care services for the expanding Rio Grande Valley community since 1925. It’s been our goal to offer our patients excellent service in a faith-based environment.

Here you’ll find:

• 2000 employees and 375 medical staff members ready to help you
• 586 licensed beds
• 2 off campus emergency departments and 2 outpatient imaging centers. 
• The Rio Grande Valley’s first and most experienced Comprehensive Stroke Center and Cameron County’s only Trauma Level II Center 
• Leading Service lines in Cardiology, Neuroscience, Orthopedic, Surgery, Oncology, Women’s Services and more
• The Rio Grande Valley’s first and only Micro-Hospital located in Weslaco, Texas (operates under Valley Baptist Medical Center- Harlingen license)
• Training of the next generation of physicians, allied health, nursing, and healthcare professionals thanks to our partnership with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and many other colleges/universities 
• And much more!

https://www.valleybaptist.net/home

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Associate Administrator has responsibility for developing management objectives and policies for the various departments and monitoring the results. He/she also interprets objectives, policies, and procedures. Further, the Associate Administrator is responsible for coordinating the activities of the assigned departments with other departments both within and outside the hospital. The Associate Administrator resolves problems with department heads concerning use of resources, as well as encourages and maintains open lines of communication with and between employee groups, other medical personnel, and patients and their family members.

FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 

The Associate Administrator has responsibility for evaluating the performance of the various departments, as well as the performance of key managers and supervisors. He/she advises employees promptly when performance problems arise or changes are needed. Other functional requirements include:

• Establish the operating budgets for the various departments and monitor performance against budgets.
• Assist Administration with special projects and with short and long term strategic planning.
• Attend promptly to the administrative details of the position including the signing of documents, preparation of reports, completion of performance appraisals, and other employee-related actions.
• Ensure that all operations within the scope or the position are carried out in an ethical, responsible manner.
• Develop, with the help of the responsible department heads, standard operating procedures for the departments within the position’s span of control.  Coordinate with other departments and medical staff as needed.
• Approve expenditures to the level established by upper management.

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP - EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

As a leader in healthcare, Tenet is committed to providing the best possible care to every patient, with a clear focus on quality and service. Strong leadership is essential to delivering on this commitment, and we believe that the quality of our leaders can give us a significant long-term competitive advantage. We want to ensure every current and future leader in Tenet is successful, and we support that through our selection and hiring process and by providing coaching and training to our leaders.

In this regard, we have identified core competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance: 

Optimize Execution

• Establishes realistic and aggressive team/individual goals, and action plans that deliver results (e.g., tasks that lead to the renovation of patient rooms).
• Demonstrates high visibility, consistently interacting with key stakeholders to inform, advise, listen, encourage, and challenge (e.g., routinely rounds with employees, physicians, patients, etc.).
• Optimizes facility’s financial and human resources by overseeing day-to-day operations in a high quality and cost consciou