Regional Chief Operating Officer (RCOO) - Southwest Missouri

Job Description:

Job Title: Regional Chief Operations Officer (RCOO)
Location: Springfield, MO
Department: Administration
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

The Regional Chief Operations Officer (RCOO) serves as a key member of regional leadership directly responsible for the organization, direction, evaluation, and integration of patient/client care and clinical services.  In collaboration with the Regional President, the RCOO has the authority and accountability for the delivery of services by assigned departments including support of community strategies designed to integrate care across the healthcare continuum.

Through collaboration with clinical, administrative, system, and physician leadership, strives for seamlessness and efficiency in delivering care. The RCOO contributes to the site, regional and corporate initiatives, by addressing complex problems that affect our patients/consumers and works to resolve with innovative solutions.

Essential Job Functions:

• Function as a day-to-day operational leader in the region in which they serve.

• Provide leadership, support, and organizational direction to assigned vice presidents, directors and managers in the region to achieve goals and objectives.

• Oversee the functions and operations of delegated departments.

• Responsible for developing professional relationships with leaders and staff that facilitate teamwork and delivery of quality services.

• Provide key operational leadership in areas of practice delivery, program planning, revenue generation, operational analysis/improvements, financial analysis, problem resolution, personnel management, and performance improvement. Where appropriate, collaborate with other regional and centralized leadership for program development.

• Establish metrics for assigned departments, as well as actionable productivity reports, putting practice parameters in place, and monitoring business outcomes associated with, but not limited to, documentation standards, productivity, caseload sizes, episodes of care length, duration of sessions, etc. Provide feedback reports to Regional and Administrative leadership.

• Develop and achieve business goals that include establishing and maintaining quality and safety standards for areas of responsibility.

• Serve as the regional leader in the absence of the Regional President.

• Provide strategic leadership by working with Brightli C-Suite and respective market leadership to establish short-range and long-range goals, strategies, and tactical planning.

• Anticipate and propose clinical programming ideas and direct resources in developing clinical programs to meet stakeholders’ expectations.

• Ensure workflows are consistent and effective across the region through monitoring and collaboration with other regional leaders.

• Facilitate appropriate levels of communication between regional leadership, mid-management, staff, community leaders, and other resources/stakeholders within the organization.

• Develop and maintain operational relationships with corporate service departments and market leadership.

• Assist with the achievement of the mission, vision, and values by studying short-range and long-range economic trends, internal and external markets, workforce, and patient/community experience.

• Stay abreast of all applicable trends and regulatory changes, and assist regions in adopting new approaches to safeguard organizational compliance.

• Complete all tasks on a timely basis.  Perform all assigned duties.  Prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans. 

• Display willingness to make timely decisions and exhibit sound and accurate judgment.  Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner and gather and analyze information skillfully.

• Demonstrate and maintain a culture of trust, belonging, safety, fairness, and quality. Promote a positive work environment and culture in order to help attract, retain and foster high levels of staff satisfaction.

• Help drive the successful attainment of established Key Performance Indicators (KPI) through evaluation of strategies utilized for effectiveness, and providing the tools and supports necessary for regional management to achieve results.

• Develop external relationships to assist the organization in achieving its mission.

• Develop practice management standards and tools in collaboration with centralized administrative leadership.