Chief Executive Officer - Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL

Palm Beach Group

Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida

Getting you back to life and feeling better is our goal at Delray Medical Center.  Every day our 1,600 employees, 600 doctors work hard to heal at Delray. We are a nationally recognized hospital with focus on trauma, heart and vascular, orthopedic, spine, neuroscience, movement disorder, robotics, general/bariatric surgery, rehabilitation, medical education and research. 

 

We have earned numerous awards for excellence and quality care. These awards mean you, your family, and the community have local access to top-quality medical care.  Some of these distinctions include the following:

 

Quality

• Recipient of Healthgrades® 'America's 50 Best Hospitals' Award™ for 14 Years in a Row (2007-2020).
• Recipient of Healthgrades® 'America's 100 Best Hospitals' Award™ for 8 Years in a Row (2012-2019).
• Recipient of Healthgrades® 'America's 250 Best Hospitals' Award™ for 17 Years in a Row (2003-2019).
• Recipient of the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award™, a designation recognizing superior performance of hospitals that have prevented the occurrence of serious, potentially avoidable complications for patients during hospital stays.

 

Best Specialty

• One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ for 7 Years in a Row (2012-2018).
• Joint Commission Certified Thrombectomy Stroke Center.

 

Cardiovascular

• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack in 2018.
• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for 17 Years in a Row (2003-2019).

 

Neuroscience/Stroke

• Recipient of the Healthgrades Neurosciences Excellence Award™ for 8 Years in a Row (2012-2019).
• Recipient of the Healthgrades Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2016-2018).
• Recipient of the Healthgrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for 10 Years in a Row (2010-2019).
• Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Neurosciences for 8 Years in a Row (2012-2019).
• Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke for 10 Years in a Row (2010-2019).
• Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cranial Neurosurgery for 3 Years in a Row (2016-2018).
• Named Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke for 8 Years in a Row (2012-2019).
• Five-Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery for 3 Years in a Row (2016-2018).
• Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Stroke for 12 Years in a Row (2008-2019).
• Joint Commission Certified Thrombectomy Stroke Center.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Chief Executive Officer has overall operational responsibility and oversight of Delray Medical Center. The Chief Executive Officer will be responsible to lead by example, setting clear strategies and performance expectations in an environment of participation and collaboration with senior management, physicians, and the Joint Advisory Board(s).

 

FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 

The Chief Executive Officer has the following functional responsibilities in leading Delray Medical Center: 

 

• Ensures a positive working relationship with physicians; creates a culture of open communication and mutual understanding between the physicians, facility leadership and employees.
• Has experience with GME, research and teaching environments.
• Empowers and leads a top-notch administrative team.
• Establishes a sense of mutual “pride of ownership” among constituencies, including physicians, employees and the community.  Nurtures a culture of shared purpose and goals among these groups, fostering greatly improved working relationships and ensuring consistent quality of patient care.
• Maintains a highly visible presence, interacting constantly with key stakeholders to inform and advise them of strategies, current healthcare trends, legislation and activities.  Represents the facility as a vital provider and employer by being an active civic leader in the community.
• Exhibits strong communication, presentation and listening skills to ensure facility-wide collaboration and coordination, especially concerning physicians, employees and the community.
• Displays strong business acumen, a sophisticated knowledge of healthcare funding, and experience in competitive marketplaces with the ability to make complex and difficult decisions.
• Appropriately assesses strategic opportunities to enhance the facility’s market position.
• Assures the highest standards of healthcare delivery and outcomes, ensuring a constant patient focus.
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