Chief Executive Officer, Princeton Baptist, Birmingham, AL

MARKET SUMMARY: 

Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama  

At Princeton Baptist Medical Center, we are passionate about caring for the people of Central Alabama.  Birmingham is our home, and we are pleased to serve our community.  Our hospital is equipped with 505 beds and provides treatment for approximately 10,000 inpatient and 80,000 outpatient encounters annually. Princeton is committed to contributing to the future of health care through its clinical research and medical residency program.  We follow a patient-focused approach that helps ensure you get not only the immediate care you need, but also preventive care and education to help you maintain the maximum level of health. 

We offer a full range of services to meet the diverse needs of our patients including fast, life-saving response times for patients with chest pain or stroke symptoms; cardiology, including structural heart and valve care; orthopedics, including rehabilitation; psychiatric care; a comprehensive sleep center; and a Comprehensive Bariatrics Center, providing surgical and non-surgical weight-loss procedures. 

Princeton Baptist Medical Center is the inaugural hospital in the Baptist Health System. The Baptist Health System was founded in 1922 by a group of local Baptist congregations. Princeton continues to honor God and others through our commitment to delivering high quality, compassionate healthcare. 

In October of 2015, Baptist Health System and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE/THC) signed a definitive agreement that created a joint venture to operate a healthcare network serving Birmingham and central Alabama. This new network includes all Baptist Health System hospitals, Tenet’s Brookwood Medical Center and each organization’s related businesses.  Under the joint venture arrangement, Tenet is the majority partner and manages the network’s operations.  The new company unites Baptist Health System’s four hospitals: Citizens Baptist Medical Center, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Shelby Baptist Medical Center, and Walker Baptist Medical Center with Brookwood Medical Center.  Together, the new system has more than 1,700 licensed beds, 77 outpatient and physician office facilities, approximately 7,300 employees and approximately 1,500 affiliated physicians. 

 

https://www.brookwoodbaptisthealth.com/our-locations/princeton-medical-center-location 

 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Chief Executive Officer has overall operational responsibility and oversight of Princeton Baptist 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 Princeton Baptist Medical Center: 

 

• Ensures a positive working relationship with physicians; creates a culture of open progressive communication and mutual understanding between the physicians, facility leadership and employees. 
• Develops 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. 
• Recruits and retains first-rate physicians to work with the facility. 
• 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. 
• In conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer of the facility, the Chief Administrative Officer will sign to certify the financials of the facility on a quarterly basis. 
• 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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