Director, Operations and Business Development - Anesthesia (Dallas based ideally or remote in US)

The Director of Operations and Business Development reports directly to the CEO, Provider Staffing Solutions with responsibility for: coordinating with the local market, regional, and TPR leadership in developing a physician manpower strategy within their assigned market(s). The Director serves as the primary liaison and point of contact in initiating, managing, and finalizing physician employment transactions. This role requires heavy and regular interaction with the TPR market operations leadership and TPR leadership based in the Dallas home office. 

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 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 attributes that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within five areas critical to performance:

 Use Astute Judgment

• Demonstrates exceptional financial management and analytical skills while participating in the annual (and periodic update) physician manpower planning process;
• Identifies and vets new physician opportunities based on research and analysis regarding community need and interaction with hospital and regional leadership to understand hospital-based physician needs (i.e., hospitalists, etc.);
• Establishes bold physician employment plans consistent with the law and Tenet’s ethical standards while maximizing TPR service-line growth potential and local patient access to quality physician care;
• Monitors trends in physician patient origin, care access, attrition and retirements, and other patient-focused trends to identify TPR service line growth opportunities, service and patient access issues and either encourage or correct action plan implementation.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal communication skills that result in creating a positive feeling with candidates and the groundwork for a continuing strong relationship.
• Possesses deep knowledge of the particular TPR market including the community positives/negatives, and quality of personal and professional life. 
• Assesses in-market acquisition opportunities, including the practice location, space, FFE, and staffing.

 Drive Organizational Success

• Interviews and assesses candidates for the necessary education, training, experience, and attitude to meet particular needs in the communities served by TPR.
• In coordination with local TPR operations team, identifies physicians for employment who can create a “Quality” differentiation for TPR in the market, yield profitable business results and build physician loyalty.
• Advises physician candidates of the expected efforts to build a successful practice once employed.
• Assesses candidates to ensure they possess the expected work ethic necessary to meet the community need for the particular specialty. 
• Determines if the physician candidate can build the right relationships for a successful practice and deliver the right results.
• Considers if the candidate can be a leader and establish and influence others to achieve aggressive practice goals, targets, and metrics consistent with expected operational objectives.
• Manages the employment negotiation process including discussions around compensation, hours, benefits, and overall expectations.
• Develops a fair and lawful comprehensive, competitive, compensation program tailored to the selected candidate. 
• Facilitates due diligence, including gathering required information from the physician employment candidates and other third-party sources. 

 Ensure Collaboration

• Maintains high visibility among the physician community and earns a respected reputation for effectively listening, delivering on commitments, and building TPR’s reputation and ultimately enhances the patient experience.
• Effective in achieving and promoting a collaborative approach to problem resolution in the employment negotiation process.
• Cultivates and develops relationships with local physicians. 

 Shape Strategy

• Coordinates with TPR market in development and implementation of physician employment strategy & TPR market position. 
• Assesses market and questions current physician employment strategy as appropriate to generate innovative ideas to improve current physician plan and achieve results.
• Builds targeted sales and marketing lists that identifies new physician employment opportunities for market growth.
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