Chief Executive Officer, Mills Peninsula Medical Center

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Organization:

SHSO-Administrative Payroll

Position Overview:

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, a not-for-profit corporation with 2,496 employees, operates two community health facilities with a total of 301 inpatient beds.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mills Peninsula Medical Center (MPMC) directs and facilitates operations throughout the acute care campus and aligns MPMC strategy with Sutter Health strategic plans. The CEO assures integration among medical staff, nursing, clinical and support services professionals to achieve optimal patient care and internal services excellence. The CEO provides leadership direction and administration of operations to ensure compliance with current established policies and strategic objectives while supporting the realization of Sutter’s future objectives. Assures quality of care and cost-effective services are provided to the community. Exercises necessary, appropriate authority and accountability for the operations and long-range planning for the Entity's and other associated health services business entities. Maintains effective employee, medical staff and community and Entity Board relations. Promotes positive community contacts and relationships. Serves as the operational liaison between medical staff leadership, MPMC Board members and Entity and system leaders. Reporting directly to the Division President, the CEO will work in collaboration with the CME and CNE and other senior MPMC leaders, as well as serve as a member of the Sutter Division Leadership Team. This position is accountable for oversight of the quality of care, cost effective services, and exercises necessary and appropriate authority and accountability for all MPMC departments. The CEO works collaboratively with Foundation Administrators and other Division leadership to develop integrated approaches to service area growth and development.

The CEO is also responsible for directing patient care efforts through the Entity's senior leadership team to guide managers and supervisors of the individual entities within the acute care Entities and service lines. The position has overall responsibility for the managers and supervisors’ development and implementation of plan(s) for the MPMC staffing, program development, directing and monitoring MPMC operations, quality improvement programs and sound fiscal management of the departments. The CEO may also have responsibility for outpatient and ambulatory operations, including but not limited to, clinics, urgent care centers, surgery centers, specialty care, same-day/walk-ins, clinical service lines and support and shared services. The CEO sets the tone and processes for a culture that rewards leadership, teamwork, innovation, and accountability, and promotes productive collaboration among senior team members, departments, and all other management levels.

Job Description:

Education:

• Bachelor’s in healthcare or related field required.
• Master’s degree in business, Hospital, Healthcare Administration preferred.

Experience:

• Must have significant experience in healthcare administration at the administrator, assistant/associate administrator or similar level.
• Experience must demonstrate competence and success in financial operations, new business planning, development, implementation and management, board and physician relations and management development.
• Executive level experience in a multi-facility/matrix management healthcare system strongly desired.
• Demonstrated track record in delivering excellence in the Triple Aim (access, affordability and quality).  
• Strong experience engaging employees, physicians and community leaders. 
• Prior demonstrated philanthropy experience desired.
• Experience in health care business development and acquisition activities.
• Experience in developing business and strategic plans for health care service lines.
• Strong knowledge and experience in understanding operational impact on finances, costs, and efficiency.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in the use of lean to drive management and operational processes.
• Experience providing leadership to operations teams in an ambulatory setting.

Knowledge:

• Must have an in-depth working knowledge of healthcare administration, operations and departments, with a strong emphasis on and understanding of multi-specialty medical group operations, financial management, strategic planning, physician relations, patient care, quality assessment and improvement, risk management and human resource management.
• Have a solid working knowledge of applicable laws and operating guidelines.
• Strong understanding of the trends and issues affecting t