MARKET SUMMARY:
San Ramon Medical Center
San Ramon Regional Medical Center has proudly served the San Ramon Valley and its surrounding communities for more than 30 years. In that time, we have expanded our services, upgraded our technology and grown our medical staff – all to provide an excellent patient experience.
Located on a hillside overlooking the San Ramon Valley, we are a 123-bed acute care hospital known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. Our facilities include the Family Birthing Center, Outpatient Surgery Center, Breast Center, Infusion Center, Pleasanton Diagnostic Imaging Center, and Advanced Wound Center, which houses our hyperbaric oxygen therapy program.
San Ramon Regional Medical Center provides award-winning heart care programs, joint and spine treatment programs including advanced and minimally invasive surgical treatments, a Level II Special Care Nursery, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, as well as pediatric services. We became the first hospital in the Bay Area to purchase the ExcelsiusGPS system to offer robotic-assisted spine surgery. We utilize our da Vinci Xi Surgical System for minimally invasive surgeries and our Mako System for advanced joint replacements.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Chief Executive Officer has overall operational responsibility and oversees the San Ramon 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 the San Ramon 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.
- Shows creativity and judgment in developing and communicating an executable vision that includes new product lines and services, partnerships, and ventures.
- Continues to build solid, effective relationships with appropriate partners, payors, businesses, customers, and the community at large.
- Ensures positive employee relations and trust through communication, education, consistency and dependability.
- Leads the development of progressive physician/facility strategies and executes plans in order to optimize the long-term potential of the facility.
- Fosters a work climate that attracts quality employees, and promotes the facility as a provider of choice for patients.
- Demonstrates successes in integrating medical staff and creating opportunities for growth and profitability.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP - EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
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 that 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 competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance:
Drive Organizational Success
- Translates complex strategies into aggressive and achievable team/individual goals, targets and action plans that deliver results.
- Creates focus, energy and commitment to key Tenet operational initiatives.
- Maintains ongoing feedback, measurement and assessment processes that determine progress to plan.
- Builds consensus and commitment among various stakeholders.
- Participates in talent planning to ensure recruitment and development of high performing leaders.
Use Astute Judgment
- Demonstrates intellectual curiosity by seeking out new information and market awareness.
- Uses a fact-based approach to assessing and designing solutions.
- Understands and addresses complex issues in the critical areas of healthcare.
- Defines unambiguous strategies for growth and operational excellence.
- Understands financial indicators/levers and delivers earnings and cash flow at or above budget.
- Critically evaluates strategic and operational alternatives.
Lead Boldly
- Takes decisive action in high stakes situations.
- Takes calculated risks to stay competitive in the industry/market.
- Promotes or asserts own position and ideas.
- Champions new ideas and initiatives.
- Seeks out and decisively confronts and resolves issues or barriers to success.
Shape Strategy
- Develops progressive physician/facility strategies.
- Develops and communicates strategies that achieve competitive advantage.
- Builds a credible, high return physician growth/replacement strategy.
- Counters competitive threats by leading distinctive change initiatives.
Earn Unwavering Trust
- Demonstrates high visibility networking and interacting constantly with key stakeholders.
- Builds solid effective relationships with physician partners, payers, and customers.
- Exhibits excellent communication, presentation and listening skills.
- Maintains high ethical standards and integrity.
CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE, ATTRIBUTES AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum ten to fifteen years of progressive experience in facility or healthcare management, culminating in successfully leading a complex entity in a culturally diverse, competitive urban environment. Incumbent should possess the following experiences, professional and personal attributes and education:
- Demonstrated understanding of healthcare and facility financial matters.
- Experience as a senior operational executive in a proprietary facility.
- A proven background in developing and implementing successful strategies.
- A strong reputation for sustained, successful, inclusive, trust-based physician relations.
- A highly effective manager with a demonstrated track record of bold leadership.
Professional Attributes
- Must have independent judgment and decision-making capability.
- Visionary with the ability to think strategically.
- Demonstrated success in balancing cost and quality issues.
- Superior knowledge of healthcare trends and legislation.
- Track record of active community leadership.
- Proven ability to provide high quality, cost effective care.
Personal Attributes
- The ability to communicate effectively with diverse constituencies.
- Encourages feedback and collaborative efforts in his/her staff.
- An individual of highest personal and professional integrity.
Education/Certifications
An undergraduate degree in Business, Health Care Administration, or related field is required. A Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
Compensation
- Pay: $230,000 - $370,000 annually. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience.
- Position may be eligible for an Annual Incentive Plan bonus of 10%-25% depending on role level.
- Management level positions may be eligible for sign-on and relocation bonuses.
Travel
Minimal
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