Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Lakeside Hospital

Job Description

The role serves as the operational liaison among medical staff leadership, SLH Board members, and SLH and system leaders. Reporting directly to the Division President, the CEO works collaboratively with the Chief Medical Executive (CME), Chief Nursing Executive (CNE), and other senior SLH leaders and serves as a member of the Sutter Division Leadership Team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field required.
• Master’s degree in business, hospital, healthcare administration preferred.
• Significant experience in healthcare administration at the administrator, assistant/associate administrator, or similar level required.
• Experience must demonstrate competence and success in financial operations, new business planning, development, implementation, management, board and physician relations, and management development.
• Executive-level experience in a multi-facility or matrix-management healthcare system is strongly desired.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering excellence in the Triple Aim (access, affordability, and quality).
• Strong experience engaging employees, physicians, and community leaders.
• Prior demonstrated philanthropy experience is desired.
• Experience in healthcare business development and acquisition activities.
• Experience developing business and strategic plans for healthcare service lines.
• Strong knowledge and experience in understanding operational impacts 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.

Skills

• Well-developed and engaging communication skills (written, verbal and presentation/public speaking), including the ability to tailor presentations to a specific audience, and address and interact with large groups.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, conflict identification and resolution, group problem solving and group process, as well as organization and prioritization.
• Effective as a team leader and team member, with a bias toward timely and appropriate action.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, conflict identification and resolution, group problem-solving and group process, as well as organization and prioritization.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with foundation management, physician providers, nursing, key departments and individuals at all levels inside and outside of Sutter Health.
• Proven ability to explain complex medical/clinical information and concepts in simple terms.
• Excellent customer service orientation, with emphasis on continuous quality improvement.
• Ability to balance clinical and financial goals with the health care needs and challenges facing targeted audiences and their related communities.
• Strong skills in identifying, planning, and executing appropriate and successful health care business strategies to meet changing organizational and community needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Politically savvy and an excellent communicator with a successful track record of leading strategic initiatives and building innovative, high-quality, health care delivery systems in collaboration with professional and community partners.
• Strong skills in problem-identification, persuasion, and negotiation.

Benefits

Yes

Pay

$297,502.00 to $402,501.00 / annual salary

Schedule

Full Time

Employee Status

Regular