Chief Operations Officer Behavioral Health

This position is incentive eligible.

Pay

Salary Estimate: $154,980.80 - $254,800.00 per year. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired. Factors that may determine your actual salary include specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

About the Role

The Chief Operations Officer provides leadership and directs the overall operation of the hospital’s behavioral health services consistent with policies and objectives of the hospital and its advisory or Governing Board. The COO plans, organizes, applies, directs, controls, and evaluates all resources (human, facilities, equipment, capital, and similar) at the behavioral health facility. The service line COO uses a variety of resources to generate measurable returns to benefit the company, the community, the physician, and most of all, the patient.

Responsibilities

• Develop short- and long-range management and organization plans to define responsibilities and business activities consistent with hospital goals and objectives.
• Develop systems to integrate behavioral health services within the medicine systems of care.
• Develop an annual Management Plan for the Service Line.
• Provide administrative direction for the recruitment, employment, development, and termination of all service-line employees.
• Negotiate professional service contracts.
• Oversee the development and revision of personnel practices and policies for the service line.
• Maintain primary responsibility for medical staff relations and development both inside and outside the hospital.
• Act as liaison between the hospital advisory or Governing Board, the medical staff, and the service line.
• Establish and attend meetings to provide pertinent information related to hospital operations and the provisions of quality health care.
• Prepare and present operational and financial reports as required in regularly scheduled meetings and committees, as well as for the Hospital CEO and leadership team.
• Interpret public policy, economic developments, and public opinion in meeting organizational goals.
• Participate in hospital associations and health care professional organizations.
• Work with the CFO’s office and related financial operations to ensure realization of the fiscal business plan.
• Review and approve all financial reports, budgets, managed care contracts, and major expenditures.
• Direct, establish, review, and adjust charges for services.
• Maintain service line accreditation and licensure standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, Medicare, Medicaid, state licensure, and regulatory agencies.
• Maintain high quality in hospital operations by coordinating personnel in connection with loss control, quality improvement, and quality assurance programs.
• Serve as primary representative to third parties such as examiners and planning agencies.
• Develop relationships and affiliations that promote the success of public mental health in surrounding communities.
• Responsible for local, regional, and state coordination with other human service agencies as clinically or administratively needed.
• Serve on local community behavioral health boards.

Requirements

• Master’s degree is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare administration and management or a related field is required.

Benefits

HCA HealthOne offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. Available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.