Director, Operations, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Key Responsibilities

• Develops VPH budget, policies, and strategies that optimize operations by improving efficiency and effectiveness in care and service delivery process.
• Utilizes analytics, business analysis, manage key projects/programs.
• Develops VPH goals and objectives for the operational units based on system goals.
• Reviews, establishes, and revises policies, procedures, and standards related to all aspects of operations.
• Facilitates meetings to gather supportive data, concerns, and ideas in support of program/project objectives.
• Ensures the most effective operations of departments through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other departments.
• Accountable for ensuring a multi-disciplinary framework that identifies and addresses issues, solves problems and evaluates outcomes.
• Participates on departmental and interdepartmental committees to address system problems/issues and facilitate information exchange.
• Models behavior consistent with the mission, vision, and values of the enterprise through leading, coordinating projects, innovation, initiating improvement, and developing new programs.
• Oversees assigned departments within VPH and manages vendor contracts for outsourced departments as needed.
• May serve as Hospital Administrator On Call (AOC) as part of the Emergency Management Operations.
• Creates and oversees appropriate Emergency Operations processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• A minimum of 5 years administrative experience with increasing scope of responsibility, in a Behavioral Health/Psychiatric or Academic Health Care setting.
• Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, Social Work, etc.) and 7 years experience.