Vice President, Rural Hospitals - MercyOne

About the role

The Vice President of Rural Hospital serves on the Regional Health Ministry Executive Leadership Team, leading and providing operations oversight for all MercyOne rural hospitals and related services and programs. The VP is responsible for growth and development of MercyOne’s statewide network of hospitals and providers.

Shift Description

Position Purpose: In full support of the MercyOne’s Mission, Vision and Values, the Vice President of Rural Hospital leads and provides operations oversight for all MercyOne rural hospitals and related services and programs. The VP is responsible for growth and development of MercyOne’s statewide network of hospitals and providers.

About Us

MercyOne MercyOne is a connected system of health care facilities and services dedicated to helping people and communities live their best lives. The system's more than 230 clinics, medical centers, hospitals and care locations are located throughout the state of Iowa and beyond. Today, the nonprofit Regional Health Ministry (RHM) generates more than $3.9 billion in combined revenue and employs more than 22,000 colleagues, including 1000+ physicians. Headquartered in central Iowa, MercyOne is the second largest RHM within Trinity Health. Trinity Health ($25+B) is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 133,000 colleagues, with 8,900 employed physicians and 30,000 affiliated physicians, providing clinical caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 92 hospitals, 101 continuing care locations, 121 urgent care locations, 28 PACE center locations, and has many other health and well-being services. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, the health system provides $1.4B per year in Community Benefit and $2.9B per year in Community Impact. Learn more at MercyOne.org and Trinity-health.org.

Promise Statement

We Listen. We Partner. We Make it Easy. Our Actions Listen to understand. Learn continuously. Keep it simple. Create solutions. Deliver outstanding service. Own and speak up for safety. Expect, embrace and initiate change. Demonstrate exceptional teamwork. Trust and assume goodness of intentions. Hold myself and others accountable for results. Communicate directly with respect and honesty. Serve every person with empathy, dignity and compassion. Champion health equity and common good.

Essential Functions

• Works with the system executive leadership team to achieve health system goals.
• Has contact with community hospital executives, Board members, medical staffs, national, state and regional hospital associations, physicians, community groups, other health care organizations, state and Federal legislators and regulators and other interested parties.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, implementing and achieving operational targets and strategic initiatives.
• Significant finance acumen, leading RHM-wide financial improvement initiatives, continuously monitoring individual hospital performance, and leading Margin Improvement Plan efforts on an individual hospital basis as warranted.
• Community hospitals: Responsible for the services and support provided to community with formal relationships with MercyOne.
• Directly leads recruitment of all rural hospital CEOs across MercyOne.
• Network Development – Primary RHM executive engaging with rural hospitals, Board of Trustees/Directors and physicians to build health system connections, develop mutually beneficial formal relationships, and grow referrals for MercyOne.
• Responsible for the development of partnerships and affiliations throughout Iowa and bordering states to create an effective network of providers and services to manage the health of populations and to accomplish MercyOne’s objectives.
• Collaborate tele-health opportunities to facilitate the provision of care in regional settings, leveraging new technology and improved connectivity.
• Oversee hospital operations of formally affiliated community hospitals; assure effective operations and accomplishment of operating targets.
• Meet with hospital administrators, physicians and others in the region to facilitate MercyOne goals.
• Facilitate business development opportunities and community relationship building in selected markets.
• Conduct and/or participate in planning efforts with regional partners.
• Develop strategic and operational plans for MercyOne in the region.
• Cook up all MercyOne regional outreach efforts and expand primary and specialty care services throughout the region.
• Serve as MercyOne representative to all affiliated community hospital Boards.
• This may be in person, or through delegation to Board Liaisons.
• Work to align physicians with MercyOne.
• Work to expand MercyOne physician specialist presence in community markets to meet community needs.
• Develop and maintain community partnerships and relationships.
• Participate in regional community activities.
• Maintain a system of management reporting that provides the system with timely and relevant information on all aspects of assigned functions.
• Assure appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable JCAHO, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards.
• Demonstrate work practices consistent with MERCYONE and department-specific safety, security and infection control policies.
• Must have ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a diverse and multi-cultural environment.

Leadership Competencies

• An absolute dedication to the patient experience, quality, and patient safety.
• Commitment to colleague engagement with a demonstrated ability to improve.
• Understanding and ability to implement new care models to deliver the triple aim through Alternative Payment Models.
• Appreciation for the intricacies in managing physician/clinical relationships and successfully align and engage clinicians.
• Leadership philosophy that integrates performance excellence methods and a management system to achieve continuous operational excellence.
• Ability to operate in complex matrix environment working effectively with local and system teams.
• Experience in a mission-based organization that effectively assures the development of a sustainable business model that supports effective execution of the mission – by never losing sight of it.
• Ability to lead and operationalize growing market share and covered lives.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration required.
• Experience working with multiple constituencies including physicians, governing boards, state and regional agencies.
• Ten or more years of experience in executive health care management required, with experience in rural healthcare operations preferred.
• Experience working in a complex integrated system with oversight of multiple entities.

Physical And Mental Requirements And Working Conditions

• Must be able to set and organize own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently.
• Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles.
• Must be able to travel to the various MercyOne and Trinity Health sites (30 – 50%) as needed.
• Must possess the ability to comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.