Vice President Operations, Valley Hospitals

This position is responsible for the management, planning and development, and clinical practice of Valley ancillary service departments to include Diabetes and Nutrition Education(dotted line), EMS, Imaging Services (dotted line), Laboratory Services (dotted line), Pharmacy, Rehabilitation services (dotted line) and Pulmonary Services. Also responsible for Valley leadership of hospital operations of environmental services, nutrition services, plant operations and maintenance (dotted), security services (dotted), and gift shop. As a member of the Valley Hospital Leadership Team (HLT) reporting to the President of Lakeview Health System and St. Croix Valley Executive, the VP Of Operations, St. Croix Valley is mutually responsible for the provision of high-quality and cost-effective patient care and support services with other senior leaders in fulfilling the health systems mission. This position is accountable for establishing collaborative working relationships with the medical staff, direct patient care departments and responding to community needs. This position is also responsible for building and maintaining collaborative working relationships and alignment with HealthPartners system hospital operations departments including nutrition services, environmental services, and emergency medical services (EMS).

Work Schedule: 1.0 FTE; Monday through Friday with some after-hours presence required to support 24/7 operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Health Care Administration or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of demonstrated performance within progressively accountable positions in healthcare management/administration
• Demonstrated experience in operations to include any or all of the following operational areas: Ancillary, nursing, or support services departments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of current trends and principles in healthcare administration
• Knowledge of current issues in healthcare, including current economics and legislative trends
• Knowledge of budgetary process, preparation and evaluation
• Knowledge of risk management
• Knowledge of performance improvement
• Effective ability to collaborate with and direct the work of others, establish and maintain effective working relationships and effective management of rapid change