Executive Director, Musculoskeletal Specialty Hospital

• Board Certified American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow (FACHE) credential strongly preferred.

• HOPCo Mission, Vision, and Values must be acknowledged and adhered to.
• Models mission, vision and values of the organization.
• Demonstrates lifelong learning through professional development, continuing education and promotes the same for all staff.
• Must meet OSHA requirements with annual safety training.

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• Functions as a self-starter, setting high personal standards and pursuing goals with a high level of personal drive and energy.
• Functions as an effective member of work groups, gaining the respect and cooperation of others.
• Personally promotes a work environment that reflects a positive atmosphere, high employee satisfaction and competence, and strong evidence of teamwork.
• Demonstrates the leadership, initiative, and persistence needed to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Assigns tasks to personnel capable of carrying them out.
• Establishes clear vision and direction for the Specialty Hospital.
• Creates an organizational culture that is needed to carry out the mission, strategic directions and organizational goals.   
• Monitors current budget and operational data to assure continued success of the Specialty Hospital.
• Employs a system of responsible accounting, including budget and internal controls, with assistance from the Finance Director.
• Displays leadership in financial management from conceptual strategies through recommending policy, executing fiscal procedures for control and effective utilization of physical and financial resources of the hospital.
• Creates value by recommending appropriate actions and strategies to respond to projected economic and utilization trends within the organization. 
• Challenges, motivates, evaluates, and rewards employees and managers toward the achievement of goals and objectives.
• Behaves ethically and honestly. Communicates openly in all directions, while fostering trust.
• Allocates resources effectively and ethically. 

• Develops and maintains a strategic plan for the Specialty Hospital with the Governing Board, Physicians and Management. 
• Develops alternative strategies when current environment changes.
• Monitors progress of plan with Board, Medical Staff, Management and Employees.
• Provides proactive, sound guidance to maneuver the Specialty Hospital into the most advantageous position. 
• Thinks strategically, possesses vision, adjusts to change, builds advantageous coalitions, and foster team spirit in the organization.  

• Works closely with Governing Board and HOPCo leadership in developing the mission and long and short-range strategic  
• Communicates well with the Governing Board providing appropriate information at and between  
• Works with HOPCo Leadership and Governing Board to create an optimal governance environment.
• Supports the policies, procedures, and philosophy of the Governing Board.
• Creates a sense of trustworthiness in Board/CEO relations.
• Prepares management recommendations in advance so they can be acted upon by the policy-
• making body, guarding against “surprises” occurring during the Board meetings and achieving a  smooth working relationship with the Governing Board. 

• Maintains a good rapport with the medical staff.
• Communicates with and works closely with the medical staff members on matters of mutual concern.
• Functions as an effective liaison between the board and medical staff.
• Meets as needed with physicians individually and at appropriate meeting
• Develops an understanding of the physician needs, attitudes and objectives to blend those with the
• functions and strategic objectives of the hospital. 
• Strives to develop an effective, collaborative partnership with the medical staff to maintain communications and positive momentum. 

• Develops programs promoting a positive image of the Specialty Hospital and creates awareness of available
  services to local community. 
• Represents the Specialty Hospital in community activities.
• Establishes the respect of his/her peers in local, state, and national health care organizations.
• Maintains an active advocacy role in promoting the needs of the Specialty Hospital and its mission.
• Effectively communicates activities of the hospital to the residents of the hospital service area.

• Master’s degree in business administration, public health, health care administration, or related in healthcare administration, management, business, or related field required.

• 5+ years of increasingly responsible administrative leadership experience in a healthcare or related field.
• Experience representing a hospital and/or medical practice to its community, with evidence of strengthening the hospital’s presence and impact.
• Proven track record of partnering with medical staff to achieve desired facility-specific and organizational outcomes.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including a keen understanding of operational and financial measures that define success, as well as budgeting and forecasting methodologies, including working knowledge of capital planning and capital investment practices.
• Knowledge of modern national trends in hospital quality and patient safety.

• Demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of hospital management and operations.
• Assures the Specialty Hospital’s quality assurance plan is reviewed and revised as necessary on an annual basis.
• Assures the Specialty hospital is in accordance with applicable standards, codes, laws, and regulations.
• Anticipates trends and opportunities effective hospital operations and develops an appropriate and timely response. 
• Develops and coordinates systems to monitor and improve clinical quality of care and satisfaction of services rendered. 
• Maintains adequate first-hand knowledge of patient and family opinions of their care experience.

• Normal office environment.
• Includes travel within the community.

• Requires sitting and standing associated with normal office environment.
• Some bending and stretching required.
• Manual dexterity using a calculator and computer keyboard.