Louisville Hospital President

JOB PROFILE

HOSPITAL PRESIDENT

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

The Company:

Baptist Health Louisville, the flagship hospital of Baptist Health Care System, is a 490-licensed bed hospital. The hospital offers a wide range of healthcare services, including emergency services, with special teams for heart attack and stroke care. The hospital's cancer services include two freestanding Radiation Centers, the Charles and Mimi Osborn Cancer Center, which includes a cancer resource center and a multidisciplinary lung care clinic. Special services include women's health, offering all-private maternity rooms, digital mammography, ultrasound, and bone-density scanning for osteoporosis. Other areas of expertise include orthopedics, neurosurgery, cardiovascular services, wound care, behavioral health, occupational health, and in-home care provided by Baptist Health Home Care.

Baptist Health Louisville has a network of healthcare providers for patients in the Metro Louisville area – from Baptist Health Medical Group physician offices to Baptist Health Urgent Care and Baptist Health Occupational Medicine (formerly known as BaptistWorx®). The hospital has achieved Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® three times.

Scope of the Job:

The President of Baptist Health Louisville will be located in Louisville, KY, and will report to the System's Chief Operations Officer. The President will be accountable for driving operating results, growth, administering, and directing activities that achieve strategic objectives, which meet the needs of the patients, employees, and medical staff in the communities served.

The incumbent will establish budgets, strategies, objectives, policies, and long-range plans to ensure exceptional care is provided cost-effectively.

Baptist Health seeks an innovative individual who brings experience integrating programs and services that have enhanced community access to high-quality health care. He/she develops an engaging culture, builds system collaboration, and develops exceptional relationships with physicians/ providers, employees, community members and others. The leader demonstrates involvement and alignment with providers, staff, and community members in the direction of a health system.

The perfect candidate will be an authentic, values-driven leader who inspires and collaborates with others; it will be imperative that the President is a highly effective communicator committed to strengthening an open, collaborative work environment that aligns with the organizational culture of Baptist Health. He/she will serve as an effective, visible ambassador of Baptist Health and become part of the fabric of the community. The President serves as the face of the Hospital in the community and is adept at interacting with all levels of health system staff.

Responsibilities Include:

The following summarizes the primary functions of this individual's job. He/she may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.

Support the operations and administration of the hospital and related entities by maintaining ongoing, open, and effective communication with System COO, BHL Board Members, Employees, Medical Staff and System Support staff.

Keep the BHL Board of Directors and other key stakeholders updated on key issues, soliciting input as needed and warranted.

Collaborate with the community members for Baptist Health Greater Louisville Foundation planning and fundraising to support the strategic priorities of the hospital.

Manage the market with Baptist Health's interests in mind while maintaining a strong, highly integrated, competitive health system.

Keep the hospital and all facilities within the market up to the Baptist Health standard – ensuring cleanliness, ease of navigation, and Baptist Health branding.

Ensure that all employees exhibit the ultimate in customer service skills expressing kindness, compassion, and unbiased care.

Engage physicians to support them in practice and patient care, ensuring collaboration, communication, and fiscal resource management in partnership with physicians.

Provide leadership on issues surrounding ethics and quality, reflecting organizational values and priorities for patient and employee safety and quality.

Assure that the hospital and its mission, programs, and essential services are consistently presented in a strong and optimistic image to relevant stakeholders, including patients, physicians, employees, benefactors, and the community.

Ensure that the policies and practices of the hospital and all healthcare programs and services support safe patient care and that the delivery of the healthcare services provides the highest levels of the patient experience.

Represent the hospital and organization in all regards. The President is expected to be actively involved in the community and beyond through service organization membership, speaking engagements, community forums, educational offerings, and other opportunities to communicate the mission of Baptist Health.

Ensure that the hospital and related entities comply with local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Stay current with industry conditions and their potential to affect the hospital. The President will stay current on local market conditions and adjust plans accordingly to strategically grow, improve the Baptist Health brand and stay competitive.

Develop and maintain meaningful relationships with the private community and affiliated physicians.

Recommend hospital and entity policy positions regarding legislation, government, administrative policy, and other matters of public policy.

Participate in and coordinate the selection process of local Board members.

Ensure the selection and participation of physician representatives and administrative staff serving in System Services and organization-wide initiatives and Councils.

In coordination with the Board, the medical staff and other hospital personnel, respond to the community's needs for quality healthcare services by monitoring the adequacy of the hospital's medical activities and ensuring excellence in standards and breadth of services provided.

Seek to maintain employee morale and engagement through the creation and support of a professional, healthful atmosphere and environment in the hospital and related entities.

Ensure responsible management of the hospital's resources within budget guidelines and ensure that appropriate internal and management controls are established and adhered to.

Execute the Baptist Health strategic plan in accordance with the hospital and related entity roles in each area of the plan.

Serve as communication leader for information to and from hospital senior team members and System Services staff when needed.

Work with Baptist Health Medical Group to ensure smooth functioning and excellent patient care in service areas, including operational initiatives and fiscal planning.

Candidate Requirements:

Minimum of five (5) years experience in a hospital administration role of similar size, scale, and scope with demonstrated prior career growth.

Prior experience working within a system environment understanding the balance that is required between the individual business units and the system.

Experience and skills in overseeing organizational integration of services, programs, medical staff, and the broad continuum of health services.

Candidates should have a working knowledge of all facets of a health system and integration models.

Prior experience with medical staff engagement, getting the physicians and employees excited and garnering support and enthusiasm for the organization and its objectives.

The candidate will be an individual who genuinely enjoys working with physicians and has a record of accomplishment of outstanding physician relationships and involving them in planning and decision-making.

The ideal candidate will possess exceptional execution skills and will have significant experience working with physicians in growing new programs and services and executing joint ventures or other business partnerships.

Strong leadership skills with the ability to work with others to continue communicating and executing the vision and strategic plan for BHP, engaging the participation of key stakeholders.

He or she will possess strong business, financial and strategic skills, with a track record of successful financial performance while balancing the mission of community service.

An orientation toward marketing and capturing a larger market share while also finding ways to partner with other institutions and physicians will be an asset.

A demonstrated passion for quality and clinical excellence with demonstrated experience improving the quality of care, customer service as well as employee and physician satisfaction.

Possess a track record of being active with business and community organizations as well as being comfortable and effective in engaging in the political and regulatory process at the local and state level.

He/she must be both operationally minded as well as a big-picture thinker who encourages others to engage in out-of-the-box thinking and challenges current thinking and practice.

Candidate Required Skills and Abilities Continued–

(Must have demonstrated experience or relevant professional preparation)

Corporate Financial Health - developing revenue growth, managing

expense control and cash flow.

Market Development - Maintaining and managing market share, development of successful new ventures, and strategic business planning.

Long-term Viability - Timely development of strategic and operations plans. Development of successful new ventures, lines of businesses, business relationships, and activities in response to changing legislation.

Human Resource Development - Development of a stable, equitable, and productive employee relations environment; executive/management development program oriented toward proactively meeting the demands of the market.

Board Relations - providing timely and accurate Board reports and communications designed to keep members adequately and appropriately informed to be an active and effective trustee.

Medical Staff Relations - Effective in providing appropriate facilities and equipment, resources, and funds to develop new/expanded clinical programs. To be considered by the medical staff as a competent and skilled leader in developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships.

Community Relations - Must have a reputation capable of developing public support for the image of BHS and its subsidiaries.

Compensation:

A compensation package will be designed to attract outstanding talent and will include a competitive base salary, bonus potential, and an attractive benefits package.

Contact:

Tracy Wolfe, Managing Partner

Zingaro, Fidler, Wolfe & Company

twolfe@zingaro.com

512 327-7277 or (512) 785-8856