President Heart Clinic

Where You’ll Work

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, we consistently receive praise for care advancements. 

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community. 

CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our President, you will provide comprehensive operational leadership for the CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic. Your primary responsibility will be to meticulously execute the system's strategic vision within your defined domain, translating overarching organizational goals into actionable, localized plans. You will be fully accountable for the operational and financial performance of your area, encompassing day-to-day management, budget oversight, and the leadership of all local staff, while reporting directly to a higher-level executive within the system.

Every day you will lead your teams in the effective management of resources, including personnel, budget, and facilities, ensuring optimal utilization to meet operational targets and deliver high-quality patient care. You will actively engage with community stakeholders, local leaders, and patient populations, solidifying our presence and building strong relationships within the local community. Furthermore, you will continuously monitor performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and implement strategies to enhance efficiency, patient satisfaction, and financial health within your purview, always aligning with our mission and values.

To be successful in this role, you will possess a proven track record of exemplary operational leadership and financial stewardship within a complex healthcare environment. You will be adept at fostering strong community relationships, translating system-wide strategies into local action, and driving results through effective resource utilization and team empowerment. Additionally, exceptional communication skills, a deep understanding of local healthcare needs, and an unwavering commitment to our mission of humankindness will be crucial for your success.

Strategic Direction

• Provide strategic direction for the designated programs at St. Vincent Health System.
• Proactively supports the mission and vision of CommonSpirit/St. Vincent Health System. Demonstrates and expects others to demonstrate personal and professional behaviors consistent with St. Vincent Health System’s mission, vision and values.
• Actively supports the development of the St. Vincent Health System culture and supports efforts for integration of the culture across the organization.
• In collaboration with the Executive Team, identifies potential strategic opportunities within the market and ensures implementation of the strategies and tactics in alignment with the CommonSpirit/St. Vincent Health System strategy and direction.
• Collaborates with the Chief Strategy Officer to ensure achievement of strategic initiatives.

Leadership

• Must have strong understanding of and demonstrate skill in leadership, strategic management, change management, communications, team building, continuous quality improvement, problem solving, decision making, innovation, financial management of operations, and stewardship of resources.
• Collaborates with the Chief Nurse Executive to ensure coordination of appropriate nursing practice within the service line.
• Recruits, coaches, develops, supports and leads direct reports to ensure the health care system has the right leaders and successors to achieve their goals. Ensures the development and implementation of recruitment and retention programs and practices that support a competent and diverse workforce who contribute to the growth and success of the ministry.
• Develops relationships and incorporates input from Medical Staff on program strategic direction.

Physician and Market Development

• Maintains responsibility for developing and managing relationships with key physician stakeholders. Leads cardiology physician recruitment and retention in partnership with Institute CMO.
• Possesses experience in physician compensation arrangements, employment structures, and physician-executive dyad leadership.
• Supports external hospital partnerships focused on providing cardiac providers and managing clinic operations.
• Works with Planning, Marketing/Communications and Community Outreach to develop and implement marketing and outreach activities that further the service line's growth.

Operations

• Develops and manages operating and capital budgets to meet and exceed financial goals.
• The ability to interact with physicians and leaders in the business community as necessary. Skill in establishing a balanced perspective on mission effectiveness and business results is critical.
• Supports and utilizes the performance monitoring system to include standardization of mission, financial and clinical measurement for evaluation of outcomes.
• Fosters an environment which actively demonstrates that continuous quality improvements Is an operating tenet of the organization; identifies and implements best practices and supports the transfer of such best practices to other organizations within CommonSpirit/St. Vincent Health System.
• Supports clinic leadership in implementing patient-focused, efficient care processes.

Continuous Improvement Skills

• Recommends and develops services relating to the community needs in the area of service line specialty.
• Consults, coordinates, communicates and cooperates with businesses, governments, citizen groups and other community participants to identify community health needs and facilitate the development of plans to meet these needs and improve the health status of the population.
• Acts as catalyst for change within the organization; responds to change with flexibility and adaptability to overcome organizational resistance and inertia; demonstrates the ability to focus and energize employees to work together for change; gains maximum support from others for new initiatives.
• Supports CommonSpirit/St. Vincent Health System by assuming any other responsibilities that are mutually agreed upon to ensure the effective functioning of the CommonSpirit/St. Vincent Health System ministry.

Job Requirements

Required

• Masters Other in one of the following Business, Healthcare Administration or other healthcare related Master’s degree
• Minimum of five years of experience in a healthcare setting, in which three years in a management/supervisory capacity
• Clinic management experience

Preferred

• Cardiac Service Line Administration Experience

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