Job Details: Administrator, Regional Hospital

Company: Presbyterian Healthcare Services – We have locations throughout the state in both rural and urban locations. We're bound to have opportunities for you.

Description: Knowledge:
Requires in-depth knowledge of the community health service delivery field and a general working knowledge of all areas of the organization.
Summary of Major Duties:
Responsible for the overall operation of both hospitals and facilities. Responsible for sound fiscal management policy implementation. Formulates operating policies and procedures to implement Board or corporate strategic directives; provides direction to administrative staff and department heads; develops objectives for and ensures adherence to established patient care standards, provides liaison with the medical staff and local community to ensure that the facility complies with all regulatory requirements, and be an active participant and supporter of the deployment of the organizations best practices throughout the delivery system.

Skills:
Master's degree in Health Services Delivery, Business or a related field. Five to eight years experience in health services delivery in rural hospital administration demonstrating increasing responsibility and results in financial, clinical quality and operational improvements. Bilingual is preferred, but not required.

Abilities:
Mental Power:
Ability to make decisions that require a high degree of judgment significantly affecting multiple areas of the organization.

Mental Power:
Ability to exercise almost complete discretion to define and execute activities within policies as may be established by PHS or an appropriate statute; involves establishing organizational objectives and defining policy.

Physical Power:
Requires the ability to handle considerable stress, long hours and periodic travel by car.

Summary of Primary Functions

• Supervises the financial and capital resources necessary for the operation under their jurisdiction. Assure the availability and prudent use of community health resources to meet local health needs in accordance with PHS policy, local board/medical staff or applicable statute.
• Ensures the overall safety and welfare of patients entrusted to the care and services provided.
Assure that patients/customers/enrollees receive consistent, high-value services.
• Demonstrates consistent, ethical behavior in meeting the expectations and reasonable requirements of the local board of trustees, appropriate political subdivision, and community with respect to personal character and community involvement.
• Consistently carries out PHS system policy and procedures and represents PHS actively and positively within the local community, as well as actively represent the local community needs to PHS. Maintains positive morale, safety, and general well-being of the workforce through the consistent and standard application of PHS policies and procedures. Effectively communicates the PHS vision, values, purpose and strategies to the various constituencies in the local community.
• Maintains a positive, supportive relationship with the local medical staff and other members of the medical community.
• Supports expansion of the Health Plan by establishing and maintaining positive relationships between the Health Plan, local providers and prospective enrollees, and by promoting the appropriate use of PNI tertiary referral services.
• Provides on-site leadership for the "rationalization" of local health services delivery to include the development of a broad-based strategic plan which includes an assessment of needed services, provider requirements, resource needs, and linkages to PHP/PHS .
• Maintain necessary licensure, accreditation, certifications for the local community health services delivery entity and personnel under jurisdiction.
• Co-responsible for the supervision of locally-employed, integrated providers, in coordination with the Executive Director of PPR. With the support of PPR resources, responsible for the local operational aspects of the employed/integrated provider.
• Performs other functions as required.

Posting Date: May 13 08