System SVP Physician Enterprise Operations-NW

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.

• Responsible for governing the development and operationalization of Physician Enterprise system-wide strategy and standards for: access, operations, quality, patient experience, provider experience and wellness, provider compensation, financials, service lines, hospital based specialty medical group stabilization, academic affairs and population health.

• Responsible for the short and long term strategies, capital and operational budgets, and the medical staff development plans for the PE Region. Ensures the PE Region meets the goals and objectives of the Physician Enterprise, Region and CommonSpirit Health.

• Partners with physician and region leaders to develop engagement strategies for providers that build cohesion around a common clinical vision, including clinical quality, clinical standards, variation reduction, health equity, and excellent patient experience, while aligning strategic and economic incentives, and advancing quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. 

• Leads the transformation to a more results-oriented culture, ensuring that standard practices and a common set of metrics are extended across groups,regions, and/or national, with sensitivity to the nuances necessary to ensure that unique market needs are met. 

• Recruits, assimilates, and retains premier, culturally aligned providers to achieve CommonSpirit Health’s strategic initiatives and growth targets, and to ensure that the organization’s unique presence in each of its markets meets the needs of the community, attracts and retains patients and providers within its network, and prevents patient out-migration for either primary or specialty care. Maintains close collaborative relationships with hospital system leaders, in support of recruiting and retention of physician medical staff and hospital based services within and across multiple Regions.

• Monitors region and market KPIs to national, region, PE, and System benchmarks, to optimize access to care, provider growth, clinical performance, and value. Assesses provider compensation and incentive plans and adjusts them, as appropriate, to ensure they remain market competitive, aligned with the PE, and any future fee-for-value strategies. Responsible for Value Based Care. Maintains close collaborative relationships with hospital system leaders, in support of collaboration with CIN/ACO.

• Directs and oversees designated healthcare assets, service lines and delivery models within and across multiple Regions. Plans and implements new services using different business models and strategic relationships with external partners and physicians.

• Develops and maintains strong academic partnerships, ensuring integration of talent and clinical excellence in partnership with national PE. 

• Builds and develops a bench of management talent by ensuring effective utilization of human resources and oversees integrated strategies to ensure quality results in the recruitment, selection, retention and development of the workforce. If applicable, maintain collaborative relationships with labor organizations. Has direct accountability for culture and employee engagement. 

• In partnership with the National PE Executive Team, Regional Leadership, Physician Leaders, and other key stakeholders across the system, provides the leadership to develop, guide and facilitate CommonSpirit Health’s strategy towards an Integrated Clinical Enterprise.

Required Education and Experience:

• Medical degree accompanied by a clinical and administrative background is required. 
• Minimum of ten (10) years of executive or senior healthcare leadership experience within a complex, multi-site, multi-area health care organization including ambulatory and outpatient service delivery systems, high provider and employee engagement, and effective physician relationships. 
• Minimum of eight (8) years of leadership experience working in an academic environment preferred. Associate Professor or higher experience preferred. 

Required Licensure and Certifications:

• Medical Degree (MD or DO)

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training:

• Leadership experience in a large complex integrated healthcare system.
• Superior leadership experience, particularly in cultivating a high-performing team, and in developing and maintaining excellent relations with physicians and staff at all levels. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi- specialty groups of physicians and ability to work effectively in a dyadic leadership model.
• Track record of progressive development of ambulatory clinics and physician practices. 
• Deep understanding of medical groups and all physician alignment structures
• Strong experience with leading and building out the continuum of care: hospitals, large medical groups, population health entities such as IPAs and building out network integrity. 
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions, creation of various joint ventures and other growth strategies 
• Healthcare operational and financial acumen and knowledge and experience leading complex and innovative delivery models.
• Experience working across the continuum of care and developing an IDN. 
• Understanding and/or experience in population health (CIN, IPA, MSSP) 
• Build a culture of continuous improvement and risk management​
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization. Ability to influence dotted lines as solid lines
• Demonstrate and model inspiration, inclusiveness and humankindness

Benefits Include: Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Holidays, Retirement Program, Disability Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Adoption Assistance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Programs, Life Insurance Plans, Worker Compensation, Dress for Your Day Policy, Voluntary Benefits.

Position is eligible for incentive pay based on company performance.