Vice President Operations

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

St. Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters. They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St. Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas. Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep – 85 years of excellence and counting. Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx. 30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more.

St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City, is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.

Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital is a 26-bed facility serving the community since 1951 with a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services. For more than 60 years, Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital has provided access to health care close to home for the families of Ulysses, Kansas and surrounding communities. Services include Case Management, CT Scan, Diabetic education, dietary consult, EEG/EKG, emergency care, laboratory, MRI, mammography, nuclear medicine, obstetrics (prenatal, postpartum, delivery), midwifery, primary and specialty clinics, physical therapy, radiology, respiratory therapy, surgery, swing beds and ultrasound.

Our leaders influence by example and succeed through accountability. In character and conduct, you embody humankindness—by pushing us toward our best selves so we can do our best work every day.

The Vice President Operations for the Kansas hospitals, St. Catherine, Garden City, St. Catherine, Dodge City, and Bob Wilson Memorial, will provide strategic and operational leadership for various service lines to include evaluations, development and modification of programs and services to meet the changing market demands. This focus includes developing and maintaining strong staff, physician, and community relations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and accountability for diverse service lines and departments within hospital entity. Responsible for development and execution of ancillary strategy for hospital and physician practice expansion. 
• Provide leadership of master plan development process for hospital and campus.
• Patient Satisfaction: Promotes positive community and patient relations. Meets regularly with key local officials and community organizations to determine needs and enhance the image and utilization of the organization's facilities. Implements and oversees programs to increase patient satisfaction, safety, quality, and overall cultural outcomes.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies governing health care delivery and rules of accrediting bodies by continually monitoring the service and organizational operations and programs to include initiating required changes and improvements as needed.
• In partnership with leadership, helps to manage physician relations throughout the organization and the community, focused on program/service improvements, growth opportunities, and restructuring to meet market needs.
• Initiates program/services identification, development, evaluation and restructuring to meet the changing market needs.

   

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Master degree required
• 5 years in a progressive healthcare system environment in a leadership/administration role with
  experience in ambulatory and/or acute care setting.
• 7 years in management/leadership roles. Demonstrated success in a strong
  business/management/administrative background.
• Knowledge of financial systems and analysis, computer systems and applications. Skill in planning, organizing, personnel management; exercising initiative, judgment, complex problem-solving, decision making, developing and maintaining effective relationships with providers, clinical and administrative staff, patients and public.

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