Market Chief Executive Officer Tennessee Market - Saint Francis Hospital, Memphis, TN and Bartlett, TN

Market Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee

The Market Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee has overall operational responsibility for the Tennessee Market, with direct oversight of Saint Francis Hospital - Memphis and Saint Francis Hospital - Bartlett, in Tennessee. The Market Chief Executive Officer, Tennessee will be responsible to lead by example, setting clear strategies and performance expectations in an environment of participation and collaboration with senior management, physicians, and the Joint Advisory Board(s).

Functional Expectations & Requirements :

The Market Chief Executive Officer has the following functional responsibilities in leading the Tennessee market :

• Ensures a positive working relationship with physicians; creates a culture of open progressive communication and mutual understanding between the physicians, facility leadership and employees.
• Develops and leads a top-notch administrative team(s).
• Establishes a sense of mutual "pride of ownership" among constituencies, including physicians, employees and the community. Nurtures a culture of shared purpose and goals among these groups, fostering greatly improved working relationships and ensuring consistent quality of patient care.
• Maintains a highly visible presence, interacting constantly with key stakeholders to inform and advise them of strategies, current healthcare trends, legislation and activities. Represents the facility as a vital provider and employer by being an active civic leader in the community.
• Recruits and retains first-rate physicians to work with the facility.
• Exhibits strong communication, presentation and listening skills to ensure facility-wide collaboration and coordination, especially concerning physicians, employees and the community.
• Displays strong business acumen, a sophisticated knowledge of healthcare funding, and experience in competitive marketplaces with the ability to make complex and difficult decisions.
• In conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer of the facility, the Chief Executive Officer will sign to certify the financials of the facility on a quarterly basis.
• Appropriately assesses strategic opportunities to enhance the facility's market position.
• Assures the highest standards of healthcare delivery and outcomes, ensuring a constant patient focus.
• Shows creativity and judgment in developing and communicating an executable vision that includes new product lines and services, partnerships, and ventures.
• Continues to build solid, effective relationships with appropriate partners, payors, businesses, customers, and the community at large.
• Ensures positive employee relations and trust through communication, education, consistency and dependability.
• Leads the development of progressive physician / facility strategies and executes plans in order to optimize the long-term potential of the facility.
• Fosters a work climate that attracts quality employees, and provides and promotes the facility as a provider of choice for patients.
• Demonstrates successes in integrating medical staff and creating opportunities for growth and profitability.

Organizational Leadership - Expectations & Requirements :

As a leader in healthcare, Tenet is committed to providing the best possible care to every patient, with a clear focus on quality and service. Strong leadership is essential to delivering on this commitment, and we believe that the quality of our leaders can give us a significant long-term competitive advantage. We want to ensure every current and future leader in Tenet is successful, and we support that through our selection and hiring process and by providing coaching and training to our leaders.

In this regard, we have identified core competencies that will enable a leader to succeed at Tenet, and have defined them within the following five areas critical to performance :

Drive Organizational Success

Use Astute Judgment

Lead Boldly

Shape Strategy

Earn Unwavering Trust

Candidate Experience, Attributes and Education Requirements :

Minimum ten to fifteen years of progressive experience in facility or healthcare management, culminating in successfully leading a complex entity in a culturally diverse, competitive urban environment. Incumbent should possess the following experiences, professional and personal attributes and education :

Professional Attributes

Personal Attributes

Education / Certifications

An undergraduate degree in Business, Health Care Administration, or related field is required. A Master's degree is strongly preferred.

Compensation

A competitive compensation program will be tailored to the selected candidate. Base salary will