Chief Operating Officer (Key West, FL)

Job Description

Lower Keys Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission, the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in echocardiography, the American College of Radiology for mammography, the American College of Cardiology as a Chest Pain Center, and by the American Heart Association and The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center.

The hospital has also been recognized with the American Heart Association's Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines Stroke quality achievement award.

Established in 1971, Lower Keys Medical Center is licensed as a 167-bed acute care hospital with 24 hour emergency department care, laboratory services, radiology procedures and medical transport.

We are proud to be one of the region's largest employers and a community supporter.

We offer:

• Inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory care
• Emergency medicine
• Laboratory services
• Cardiac cath lab
• Diagnostic radiology and women's imaging center
• Pathology
• Pharmacy
• Physical, occupational and speech therapy
• Respiratory therapy
• Nutrition services
• Medical surgical unit
• Intensive care unit
• Labor and delivery family birthing suites
• Pediatric inpatient care
• Behavioral health inpatient unit
• Behavioral health outpatient care
• Surgical services

Job Summary

Responsible for the hospital's day-to-day operational activities, including patient throughput, revenue and sales growth, expense, cost and margin-control, and monthly, quarterly, and annual financial goal management. Responsible for overseeing multiple non-nursing departments. Will develop sufficient skills and knowledge in order to be promoted to a Chief Executive Officer position at a different location.

Essential Functions

• BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  • Assist the hospital CEO with translating annual revenue and profit goals into specific plans that will achieve desired goals.
  • Assist the hospital CEO in developing a strategy for increasing volume by targeting specific physicians on the medical staff as well as assessing needs for new physicians.
• COST CONTAINMENT
  • Assist the hospital CEO and CFO with achieving a balance between revenue and expenses.
  • Periodically review hospital's department results and advise corrective actions to department managers.
• PHYSICIAN RELATIONS
  • Assist the hospital CEO with strategies for building stronger relations with the medical staff.
  • Provides suggestions on how to approach difficult problems with individual physicians.
  • Assist the hospital CEO with physician recruiting as well as identifying new services/product lines and capital expenditures.
• COAHING AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Works with individual department manages to review performance, strengths and development needs and provide coaching.
  • Shares best practices from experience both internally and externally.
  • Suggests additional training that will assist department managers performance development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree Master's degree in Hospital Administration or Business Administration or similar field required
• 4-6 years Successful experience leading multiple acute care hospital departments required
• Must be able to relocate within 24-36 months

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of how to build revenue and physician practices.
• Basic knowledge of hospital financial systems required.
• Ability to recruit, lead, coach and develop employees in order to assist them in job success.
• Demonstrated business acumen.
• Must be able to problem solve, identify real issues and formulate solutions and to teach others as well.