System Vice President, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute

The System Vice President, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute has direct accountability for strategic initiatives and program volume growth of the service line. The System Vice President, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute serves as the primary Norton Healthcare Executive accountable for the system strategy and growth for the service line. The System Vice President, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute also partners directly with ambulatory executives and operational leaders, along with hospital leadership teams to ensure success through collaborative problem solving. The System Vice President, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute will have responsibility for maintaining relationships with independent community providers to grow the service line and develop new opportunities for Norton Healthcare.

Key Accountabilities:

• Serves as the administrative leader for the service line. Works directly with service line medical staff, executive medical director and matrix leadership personnel in establishing priorities for all strategy & growth functions. Serves as primary resource for employed and non-employed providers within the service line, including service line matrix operational matters. Works with Norton Medical Group to provide leadership to aligned and integrated members of the medical staff deemed to be critical to the service line's success.
• Works with Norton Healthcare leadership to ensure programs are designed to be patient and family focused; ensuring outstanding clinical quality. Responsible for the facilitation of quality and service escalation including key performance indicators, risk and grievances. Ensures strategic, operational, programmatic, and other plans/policies support and are aligned with the Norton Healthcare mission, vision, values, and service basics. Participates in facility specific service line councils and partners with leaders at the facility level which are necessary to advance strategic initiatives. Organizes information for board of trustee meetings related to the service lines.
• Positions service line for future growth, cost reduction, and quality improvement through targeted initiatives. Identifies new services or programs within assigned service line that add incremental new volume and address patient need. Works with marketing and communications teams to develop and direct specific strategies to raise awareness of Norton Healthcare's service lines on a local, regional, and national basis. Works with Norton Healthcare senior leadership to proactively access the impact of legislation on future growth, restriction of services and reimbursement for care. Works with Norton Healthcare health policy executive to ensure Norton Healthcare interests are appropriately represented. Identifies and implements specific growth strategies for both the primary and secondary service areas needed to meet strategic growth goals for the service line, working collaboratively with both Norton Medical Group and hospital leadership partners. Acts as the service line market expert for Norton Healthcare, maintaining up to date knowledge on local, regional and national trends specific to growth, technology and community need.
• Provides direction and input into the annual operating and capital expenditure budgets of the service line. Works collaboratively with Norton Healthcare leadership to ensure areas of responsibility exceeds or meets performance targets. Assists in identifying grants or other philanthropic dollars to support service line initiatives. Responsible for financial performance of the service line across the system, including facility supply & implant cost effectiveness.
• Collaborates with Norton Healthcare senior leadership to provide input into the strategic planning process for the service line. Works with Norton Healthcare hospital leadership to proactively identify quality of care initiatives based on best practice, evidenced based data and develops plans/measures to ensure ongoing delivery of quality patient care. Monitors, manages and presents key performance metrics deemed critical to the service line. Works with Norton Healthcare senior leadership to ensure ongoing compliance with all federal state, and regulatory agencies that govern the practices of the service line. Prepares in advance for projects and has the ability to consider and manage multiple possible outcomes. Maintains awareness and is sensitive to the inter-relationships required to ensure success of initiatives. Anticipates obstacles realistically during the planning process. Partners strongly with ambulatory executives and operational leaders, along with hospital leadership teams to ensure success through collaborative problem solving. Takes ownership for and assists in the implementation of Performance Excellence Program initiatives and/or other cost reduction initiatives identified for the service line for inpatient and outpatient services.

Required:

• Five years healthcare administration leadership at the executive level, or, for clinical leaders, three years healthcare administration leadership at the executive level and two years of clinical leadership experience
• Master Degree

Desired:

• Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives