SVP President III
Apply Job ID R-11488 Date posted 07/25/2025If you are looking to make an impact on a meaningful scale, come join us as we embrace the Power of One!
We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.
A Brief Overview
Ensures all administrative and operations policies and procedures are developed collaboratively to assure consistency, minimize conflicting practices and optimize potential for determining best practices for quality and effective patient and family services for assigned hospital. Directs, develops, and implements plans and programs for the marketing of health care services offered by all areas of responsibility and keeps the Board of Directors informed of all plans and development. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.
What you will do
- Direct hospital operations, ensuring the provision of high quality patient and family care in the most cost-effective manner. Implement plans and policies related to attaining the goals and objectives of hospital.
- Direct special projects within the medical center, such as major renovations and new construction, and the acquisition of major medical technologies.
- Direct the effective management of utility and plant operations, safety and security, maintenance, groups and landscaping and construction programs. Ensure a safe and functional work environment for all associates while managing utility operations and maintenance functions.
- Work closely with the physician relations program, assuring good working relationships with physicians and overall positive medical staff relations. Directs the negotiation and development of physician contracts for hospital-based physicians.
- Participates in assigned Board committees, and performs other Board level functions as requested by the Executive Vice President or MLH CEO.
- Establish appropriate hospital committees to assure a broad base of participation in decision-making processes.
- Participate in long range planning, both financial and strategic, reviewing and recommending for approval the long-term capital and expense budget for adherence to the financial and strategic plan of the medical center.
- Directs the medical staff and is a member of pertinent medical staff committees as assigned by the Executive Vice President.
- Select, train, develop and evaluate subordinates and initiate personnel actions in accordance with Human Resource policies and organization philosophy.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the annual operating budget, ensuring the operations are managed within the established guidelines.
- Reviews, approves, and monitors hospital-wide quality assurance, risk management, disaster and safety programs. Takes a major role in re-direction of quality assurance to the medical center-wide Continuous Quality Improvement program.
- Directs quality and compliance monitoring and evaluation activities and implements measures to ensure that hospital, JCAHO and other quality standards are met.
Education/Formal Training Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Business Administration/Management
- Bachelor's Degree Healthcare Administration
- Master's Degree Healthcare Administration
Work Experience Requirements
- 7-9 years Healthcare environment
- 7-9 years Healthcare/Hospital Administration
- 7-9 years Progressive responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to understand and prepare complex materials, such as business plans.
- Ability to communicate verbally with all levels of Associates, executives, community leaders, and physicians, etc.
- Ability to lead and motivate individuals and groups of people toward the accomplishment of work and company goals.
- Skill in negotiating with and between individuals and groups of people including management, community leaders and physicians.
- Ability to plan and schedule tasks and projects and to maintain control of own and others' work flow.
- Skill in developing and implementing long-range plans and programs.
- Ability to work without close supervision or professional guidance and to exercise independent judgment.
Supervision Provided by this Position
- There are 15 to 25 S/A Leader positions directly reporting and approximately 1,200 Associates indirectly reporting to the incumbent.
Physical Demands
- The physical activities of this position may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
- Must have good balance and coordination.
- The physical requirements of this position are: light work - exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently.
- The Associate is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity, such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; or extensive reading.
- The conditions to which the Associate will be subject in this position: The Associate is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; job functions are typically performed under conditions such as those found in general office or administrative work.
Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.
Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.