President, Genesys Hospital

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Henry Ford Genesys Hospital is a 400-bed, level two trauma facility located in Grand Blanc, MI that provides comprehensive emergency, primary and specialty care with a focus on patient-centered service. As a level II trauma center, we offer advanced surgical care including minimally invasive and robotic procedures. Our nationally recognized services span cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, cancer and women’s health specialties.

Currently, Henry Ford Health is seeking an experience hospital executive to provide overall leadership of Genesys Hospital assuring the facilities operate in a responsible manner to optimally fulfill Henry Ford Health system strategy. Reporting to the Regional President for the East Region, this senior executive will direct all internal operations of the hospital and campus while developing and implementing short-term tactics within long-term strategies that provide high quality and cost-effective health care. As Hospital President, this leader ensures clinical and administrative services are organized to meet population/market needs and deliver improved health and performance within its site of care and community.

Additionally, the President, Genesys Hospital will provide community-focused leadership and acts as the liaison with local and regional leaders. Serving as the local market leader in the identification, evaluation, and development of market growth strategies and/or collaboration opportunities. Within the hospital the President is responsible for aligning, integrating, and implementing all aspects and functions of the continuum of care process, i.e., patient flow, case management, social services, utilization review for patient transfer and discharge programs for the hospital and campus. In addition, responsible for providing overall direction and guidance to the operational activities of the organization with the objective of maximizing growth and profitability as well as day-to-day leadership and management to all hospital and campus operational functions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides executive leadership and oversight to an assigned hospital and campus operations ensuring the delivery of operational and service excellence including a focus on excellence in personalized care in a variety of delivery settings (e.g., inpatient, emergency, ambulatory, home care, sub-acute, physician networks, etc.) for a defined organization or designated service delivery area.
• Leads the formation of a hospital and campus operational vision and strategic plan, the development and achievement of goals and objectives and evaluates the hospital and campus continuing effectiveness within the framework of Henry Ford Health. Ensures the analysis of community needs and the development of supportive programs and services. Develops a portfolio of services that meets changing marketplace needs, integrates, and manages healthcare disciplines to meet customer demands. Ensures appropriate Henry Ford Health system alignment and supports the design, implementation and functioning of effective financial review and control procedures.
• Maximizes operating and financial performance and growth through effective financial management, enhanced productivity, leveraging of resources, increased market share, and expanded philanthropic support. Responsible for improving the efficiency of all continuum-of-care including case management, patient flow, patient transfer and discharge processes as well as outcomes through the development of methodologies that enhance patient flow and case management based on best practices for managing cost and quality, including the use of technology (case management).
• Proactively employs participative management and leadership approaches that optimize talent recruitment and effectiveness and retention planning. Selects, leads, and evaluates performance of hospital and campus operational leaders and empowers others to exercise leadership in achieving goals, developing new concepts, and taking initiative.
• Plans, prioritizes, directs, and evaluates hospital and campus organization activities to create and maintain operational and clinical excellence. Champions growth, change and improvement, seeks out and capitalizes on opportunities for improving or expanding the hospital and campus’s services in collaboration with the Regional President in response to the health care needs of the community and the strategic goals of Henry Ford Health.
• Initiates the development, implementation and oversight of processes and procedures for patient transfers to the hospital and campus facilities from other facilities within Henry Ford Health as well as hospital entities external to Henry Ford Health. Responsible for coordination, relationship management and process/procedure development and implementation for referring physicians regarding patient transfers. Develops a systematic approach designed to improve overall efficiency of case management/patient flow functions including a long-term plan for integrated patient flow/case management methods for the hospital.
• Collaborates in a highly effective manner with medical, administrative, hospital, campus staff, and leadership while informing each stakeholder of opportunities to improve patient flow, length of stay and cost per case. Makes recommendations to the Regional President concerning case management models, through-put models, and other methods for reducing length of stay and cost of care while maintaining quality outcomes.
• Promotes the image and utilization of the hospital through effective marketing, representation to the public, civic and business communities, establishing trust and respect for the hospital and campus and its services.
• Participates regularly in community events and forums, forms relationships with other community leaders and establishes a presence as a trusted community leader.
• Ensure the adequacy and installation of Henry Ford Health system procedures and controls to maintain communication and adequate flow of information and maintaining adequate management control and direction of the hospital.
• Creates and maintains physician and hospital and campus relationships built on shared values, trust, and mutuality. Develops sustainable relationships that result in supportive patient care systems, physician access/satisfaction, and quality, efficient care across the delivery platform.
• Responds to the community’s needs for quality health care services by monitoring the adequacy of the hospital’s medical activities and closely coordinating with the executive leadership and Medical Staff in achieving and maintaining the required standards of medical performance.
• Appoints, develops, mentors, and supports a hospital and campus leadership team that provides comprehensive and well-developed daily operational leadership and collaborates with other providers to improve health services in the community.