Job description

• Location: Jacksonville, FL • Facility: Ascension St Vincent Riverside Hospital • Schedule: Full-time This position is eligible for participation in the annual bonus program • Formulate policies and strategic plans for future growth. • Plan, direct and coordinate overall daily operations. • Responsible for building relationships to establish partnerships and affiliations. • Direct operational efficiency and improvement to meet financial targets and collaborate to establish control systems for accountability. • Collaborate to plan and organize staffing, including hiring, orienting, evaluating, and educating in support of operational objectives. Licensure / Certification / Registration • Required Credential(s): • None Required. Education • Bachelor's degree with 10 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 5 of those years being in leadership/management. Key Qualifications & Requirements • Senior Leadership Experience: 5 to 7 years of executive/senior leadership experience as a dedicated operator in a healthcare setting. • Proven Operational Execution: Demonstrated track record as a hands-on leader focused on driving efficiency, streamlining clinical/administrative workflows, and delivering tangible operational improvements. • Metric-Driven Accountability: Deep experience establishing, tracking, and meeting aggressive performance metrics to optimize operational throughput, quality outcomes, and financial performance within a highly metric-driven organization. • Contract Management & Procurement: Extensive background in vendor management, strategic procurement, and negotiating/managing complex healthcare operational, physician, and vendor contracts. • Capital Project & Construction Management: Direct experience leading large capital projects, facility expansions, infrastructure upgrades, and major construction initiatives from planning through execution. • Financial & Quality Acumen: Direct P&L oversight, budgetary discipline, clinical quality metric achievement, and regulatory compliance expertise. Preferred Qualifications • Advanced degree • FACHE The ideal candidate will bring strong acute care hospital operations experience, preferably as a COO or Associate COO in a complex hospital setting. Demonstrated experience in facilities and physical plant oversight, physician partnerships, surgical services, and multidisciplinary operations is essential. Familiarity with Ascension and Medxcel processes is highly preferred.

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Location: Jacksonville, FL
Facility: Ascension St Vincent Riverside Hospital
Schedule: Full-time
Formulate policies and strategic plans for future growth.
Plan, direct and coordinate overall daily operations.
Responsible for building relationships to establish partnerships and affiliations.
Direct operational efficiency and improvement to meet financial targets and collaborate to establish control systems for accountability.
Collaborate to plan and organize staffing, including hiring, orienting, evaluating, and educating in support of operational objectives.
Licensure / Certification / Registration
Required Credential(s): • None Required.
Bachelor's degree with 10 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 5 of those years being in leadership/management.
Key Qualifications & Requirements
Senior Leadership Experience: 5 to 7 years of executive/senior leadership experience as a dedicated operator in a healthcare setting.
Proven Operational Execution: Demonstrated track record as a hands-on leader focused on driving efficiency, streamlining clinical/administrative workflows, and delivering tangible operational improvements.
Contract Management & Procurement: Extensive background in vendor management, strategic procurement, and negotiating/managing complex healthcare operational, physician, and vendor contracts.
Capital Project & Construction Management: Direct experience leading large capital projects, facility expansions, infrastructure upgrades, and major construction initiatives from planning through execution.
Financial & Quality Acumen: Direct P&L oversight, budgetary discipline, clinical quality metric achievement, and regulatory compliance expertise.

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Advanced degree

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