Nemours is seeking a Senior Vice President, Operations - Central Florida.

Primary Functions:

The Senior Vice President, Operations - Central Florida is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Nemours Children's Hospital and its network of multi-specialty service lines, urgent, and primary care clinical operations throughout the Florida market. This role ensures the alignment and execution of clinical operations strategy with the overall Nemours strategy, fostering an environment of excellence in clinical services delivery and effective collaboration with corporate functions. This will serve as a member of the Central Florida Executive Cabinet and will report directly to the Region President of Central Florida. The Senior Vice President, Operations - Central Florida leads all regional and statewide service line administrators and work closely with the Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer (CSBDO) and Chief Medical Officer to implement and execute aggressive growth strategies and new partnerships, as well as ensure operational efficiency.

Essential Functions:

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and execute aggressive strategies to position Nemours Children's Hospital and Nemours Children’s Health, Central Florida as a national leader in children's healthcare.
• Collaborate with CSBDO, CMO, and other physician leaders to develop and drive service line strategy, creating top programs nationally.
• Align clinical operations with the overall Nemours strategy, ensuring disciplined execution against well-defined performance metrics.
• Work in tandem with other Florida leaders, including the Physician in Chief, Chief Nursing Executive, and others to execute the integrated strategy for all Nemours’ Florida operations.
• Identify and drive opportunities for development of Nemours enterprise-wide institutes.

Fiscal Leadership:

• Provide fiscal leadership by developing and managing budgets, monitoring financial performance, and ensuring the efficient use of resources.
• Implement financial strategies to support the hospital's mission and goals, ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
• Collaborate with financial officers to optimize revenue cycles, reduce costs, and enhance financial health.
• Ensure optimized revenue cycle practices

Operational Management:

• Oversee an operating budget exceeding $500M, ensuring financial and operational goals are met.
• Ensure accreditation and compliance with regulatory bodies such as JCAHO and AHCA.
• Ensure operational efficiencies in the clinical environment in collaboration with the CMO, CNO, and other physician and nurse leaders
• Facilitate industry-leading patient access and patient family satisfaction 

Workforce Development:

• Recruit, retain, and develop a highly-skilled pediatric healthcare workforce, including physician leaders, clinical and support staff. Work collaboratively with leadership to build pipeline programs to ensure recruitment sustainability. 
• Foster a culture of safety, service excellence, and continuous improvement in patient care quality and outcomes.
• Collaborate with appropriate partners to recruit, select, on-board, and retain professional, clinical, and support staff.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration within the organization, horizontally and vertically.
• Develop successful relationships with key partners.

Innovation and Improvement:

• Identify innovative ways to collaborate with physicians and clinical staff to support strategic and tactical objectives.
• Champion and lead programs advancing High Reliability Operations and the Zero Harm journey.
• Continually advance and increase the strength of the NCH management team and develop future leaders by demonstrating and emphasizing teamwork, integrity, humility, respect, and excellence.

Regional and Statewide Leadership:

• Lead all regional and statewide service line administrators, ensuring cohesive and effective management across all service lines.
• Work closely with the Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer to implement and execute growth strategies, driving expansion and enhancing service delivery.
• Pursue systemness opportunities.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in management or healthcare administration required. Master's degree in management or healthcare administration preferred. 
• At least 10 years of experience in hospital and/or pediatric operations as CEO, COO, Administrator, CMO, or senior executive. Strong operating expertise in a complex medical center environment affiliated with an academic medical enterprise.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.