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Ascension Health VP-Community Health Ministries in St Peters, Missouri
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Ascension is hiring a Vice President of Community Health Ministries at the system level!
When you join Ascension, you join a diverse team united by our mission; to provide compassionate, personalized care to all - especially to those most in need.
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.
Responsibilities
The Vice President of Community Health Ministries (CHM) at the system level is a position of a key senior leader on the Community Impact team. The expectations for this team member and national senior leader will be to lead strategy and operations of the CHMs nationally.
The Vice President of Community Health Ministries (CHM) must be mission-driven and accountable for the success of our CHMs in communities where we serve and be strategically focused on opportunities to optimize current operations and build a strong foundation for our future state.
Today, Ascension CHMs are located in multiple practices which provide medical, dental, social services within Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas.
The Vice President of CHM will serve as a critical leader advocating for all strategies related to CHMs, collaborating with all internal teams to ensure seamless integration with Ascension’s portfolio. This autonomous and outcome-oriented role will function as the single thread of authority accountable for achieving Ascension’s CHM-related objectives and key results. As subject matter expert, this role will provide key direction to health equity-driven performance strategy and population health interventions within Ascension’s CHM portfolio. In addition, the Vice President of CHMs is an integral part of the Community Impact team tasked with informing our organization’s overall strategic direction pertaining to community care delivery.
Responsibilities:
Assume responsibility for all aspects of performance of Community Health Ministries (CHMs) including, but not limited to performance in: daily operations, value based care, Shared savings and revenue of CHMs.
Provides expertise and leadership in developing and implementing strategies that improve the health status of individuals in targeted local communities through sponsored activities, programs and strategic partnerships.
Identify opportunities and challenges to performance within other organization services and work across departments to develop consumer-centric, personalized, and scalable solutions.
Develop an enterprise-wide strategy for improving care quality and experience within CHMs to reduce disparities and advance health equity initiatives.
Develop strategy addressing sustainability and potential growth in alignment with System through interventions and trainings at CHM markets in partnership with system and ministry wide functions.
Develop and lead meetings and initiatives with representatives of the CHMs and key stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with key community stakeholders to advance community health partnership opportunities.
Maintain both productive external relationships and partnerships, and an internal environment in which staff and board work at CHMs work closely together to successfully address the organization’s Strategic Plan.
Serves as the representative on community coalitions, task forces, boards, and other groups pertaining to the CHMs that share our mission and priorities relative to improving the health of the community and promoting the ministry's community presence and mission.
Develops, oversees, monitors, and evaluates major community health ministry improvement programs and initiatives.
Provides leadership for improving access to care for uninsured consistent with mission, principles, and call to action.
Foster genuine teamwork and a sense of common purpose among all staff, through appropriate delegation, decision-making, clarity in roles, and team collaboration which ensures that tasks are completed efficiently and with respect for all- aligning with our mission, principles and values.
Work in partnership with local CHM operational leaders and managers to ensure full alignment of people, processes, and places, supporting appropriate operational and clinical responses to a changing environment.
Provides leadership for the development and approval of strategic plans and priorities for community health programs and services.
Support and participate in quality management and related programs, including, but not limited to accreditation and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition, and also foster continual health center improvement
Lead through personal integrity, respect for all, and clear commitment to excellence, and ensure the same from all staff. Ensure successful Risk Management awareness and action, as well as ongoing compliance.
Prepares, presents, and maintains a budget. Reports on progress and outcomes of community health ministries programs, initiatives, and partnerships including metrics and key performance indicators.
Successfully undertake and navigate change.
Complexity of Work:
Within the scope of the job, it requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in an environment that requires collaboration and trust with internal and external stakeholders.
Requires strong leadership and managerial skills.
Requirements
Education:
- Master’'s degree or advanced degree(s) in business, health administration, and/or public policy or other relevant fields.
Qualifications and Work Experience:
5-7 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 4 of those years being in leadership/management.
7 years of successfully leading and growing Community Health initiatives including knowledge of community health center business, funding models.
Senior-level experience in strategic planning and health care operations (system and local level preferred).
Ability to travel roughly a third of the time or as needed in the role.
Additional Preferences
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Why Join Our Team
Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
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