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Description

The Opportunity

Yampa Valley Medical Center (YVMC) is seeking a Director of Operations to serve as a strategic operational leader responsible for enterprise-wide facility and support services performance. This role provides executive-level leadership to ensure operational excellence, safety, regulatory readiness, and financial stewardship across critical infrastructure and support functions.

The Director of Operations functions as a strategic partner to executive leadership, translating organizational priorities into reliable execution while strengthening alignment between local operations and system resources. This position is ideal for a leader ready to operate at a VP-equivalent level within a complex, community-based healthcare environment.

UCHealth Yampa Valley Med Center, Steamboat Springs, CO.

YVMC Administration

Pay: $63.32 - $101.31 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

Summary:

The Director of Operations directs and integrates facility and support service operations to ensure alignment with YVMC's mission, strategic objectives, and performance standards. This role is accountable for operational strategy, performance outcomes, and cross-functional coordination, with an emphasis on execution, resilience, and continuous improvement.

The Director partners closely with clinical leaders, executive peers, and system teams to ensure YVMC's operational infrastructure supports safe patient care, workforce stability, and long-term sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Operations plays a key role in the health system's strategic and operational efforts by:

+ Providing executive oversight of facility-based support services, including Environmental Services, Food and Nutrition Services, Facilities, Design & Construction, and dotted line support to Information Technology, Clinical Engineering, Supply Chain, Security and Language Services.

+ Leading operational strategy related to facility readiness, space planning, capital prioritization, infrastructure planning, and long-term asset management.

+ Establishing, monitoring, and acting on enterprise KPIs and dashboards to drive safety, quality, service, and financial performance.

+ Ensuring organizational readiness for accreditation, regulatory compliance, emergency preparedness, and life safety standards in partnership with subject matter leaders.

+ Partnering with finance and system stakeholders on operating budgets, capital planning, labor optimization, and cost stewardship with measurable results.

+ Anticipating operational risks and proactively implementing mitigation strategies to ensure continuity of operations in a rural healthcare setting.

+ Serving as a key liaison between YVMC and system operational teams to ensure alignment, accountability, and timely execution of initiatives.

+ Leading, mentoring, and developing operational leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.

Candidate Qualifications

The successful candidate is a seasoned healthcare (or other complex industry) operations leader with demonstrated experience operating at a senior leadership level. This individual brings strong executive presence, strategic judgment, and the ability to balance system alignment with local operational realities. Experience leading complex support services, managing performance at scale, and partnering with executive teams is essential.

Minimum Requirements:

+ Bachelor's degree. Preferred: Master's degree

+ 5 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare (or other complex industry) operations, facilities, or related support services

Essential Skills and Attributes for Success:

+ Executive-level operational and financial acumen.

+ Ability to lead complex, multi-department operations with accountability for outcomes.

+ Proven experience partnering with senior leaders and system stakeholders.

+ Strong change leadership skills with a thoughtful, steady approach.

+ Data-driven decision making with experience using performance dashboards and metrics.

+ Clear, confident communicator with the ability to influence across disciplines.

+ Resilient, adaptable leader comfortable operating in a rural or resource-variable environment.

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Employees are our number one asset.

UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program. *

Recognition

+ Performance bonus: UCHealth offers an Annual Performance Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, and financial goals.

+ Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.

+ Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

+ Medical, dental and vision coverage.

+ Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and eligible dependents.

+ Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.

+ Free Care.com membership.

+ Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.

+ Time away from work: Paid time off, paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.

+ New employees receive an initial PTO load with first paycheck.

+ Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.

+ Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

+ 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.

+ Additional 457(b) plan may be available.

+ Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care; health savings accounts available when enrolled in high-deductible medical plan.

Education and career growth

+ UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.

+ Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.

+ Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.

+ Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.

+ Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in ay terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.

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