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Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Executives thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Vice President Lab Operations for our HCA Healthcare team where excellence creates excellence.

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

+ Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

+ Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

+ Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

+ 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

+ Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

+ Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

+ Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

+ Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

+ Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

+ Colleague recognition program

+ Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

+ Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? **Apply for our Vice President Lab Operations role today!**

Job Summary and Qualifications

In support of the Clinical Services Group Laboratory Service Line, the Vice President of Operations is responsible for all laboratory services and operations in assigned region. Provides leadership and directs operational growth consistent with policies and objectives established by HCA Healthcare and Lab Service Line leadership. The VP of Operations organizes, applies, directs, controls, and evaluates all resources including responsibility for quality and clinical performance, achievement of financial goals, management of personnel, development and oversight of new programs, coordination of assessment and consulting services for non-managed programs, joint venture oversight, and building trust through communication and collaboration that develops a performance oriented culture based accountability. Serves as a subject matter expert and is responsible for developing business process models to optimize and enhance operating results across the company.

Working with Group, Division, and facility CEOs, CMOs and CFOs across HCA, this individual will provide executive level leadership, consultation, and guidance to HCA leaders and other company officers specific to Laboratory Service Line quality, operations, strategic assessment and consulting, and business development.

What you will do in this role:

+ Provides leadership in the areas of laboratory clinical services, operations, compliance and expense management to the Division and individual facilities overall strategic plan to improve Laboratory Services and ensure achievement of HCA’s Laboratory Service Line goals and objectives.

+ Develops and strengthens collaborative relationships with the division and facility team to advance laboratory practice and care of our patients.

+ Able to assimilate information from a variety of sources, able to analyze data, make strategic recommendations and execute a course of action for overall improvement in both quality of care and expense management.

+ Member of Laboratory Service Line Core Team, supporting the execution of Service Line initiatives in conjunction with medical leadership.

+ Provides direct leadership in the oversight and accountability for the operational effectiveness of laboratory services.

+ Meet and build relationships with senior executives (CMO, CFO, COO, etc.) by presenting and discussing industry trends, best in class strategies, and gaining buy in for program objectives

+ Lead development of division and facility laboratory leaders by providing meaningful coaching and mentoring to increase capabilities of individuals and teams and drive employee engagement

+ Align director of laboratory team goals and objectives with company, group, division, facility goals

+ Ability to lead and collaborate within a team setting and in a variety of functional settings.

+ Demonstrated the ability to interact with others, build, and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders with HCA.

+ Creates internal customer confidence, committed to increasing customer satisfaction, and managing customer expectations through alignment of key stakeholders

+ Demonstrates responsibility for solving customer challenges, ensures commitment to customers by soliciting opinions and ideas from customers for improvement in services.

+ Establishes and helps meet annual consolidated service and facility budgets.

+ Establishes and meets financial and clinical goals of the division and facilities

+ Participates and ensures implementation of financial, clinical, and operational strategies for laboratory and consolidated solutions

+ Evaluates, interprets and provides recommendations around key laboratory metrics

+ Assists in preparing business cases and financial analysis for new programs and opportunities

+ Provides financial and metric training for key laboratory stakeholders to drive optimal results

+ Demonstrates knowledge of overall laboratory operations in acute care,consolidated, and commercial (outreach) settings

+ Functional working knowledge of clinical laboratory service diagnostic subspecialties, billing, accreditation, equipment, clinical stewardship, and expense management

+ Demonstrates understanding of regulatory requirements for laboratory (TJC, CAP, State DOH, FDA, CMS, CLIA, etc.)

+ Demonstrate quality improvement competencies.

+ Demonstrates understanding of laboratory productivity and development of staffing models to meet business needs.

+ Able to assist in developing key Laboratory business process models

+ Demonstrates ability to manage conflict by using common approaches and facilitation techniques to lead teams to alignment and high performance

+ Able toidentifyopportunities for improvement and innovation, removes barriers and resistance, and enables desired behaviors of team and stakeholders

+ Serve as external face to company during client engagements or industry events as requested

+ Practices and adheres to the Code of Conduct philosophy, mission and vision statements.

What qualifications you will need:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Technology Required

+ Master’s Degree in Business or Healthcare Administration Required

+ Minimum of 10 years of progressive laboratory management experience

+ Management experience with integrated hospital-based service lines preferred

**HCA Healthcare (Corporate)** , based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled **resources and opportunities** to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and **career advancement opportunities** , every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our **Executive Development Program** , where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a Vice President Lab Operations. **Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare.**

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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