Chief Operating Officer - Lakeview Hospital

Chief Operating Officer

The Chief Operating Officer oversees, directs and coordinates the operational activities and programs associated with the day-to-day operations of the hospital through the delivery of cost effective and quality services. Exercises management responsibility over the hospital ensuring efficient services that are designed to meet the needs of the patients, physician, the public and staff. Accomplishes tasks either directly or through delegation of responsibility to the management staff.

Your Everyday

• Acts as the main leader of the organization in the absence of the President.
• Responsible for integrating the organization's strategic plan with the operations.
• Provides management oversight for the development of high quality and cost-effective clinical programs within the hospital.
• Leads and supports key committees pertaining to service areas. As directed, proposes appropriate departmental representatives to the multidisciplinary hospital committees.
• Develops and fosters collaboration between hospital departments, medical staff leadership and other affiliate services (inside and outside of the hospital) to ensure an integrated approach to providing services and fulfilling the hospitals goals and objectives.
• Functions as an effective liaison and intermediary between the Hospital and its affiliates.
• Represents the hospital at various Board of Trustees of LCMC and the governing board committees.
• Where appropriate, represents the hospital to the external market, as well as internally through the application of community relations and marketing.
• Develops new business strategies to enhance market share and improve overall hospital performance.
• Works through the management team and medical staff leadership, serving to help reduce cost, enhance revenues, increase patient satisfaction, achieve effective utilization and quality goals and objectives. Analyze and utilize information to develop and support management decisions.
• Communicates key information to stakeholders of these service areas with respect to managed care, marketplace needs and the competitive environment, cost management and patient-focused services.
• Performs management functions of the hospital and its affiliates as directed.

The Must-Haves Minimum :

Experience Qualifications

Education Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Days (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health's extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women's care.

Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do. You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.