Vice President, Medical Group Operations Job Listing at Sutter West Bay Medical Group in San Francisco, CA (Job ID 3398874-2024-04-24)

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Healthcare Administrative leader for a San Francisco based multi-specialty medical group that provides primary through quaternary care in both ambulatory and hospital settings. The ideal candidate for this role will possess a strong operational background gained from experience within a health system, and an appreciation of medical group practices. You will join a team whose mission is to provide integrated, comprehensive, world class, patient centered medical care, while advancing medical knowledge and educating tomorrow's physician leaders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, refine, manage and maintain the operating support functions and leadership needed to efficiently operate the medical group. Ensure the effective operation of practices according to business plans and budgets. Collaborate with other team members and physician leadership on the overall administration of policies and procedures.
• Participate in medical group committees that intersect with medical group operations. Support presentation of committee recommendations to the medical group Board of Directors.
• Manage vendor relationships for delivery of outside services to the medical group. Evaluate vendor performance and make recommendations to optimize services.
• Lead negotiation for key contracts for physician services. Align physician contracts and payment methodologies to provided consistency and standardization, which includes a systematic and measurable system of payment.
• Demonstrate a passion for growing and investing in physicians to develop their administrative capabilities and leadership. Collaborate with physician leadership to develop strategic growth opportunities. Partner with System Service Line leadership to ensure alignment of objectives and consistent implementation of key strategies. Actively oversee physician recruitment and growth.
• Oversee onboarding and integration of new physicians and services. Assimilate acquired specialty services and new programs into the operating model.
• Role model excellence in communication internally and externally with medical group leadership, Foundation and Hospital leadership, System Service Line leaders and other key leaders within the greater health system.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor's degree required
• MBA or MHA preferred

Knowledge & Experience:

• 10 years work experience in health care industry
• Physician practice operations, finance and strategic planning
• Presenting to Board of Directors
• Transforming a group to high operational performance
• Driving culture, integration, provider engagement
• Business/program development
• Contract negotiation

Skills:

• Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and business practices, and ensure that own behavior and the behavior of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization.
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Create/Innovate: Develop new and unique ways to improve existing processes and to create new opportunities.
• Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization. Adapt to constantly changing priorities in managing a wide range of projects. Create an environment that encourages cooperation, motivation, innovation, and high performance teamwork.
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization. Exercise good judgment and political astuteness.
• Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities. Employ organizational skills including attention to detail, multi-tasking, and time-management.
• Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
• Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
• Political Savvy: Work effectively with a broad range of physicians, employees and vendors
• Manage Relationships: Establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization at all levels.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

• The VP reports to the CEO of SWBMG.
• Physician Contracting reports directly to the VP. Physician Services, including Recruiting and Human Resources, will indirectly report to the VP.
• The VP has functional coordinating relationship with the operational leadership of other Sutter Health foundation aligned medical groups and independent practice associations.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS/CONTACTS

This position works closely with the SWBMG executive and physician leadership, leadership of other Sutter Health foundation aligned medical groups, Sutter Health Leadership, and employed or contracted physicians.

This position is the key interface with contracted service providers such as Benefits Administration, Insurance brokers, etc.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA

San Francisco and Marin Counties as well as outreach locations throughout Northern California and Nevada.

PHYSICAL EFFORT/WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Low risk office setting. Long periods of sitting. Frequent travel, telephone and computer use. Regular evening and early morning meetings. Travel between care centers required.

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Send Cover Letter and CV to Sutter West Bay Medical Group, WestBayMDjobs@sutterhealth.org

Equal Employer Opportunity listed somewhere at the bottom. I know we talked about this in past—but just to re-implement this --our teams tend to forget to include this in our internal postings even though it is clearly listed in our template. Any way to have this for all our health ecareers postings would be most appreciative.