Executive Director

at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, United States

Job Details
At ChristianaCare, we serve as our neighbors as respectful, expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. Supporting this mission, we seek a Campus Executive Director for our Newark Campus. This individual is the senior executive representing the campus and operationalizing the health system's strategy. They are ultimately accountable for the quality, safety, clinical efficiency, patient experience, and caregiver experience outcomes for the campus. If this role sounds intriguing, please apply!

ChristianaCare benefits:
ChristianaCare offers an annual incentive bonus and a collegial space where innovation is valued. We offer incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through , retirement planning services, financial coaching. Fitness and wellness reimbursement, and phenomenal discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more.

Our medical/dental/vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms toward planning for your retirement, a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.

Principal duties and responsibilities:
Build a campus environment that recognizes and values diversity, is inclusive, and addresses the unique needs of a diverse workforce, patient population and community.
Ensures the organization vision, values, strategic goals, and objectives are operationalized on the campus resulting in high quality outcomes in an efficient, effective, and patient/caregiver centered environment.
Champions continuous improvement and a culture of problem solving and rapidly deploying solutions.
Influences and implements change and transformation, both strategic and operational.
Actively engages as a liaison with the community and local authorities/jurisdictions, to address patient needs with regards to access, patient experience, and needed services considering social determinants of health.
In conjunction with facilities & support services, provide oversight of the environment of care, including work with State Department of Health, CMS or deemed authority (i.e., Joint Commission), FDA, & local authorities having jurisdiction.

Education and experience requirements:
Master's degree required, preferably an MHA, MSN, MBA or related degree.
Minimum of ten (10) years results oriented experience in healthcare operations, financial management and development experience is required.
Progressive management experience in a hospital environment with success in matrixed operating structures.
Experience delivering results with a variety of partners driving outcomes through influence and collaboration.

ChristianaCare is one of the country's most multidimensional health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. Christiana Care includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions.

ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with our outstanding, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is crafting the future of health care.
Working for Christiana Care offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City - all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.

Post End DateJul 1, 2024

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Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.