President, Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives. The President will ensure that BID-Plymouth functions at the highest levels including delivering safe, high-quality coordinated care, efficient management of resources, smooth and efficient administrative services, and implementation of strategic and operational plans. The President will be responsible for the executive leadership, strategic growth, and fiscal health of BID-Plymouth. They will recognize the inclusive and collaborative culture of the hospital that has made it a success in the community and among its patients and use that as a steppingstone to further integrate into the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) system.

The President will work collaboratively with system-wide leadership and other BILH hospital and business unit presidents to advance goals to strengthen its mission of becoming a fully integrated system of patient care, education, research, and community service. This individual will identify new strategic partnerships that extend into the community, ensuring a robust health system distinguished by offering outstanding patient care programs and strong financial performance. The President will be a strong operational leader with sound fiscal management experience who will continue BID-Plymouth's culture of quality and patient satisfaction. The President will be a visible and enthusiastic leader within the organization and community and a vital partner in increasing philanthropic support for the Hospital.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Exemplify BID-Plymouth Hospital's values and Service Excellence standards. Commit to making every encounter with our patients, patients' family, co-workers, physicians and other customers the best that it can be.
• Provide adept and visionary leadership in setting and implementing BID-Plymouth Hospital's strategic plan and operational imperatives, which must include an exemplary and consistent level of quality across all healthcare services provided to patients.
• Foster an environment of trust, teamwork, accountability, transparency, innovation, and excellence.
• Drive a high reliability organization through fostering operational excellence in all areas of care delivery, but specifically in operating room, emergency room, imaging, and ambulatory care.
• Foster an engaged workforce through a servant leadership style focused on internally visible leadership, partnering with Administration, Directors and Managers to remove barriers that allow our staff to provide that highest quality of care and feel valued and heard in the process.
• Achieve superior financial performance through financial planning, improved operating and financial performance, fundraising, and external involvement with effective legislative and payor relationships.
• Inspire a culture rooted in a collaborative care model committed to the health of the community. One that carefully considers the needs of its key stakeholders, including patients and families served by the system and employees, physicians, board members, and volunteers.
• Lead an ambitious program of philanthropy to ensure the growth and prosperity of BID-Plymouth Hospital.
• Create a resilient, flexible, and transparent organization to adjust to the changing healthcare environment.
• Establish and implement a mentorship and succession planning program for physician leaders and the medical staff across the enterprise that will further inspire a collegial environment of opportunity.
• Collaborate with hospital, community, and system leaders to advance a clinically integrated approach that delivers high-quality, cost-effective care and the best possible outcomes for every patient.
• Provide system-wide leadership in the ongoing development of an integrated delivery network.
• Build and nurture collaborative relationships with key stakeholders throughout the community, system and state.
• Present a compelling external face for BID-Plymouth Hospital to state, regional, and national government leaders, and other constituencies.
• Build upon an already strong platform to continuously improve quality and safety and advance the patient experience and engagement across BID-Plymouth Hospital through technology innovation.
• Enhance the Hospital's operational efficiency and effectiveness and continue to improve financial performance.
• Focus on constant talent renewal by recruiting, developing, and retaining the best providers and staff. In partnership with system-wide leaders, drive clinical integration across the organization.
• Collaborate with the Board and senior management to strengthen the culture of philanthropy.
• Articulate the importance of the network affiliation across BILH. Nurture and cultivate relationships with current and future partners.
• Build collaborative and effective relationships with the senior executive team, system-wide executives, and physicians.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, required. Advanced degree in related management disciplines, such as an MBA, MPH or MD desirable.
• Prior tenure as President of a community hospital, demonstrating significant executive leadership and strategic accountability within an integrated healthcare system, is strongly preferred.
• Track record of exemplary leadership experience resulting in a thorough and broad knowledge of healthcare issues, including value-based care models and health system reimbursement trends.
• Experience in working in an integrated health system, ideally within a competitive marketplace.
• Proficient in exercise of personal influence, building consensus, providing leadership, with ability to navigate a diverse group of stakeholders, build a network of allies, and interface with state and local regulators, earning and maintaining stakeholder trust and respect.
• Proven ability to formulate an operational strategy, guide the development of operating plans, and drive performance to achieve or surpass goals. Manage large P&Ls in a complex health care environment with a record of strengthening financial, cost management, and efficiency performance.
• Track record of recruiting, developing and retaining an exceptional team of senior leaders and clinicians.
• Demonstrated experience of collaborating and working with advisory and fiduciary boards. Successful track record of establishing trust and cultivating relationships with board members and key stakeholders.

Abilities & Skills:

• Leading Change: Articulates and leads next level of community care strategy. Identifies and enlists key influencers to act as change agents, involving them in designing and delivering change to deliver on the BILH long-range strategy and plan, Blueprint 2030. Communicates a compelling business case to the whole organization to gain buy-in for significant change and a consolidated community division approach. Takes important action to set new norms for the organization. Adapts change plans/influence strategies to the organization's political realities and constraints.
• Leading People: Gives ownership to the entire team to deliver on the newly defined strategic objectives. Cultivates and supports talent in order to create a feeling of team among community presidents, boards and direct reports. Passes leadership responsibilities down through the organization, ensuring alignment with the overall strategy and/or direction. Sets up forums or practices to reinforce independent and open communication among team members. Gives the team broader visibility inside the organization including publicly recognizing its accomplishments. Offers team members to other parts of the organization where they can be most useful.