Vice President of Facilities - Kettering Health
Full Time
Kettering, OH 45429
Posted
Job description
Overview:
Responsibilities & Requirements:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES:
Membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and /or other appropriate professional organizations is considered a necessary element of this position. Participation in community organizations that enhance the effectiveness of the incumbent is encouraged.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 13 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are committed to transforming the health care experience with high-quality care for every stage of life. Our service-oriented mission is in action every day, whether it’s by providing care in our facilities, training the next generation of health care professionals, or serving others through international outreach.
Responsibilities & Requirements:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Vice President of Facilities, organizes, and directs operational activities of Kettering Health Facilities and Plant Engineering division including construction and renovation projects, in addition to real estate. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that Kettering Health delivers the highest possible quality, safety and service while maintaining cost-effective operations. The VP of Facilities ensures implementation of system-wide strategic initiatives, policies, and a safe and efficient physical environment, and uses process excellence tools to help identify problems and develop effective resolutions. Performs related duties as required
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering or construction management is required.
- Advanced degree in architecture, engineering or construction management preferred.
- Participation in appropriate continuing education courses
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Strategic vision with the ability to execute
- Knowledge in areas of project management, real estate, defining growth opportunities, application of strategic framework, and other areas, as appropriate.
- Extensive knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation and leadership technique
- Skilled at facilitating goal accomplishment by aligning individual and team actions with strategies and plans to drive business results
- Extensive knowledge of operations and budget analysis competencies with a demonstrated ability to apply these principles and methods through strategy and tactics
- Expertise in account penetration/relationship management, business/financial acumen, and leadership/talent development
- Five or more years of healthcare executive and administrative experience as well as a thorough understanding of healthcare construction and experience working with municipalities is required
DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Plans and implements initiatives concerning budget, cost, and financial matters and encourages and assists department heads in establishing a measure of performance, increased productivity, quality improvement, cost controls, and maximum utilization of facilities; recommends improvement of hospital facilities in assigned areas, including construction or renovation of structures and purchase of new equipment.
- Ensures assessment of the physical plant, equipment, and infrastructure of campus buildings in acute/inpatient, ambulatory, post-acute and administration areas.
- Ensure facility infrastructure is compliant with all regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies. Minimizes liability to the organization by anticipating problems, evaluating magnitude of the problem and taking actions to correct problem and/or reduce risk.
- Ensures that departmental/division goals clearly align with Kettering Health System’s vision and that both are reflected in all day-to-day operations; oversees implementation of organizational strategic initiatives, builds relationships with business partners, serves as primary liaison, and communicates as appropriate to ensure successful relationships; develop annual strategic and operational goals and objectives for Facilities operations for the system.
- Ensure that the Kettering Health performance metric goals across all KH facilities (e.g. score cards) are being achieved; determine the needs, allocate resources, and resolve problems related to staffing, space, equipment and supplies. Prepare and monitor business plan, related budgets and monthly financial reports in conjunction with leadership. Manage the operating and capital budgets of areas of responsibility. Aggressively mitigate all variances to budget
- Initiates and facilitates changes to improve operations and program performance through effective communication, collaboration, and interdisciplinary problem-solving; maintains open channels of communication and fosters information sharing. Provide leadership in the development and execution of innovative key strategies; promote open, effective, and ongoing communication and the sharing of information among and between employees, physician leadership and medical staff.
- Inspection of construction/renovation projects to assure that completed work complies with all regulatory/inspection agency requirements; administration of all construction budgets and expenditures and monitoring budget and expenditures of all projects; participates in the successful negotiation and preparation of all project subcontracts; participates in obtaining permits and resolving other regulatory requirements as necessary; prepares a project schedule and develops milestones necessary to successfully complete the project.
- Oversight of negotiations of owner and subcontractor change orders and manages the resulting cost and profit impact; coordinates all final close-out procedures for the project including as built drawing, punch lists, final billing, occupancy permit, owner acceptance, project manuals, warranty letters, subcontractor close out, letter of substantial completion, and letter of recommendation; uses tact to maintain relationships with vendors, owners, architects, community and state officials and the public.
- Improves spend management, continues to drive savings, maintains the annual capital budgets for the department and company communities, ensuring proper control and appropriate improvement plans are in place.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and /or other appropriate professional organizations is considered a necessary element of this position. Participation in community organizations that enhance the effectiveness of the incumbent is encouraged.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The incumbent will generally work the normal business day in an office environment, manipulating common work materials, such as binders, ledgers, computer equipment, is common; but could participate in a variety of onsite facility inspections and/or construction site reviews; frequently moving about the entire organization, various facilities, and moving to external meeting sites. While the normal business day is customary, the oversight of facilities with a 24-hour operation may be subject to varying and unpredictable situations to handle emergency or crisis situations related to facility infrastructure.
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