COO - OLHS Academic Medical Center

Ochsner LSU Health; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ochsner LSU Health in Louisiana seeks a senior leader to oversee division-wide functions, guiding strategy, planning, and performance improvement across hospital operations.

The role requires a Bachelor's in healthcare or related field and 10 years of experience managing complex hospital and patient care delivery, with demonstrated leadership and strong organizational and interpersonal skills. You will communicate goals, drive performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in healthcare or related field.
• 10 years of experience managing complex hospital and patient care delivery.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Implements and leads performance improvement measures.
• Develops personnel and workforce.
• Ensures operational profitability by managing departments in a fiscally sound manner and using resources efficiently.
• Supports overall strategic goals of the organization and identifies growth opportunities.
• Ensures infrastructure complies with accreditation and regulatory requirements and meets functional needs.
• Participates in self-development activities and encourages staff participation in meeting the organization’s mission and goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Judgement

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Healthcare, Business Administration or related field

Job description

This job assumes responsibility for strategic, vision, long term planning, direction and overall accountability for division-wide functions. Communicates and interprets organizational and departmental mission goals and objectives to all areas of responsibility and provides leadership and direction in the planning, implementation, and evaluation activities of all areas of responsibility. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Education

• Required - Bachelor's in Healthcare, Business Administration or related field

Work Experience

• Required - 10 years experience in successfully managing complex hospital and patient care delivery

Knowledge Skills And Abilities (KSAs)

• Good organizational skills
• Good time management skills and self directed
• Demonstrates good judgement
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership skills

Job Duties

• Implements and leads performance improvement measures
• Develops personnel and workforce
• Ensures operational profitability by ensuring departments are managed in a fiscally sound manner and resources are used efficiently
• Supports overall strategic goals of the organization and identifies potential growth opportunities
• Ensures the organizational, physical, and technology infrastructure complies with accreditation and regulatory requirements and meets functional needs
• Participates in self-development activities and encourages staff participation in meeting the organization’s mission and goals
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns. The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.
• Normal routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluid or tissue and as part of their employment, incumbents are not called upon to perform or assist in emergency care or first aid. The incumbent has no occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases .
• Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.”