Vice President, Operations – System Anesthesia

Sentara Health; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 234,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Paid Time Off

401k with employer match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Sentara Health is seeking an enterprise leader to oversee anesthesia services across 12 acute care hospitals, multiple ASCs, and office-based locations. You will align clinical excellence with financial sustainability, drive strategy, growth, and program success, and partner with executive, perioperative, and ambulatory leaders to optimize performance.

This senior role requires proven healthcare operations leadership, the ability to influence physicians, and a track record of performance

Qualifications

• Senior-level management experience in healthcare operations or a dedicated service line (Anesthesia)
• Demonstrated ability to lead physicians and influence clinical leaders
• Experience identifying performance improvement opportunities and balancing growth with quality

Responsibilities

• Direct system anesthesia strategy across hospitals, ASCs, and ambulatory sites
• Establish collaborative relationships with executives and perioperative leaders
• Leverage system scale to expand services and optimize resource allocation
• Advise on site optimization and efficiency improvements in acute and ambulatory settings
• Evaluate external partnerships to drive growth and performance

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare operations

Physician influence

Financial acumen

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA

MHA

Bachelor's degree

Job description

City/State Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift First (Days)

Overview: Enterprise (Acute, Ambulatory, Insurance Division) vision, executive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for anesthesia services across 12 acute care hospitals, multiple ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), and office-based procedural locations. Ensures safe, high-quality, financially sustainable anesthesia services while advancing clinical excellence, site optimization and infrastructure alignment. Areas include clinical and operational program success of quality outcomes with focus on resource efficiency, scale and affordability. Leads enterprise Anesthesia growth through Anesthesia Management Company driving financial success, business development, and partnership opportunities that promotes the mission to be the trusted partner for the delivery of anesthesia services.

Responsibilities:

• Maximizes system Anesthesia infrastructure value and growth by directing, leading, and evaluating the design of system anesthesia strategy in line with the enterprise’s overall clinical and organizational strategy that drives and supports efficiency, quality, market share growth, financial (enterprise total cost of care) improvements, and health outcomes
• Establish collaborative relationships with executives, physician leaders, perioperative management within the hospitals, ASC’s and ambulatory practices
• Leverage system scale and capabilities to expand services across the enterprise
• Advise on site optimization, resource allocation across care delivery org that leads to lower cost and /or increased efficiency in the acute and ambulatory settings.
• Evaluates potential external partnerships to accelerate growth and performance improvement of Anesthesia division, including JV ACS’s, independent partnerships, based on insights into both enterprise-wide (macro) and local market needs (micro)
• Responsible for staying aware of the national and local landscape standards and development to improve anesthesia delivery and care delivery models. Accountable to improve key performance metrics in efficiency, growth, finance, and quality
• Partner with Acute and ambulatory leadership, as well as Revenue Cyle and Managed care to continually assess and adjust operations to optimize delivery of anesthesia service.
• Collaborate with System Finance and Revenue Cycle leadership to improve financial drivers

Experience:

• Senior level management experience in healthcare operations, particularly within a dedicated service line (Anesthesia)
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence Physicians
• Demonstrated ability to identify performance improvement opportunities
• Experience in managing both growth and quality aspirations within a multifaceted infrastructure

Skills and Knowledge:

• Ability to define Anesthesia service line objectives that fit overall business goals balancing business and clinical implications
• Well-connected with National Trends with good understanding of service line best practices
• Analytical abilities to identify patterns in data to develop tailored solutions
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple verticals (Acute, Finance, Health Plan) to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, MHA or other Masters in related area required

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $234,395.20 – $289,390.40 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance — $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down — $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco‑free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.