Vice President, Operations - System Anesthesiology

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and disability insurance

401(k)/403(b) with employer match

Paid time off; parental and military…

Job summary

Sentara Healthcare Inc seeks a VP, Operations - System Anesthesiology to lead enterprise-wide anesthesia services across 12 acute care hospitals, ASCs, and office locations. The role ensures safe, high-quality, financially sustainable delivery and aligns clinical excellence with strategic growth.

You will build strong partnerships with executives and perioperative leaders, optimize resources, drive efficiency, and pursue external partnerships to accelerate growth, while maintaining compliance

Qualifications

• Senior level management experience in healthcare operations, particularly within anesthesia.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence physicians.
• Analytical abilities to identify patterns in data to develop tailored solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple verticals (Acute, Finance, Health Plan).

Responsibilities

• Direct and evaluate system anesthesia strategy across the enterprise to drive efficiency, quality, market share and financial improvements.
• Establish collaborative relationships with executives, physician leaders, and perioperative management.
• Leverage system scale to expand anesthesia services across the enterprise.
• Advise on site optimization and resource allocation to reduce cost and increase efficiency.
• Assess external partnerships to accelerate growth and performance of the anesthesia division.

Skills

Senior leadership

Leadership & influence

Analytical abilities

Cross-vertical collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or MHA or related master

Job description

Sentara Healthy is hiring a VP, Operations - System Anesthesiology!

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.