St. Louis Regional Vice President of Behavioral Health

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

This position is located on-site at our health system's headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri and is not remote work eligible.

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SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
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With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

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Job Summary:

Ensures effective and efficient operational processes for the behavioral health service line within the assigned region. Communicates, directs, plans, organizes, and conducts financial monitoring to facilitate the delivery of cost-effective, high quality health care services. Develops short- and long-term strategic and operational plans ensuring alignment with broader organization priorities. Provides leadership to help grow department and enhance operations.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as the senior member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on operations. Works effectively as a team member in a dynamic environment and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem-solving skills.
• Direct and administers the operational aspects of the behavioral health service line across multiple entities and independent sites. Sites include affiliated hospitals as well as offices and clinics throughout the regional market.
• Develops and enhances relationships with community, other public, organizations and groups that expand the effectiveness of the mission.
• Collaborates with regional support functions of nursing, finance, planning, quality and human resources to achieve successful outcomes for the hospitals, service lines, network and system.
• Participates in the development and implementation of strategic business plans within the behavioral health service line to achieve clinical, growth, and financial outcomes. Responsible for operationalizing business plans through effective engagement.
• Assumes fiscal responsibility for budgetary planning and implementation for assigned areas. Responsible for gross revenue of greater than $100 million.
• Designs and implements processes to facilitate ease of access to behavioral health services, ultimately leading to growth of behavioral health programs at hospitals and outpatient sites.
• Develops, monitors, and revises a strategic plan focusing and directing the organization's future course of action. Develops key performance measures and establishes desired levels of performance based on customer requirements, comparative data and best practices. Evaluates performance data and utilizes it for identification of improvement opportunities and to design and improve processes.
• Oversees the employment, supervision, and determination of compensation, consistent with the strategic and financial plan, for all employees of the organization. Coaches and mentors employees. Creates a culture of employee engagement. Organizes departments within the organization through appropriate structure and delegation of functions. Identifies succession planning needs within the organization. 
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree

EXPERIENCE

• Seven years’ experience, with five years’ in leadership

Department:

8051000130 BHM Admin

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

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SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.