Chief Financial Officer (FT) Administration, Kingsport, TN

Job ID: 004GGB

HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER and INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Leadership - Administration

Full-time (scheduled 72 hrs or more per pay period)

Job Description

SCOPE OF POSITION
The CFO plans, directs, and monitors the activities of assigned hospitals, departments, and services to ensure the promotion of Ballad Health's Mission, Vision, and Values. As a member of the Administrative Staff, the CFO participates in formulating long-term strategic and business plans to ensure Ballad Health's continued viability.
The CFO is responsible for providing financial leadership to the affiliates of their assigned Market and represents the hospitals in reporting to the Ballad CFO.
The CFO is responsible for directing and monitoring all reporting directors/managers in the developing and implementation of long and short term departmental plans which support Ballad's Mission, Vision, and Values. The CFO will select management personnel with the experience and skill necessary to promote stable leadership at the departmental level. These plans include the development of annual goals and objectives, annual operations and capital budgets, facilities development, equipment evaluation and selection, personnel selection, assignment, development and evaluation, resource allocation, and customer relations. The CFO is responsible for evaluating the work performance of all reporting directors and managers.
The CFO is responsible for ensuring that Ballad's policies are consistently observed and for directing the development and implementation of appropriate departmental policies and procedures for reporting departments. The CFO is accountable for compliance with all pertinent TJC standards, and local, state, and federal regulations by reporting departments. As an integral part of the hospital's Administrative Staff, the CFO is required to actively participate in the organization's performance improvement, organizational improvement, and reengineering programs, and to cooperate with interdepartmental projects to improve quality of service and reduce costs. The CFO is accountable for practicing fiscal responsibility by holding reporting directors and managers accountable for developing realistic annual operating and capital budgets, conserving resources, and monitoring expenditures to ensure they remain within budgeted parameters.
The CFO will require reporting directors and managers to regularly inspect the facilities and equipment in their areas to ensure performance of maintenance and repairs necessary for optimum operating conditions. The incumbent is responsible for assisting all departments to maintain the skilled and qualified staff necessary to provide quality service, and for monitoring the performance of managers to ensure that ongoing educational opportunities, including attendance at programs, are provided and that all employees are treated with dignity, fairness, and consistency, within the guidelines set forth in Ballad's Human Resources Policies and Procedures. The CFO is accountable for maintaining harmonious interactions between departmental personnel and their customers, including patients, family members, visitors, physicians, clergy, other hospital employees, and the general public. The incumbent will require all reporting managers to ensure that their employees know and understand Ballad's Mission and Vision and uphold its values. The CFO is expected to set an example for all employees of commitment and loyalty to Ballad Health by openly supporting and participating in organizational projects and events. The incumbent is expected to lend technical assistance and act in a consultant role to network health care providers. The CFO is accountable for maintaining professional expertise and further developing leadership skills through ongoing education. The CFO will serve as the administrator on call on a rotating basis; this involves 24-hour/7-day availability during the on-call period. It is vital that an individual in this position be capable of good communication skills. It is of the utmost importance that written communication is legible.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
See Table of Organization.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The CFO will possess a bachelor's degree at a minimum with a Master's degree in a management discipline preferred. This position requires a minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible supervisory/management experience, at least 5 years of which should be at a Department Director level in a health care environment. The incumbent will be required to update professional expertise, and to develop management/leadership skills through continuing education throughout tenure in this position. Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

Requirements
No additional requirements from any stated in the above description.