President KS Hospitals

Welcome to CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life ColoradoTM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview

Our leaders influence by example and succeed through accountability. In character and conduct, you embody humankindness—by pushing us toward our best selves so we can do our best work every day.

The President of the CommonSpirit Health Kansas market ministry includes St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City, St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City, and Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital. This executive is responsible for providing leadership, direction and management pertaining to patient care, finance, quality standards, IT, staffing and human resources, network development, and other matters as defined. Additionally, this role will work with the Market President of Greater CO/KS in the development of the organization's mission and vision, policy and direction, strategic and tactical plans, relations with management, and organization-wide assessment and evaluation, including assessing and evaluating business unit executives and staff, and determining their assignment. The incumbent should have a flexible management style, with the ability to function in a complex culture with significant diversity, and be able to produce positive results. While providing leadership and direction, is willing to listen, take counsel, and balance the interests of diverse constituencies, and make decisions for the greater good of the whole.

Understanding the leadership expectations of this position and the entire leadership team is crucial. The President KS Hospitals must have a personal and professional connection to the purpose and mission of our Christian organization, drive impact, inspire and empower, and champion excellence. Essential functional priorities of the role include:

Essential Functions:

• Serve as the local community liaison for the business with external constituencies to promote a healthcare environment favorable to the mission; establish relationships with business and community entities unit (e.g., community events, boards, partnerships) that promote the achievement of the mission and address community needs; establish and cultivate community boards that add value to each of its stakeholders.
• Work with corporate leaders to enhance group facilities product and service offerings and establish mutually beneficial business partnerships.
• Oversee the management and development of medical staff (e.g., physician relations, credential assignment, contracting, enforcing bylaws). Champion and promote the desired culture (i.e. Mission in Motion and a culture of continuous improvement) and group facility culture; provide leadership in the ongoing implementation of flexible and innovative physician alignment strategies which foster a commitment to clinical quality and patient safety, enhance patient satisfaction, and emphasize and promote the hospital's commitment to forging long-term partnerships with its loyal and highly credentialed medical staff.
• Challenge the group and/or facility teams to stretch toward excellence in every aspect of its work. Select, develop, and manage facility senior leadership team that enables the achievement of goals in a manner consistent with the mission and values of the organization; Cultivate talent to enable a smooth transition as senior leaders advance in the organization (i.e., promote effective succession planning).
• Direct facility strategic planning efforts; analyze and interpret information needed to develop strategic plans; Forecast critical milestones, identify potential obstacles and evaluate alternate courses of action; balance short-term and long-term strategic objectives to maximize facility and performance; Establish standards for patient care and satisfaction.

Qualifications

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Graduate degree in health care administration, business, or related field is required.
• Ten years of experience in leadership within a comprehensive acute care setting or hospital organization; prior President or CEO experience is preferred.
• Experience in successfully integrating services within a large, complex health system.
• Experience leading in rural markets is highly desirable.
• Success in producing exemplary accomplishments in an environment of limited resources.
• Demonstrated ability and leadership in change management.
• Experience in a highly competitive market.
• Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) is desirable.

Your Connected Community

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. This position oversees the three hospitals that comprise our Kansas ministry:

St. Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters. They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St. Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas. Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep – 85 years of excellence and counting. Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx. 30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more.

St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City, is a Joint Commission accredited 99-bed hospital that serves as a regional referral center for southwest Kansas. Acute care is at the heart of what we do. St. Catherine Hospital – Dodge City provides health services that include diagnostics and interventional cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. We combine patient-centered care with modern technology and medical expertise to treat a wide range of medical conditions.

Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital is a 26-bed facility serving the community since 1951 with a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services. For more than 60 years, Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital has provided access to health care close to home for the families of Ulysses, Kansas and surrounding communities. Services include Case Management, CT Scan, Diabetic education, dietary consult, EEG/EKG, emergency care, laboratory, MRI, mammography, nuclear medicine, obstetrics (prenatal, postpartum, delivery), midwifery, primary and specialty clinics, physical therapy, radiology, respiratory therapy, surgery, swing beds and ultrasound.

Our Total Reward Offerings

Be sure to consider our generous benefits as part of your overall compensation!  Designed with your well-being in mind, our benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with generous match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness and more! 
• Executive Relocation package where applicable

To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and relocation bonus when applicable. Additionally, this position is eligible for incentive pay based on company performance.

View more on our benefits HERE.

Pay Range

$114.53 - $160.35 / hour