The role of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Saint Luke’s Central Region, Saint Luke’s Hospital assumes responsibility and authority for the administrative direction, evaluation, and coordination of the functions and activities of assigned departments within the hospital organization. This role will ensure that operational objectives and results are achieved in accordance with overall hospital needs. The COO functions at an executive level in an active leadership role with the hospital’s governing body, medical staff leadership, hospital senior leadership and management team. The COO will partner with key stakeholders to develop and implement the organization’s strategic goals and objectives while building strategic alliances and partnerships within the organization to collaboratively execute business strategies. The COO will perform other duties as assigned.
Directly responsible for assigned departments and service lines toward achieving high levels of performance, enhanced productivity, service quality and ongoing quality improvement, cost control and efficient utilization of facilities.
Partner with the CFO for the improvement of the hospital’s facilities in assigned areas, including construction, renovation of structures and the purchasing of new equipment.
Foster an environment in which products, processes and services support excellent patient and customer satisfaction and a work environment where employees feel supported, valued, and deep sense of commitment to being the best place to give care and the best place to get care.
Applicable Experience:
6-9 yearsMaster's DegreeFull TimeDay (United States of America)
About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
