The Executive Director (ED) of UnityPoint at Work is responsible for the leadership, oversight and strategic direction of UnityPoint at Work. The position works in a dyad relationship with a Medical Director to connect employers' health care needs to UnityPoint Health clinics and hospitals through onsite services, medical direction and care coordination. This leader recruits and develops management talent to provide oversite of clinics and account management that exceeds expectations of both patients and clients. The ED is responsible for developing a growth strategy by aligning with broader organizational priorities including population health and payor innovation strategies designed to increase attribution and revenue to the system. The leader also plays a role in systemwide efforts to reduce variation and grow market share in occupational health and employer services to the commercial segment in our system footprint.
The ED will establish strong relationships across the organization, maintain visibility and fostering a culture focused on quality, operational improvement and accountability. This position will work closely with UnityPoint Clinic and affiliate Occupational Medicine leadership to collaborate on advancing strategic direction and efficiency. This position will represent UnityPoint Health in matters related to the operational performance of the department.
The ED will require outstanding leadership skills and experience in healthcare with operational management experience, change management, and the ability to lead with influence.
Develop and implement innovative short and long-range strategy to achieve initiatives, priorities and goals of the department. Ensure the strategy aligns with the overall mission and vision of UnityPoint Health and its affiliates. Drive execution and transformational change within the team to ensure effective, efficient, sustainable, compliant, and leading-edge operations to contribute to the financial success of UnityPoint Health. Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, regions, and team members creating an environment where UnityPoint Health values are continuously exceeded. Oversee new systems, products, and business implementations for UPAW. Assess organizational strengths and weaknesses to recommend enhanced operational model. Provide oversight to the day-to day operations of the department ensuring quality and customer satisfaction are optimized for cost effectiveness and financial vitality are maintained and enhanced. Provide leadership to create an environment of transformation around operations and maintain a culture of trust, accountability, and communication. Lead standardizing, creating and sustaining a common culture and high performing operation aligned with UnityPoint Health priorities and serving the needs of our regions and patients. Motivate, facilitate, mentor, and coach team to deliver high-quality, cost-effective services. Facilitates the ongoing learning, well-being, professional satisfaction and development of staff through training, work assignments, increased responsibility, and mentoring. Evaluate performance of direct reports and teams. Make recommendations for personnel actions and motivate employees to achieve peak productivity and performance. Develop and ensure metrics, goals, and projects are executed, tracked and accomplished for the department. Develop procedures and policies for the operation of department, process and team members. Develop department budgets for staffing, operations, and capital resources. Manage actual costs to budget and proactively address any unfavorable budget variances. Maintain a strong, collaborative relationship and provide clear communication with all facilitates. Present data, strategies, and progress toward goals in various governance management forums. Participate in applicable management team meetings and addressing issues for sustained improvement. Bachelors Degree with 7 + years experience
Masters Degree Preferred
Strong leadership skills including professionalism, interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods, process improvement skills. Demonstrate and promote system thinking, including strong understanding of interrelationships of departmental delivery systems and the ability to collaborate across service lines and affiliates to ensure integrated delivery of services. Demonstrated change management knowledge Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams. Demonstrated ability to lead by influence. Requires highly developed communications and negotiation skills to effectively work with all levels of management throughout the UnityPoint Health, its subsidiaries and affiliates
