VP Chief Operating Officer; COO), Culpeper Medical Center

VP Chief Operating Officer (COO), UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center

Culpeper, VA, United States
VA, United States

VP Chief Operating Officer, UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center

Job Code: VP8800

ABOUT US

We are welcoming a new era in healthcare where achieving good health is just the beginning. At UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper, we believe in caring for the whole person by getting to know – and making connections with – our patients. By combining the talent and expertise of our people, the breadth of capabilities across our system, and our commitment to helping our communities get better and stay healthy, we are improving the patient experience.

As a UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper team member, you will have a voice in patient care decisions, support the most advanced medical technologies, and feel a strong sense of satisfaction from making a difference in people’s lives every day.

JOB TYPE

Classification:Exempt

JOB SUMMARY

The UVA Health VP Chief Operating Officer (COO) reports to the UVA Community Health Chief Nursing and Operating Officer (CNO/COO) and serves as a senior operational leader with accountability for both an assigned medical center and designated functions across UVA Community Health.

The COO is responsible for effective and efficient facility operations, financial performance, growth, and execution of organizational priorities. In addition, the COO provides UVA Community Health-wide leadership for assigned departments or functions, driving alignment, standardization, operational excellence, and effective use of resources across facilities.

The COO partners closely with the entity ACNO, physicians, fellow COOs, and other leaders to advance quality, patient experience, team member engagement, stewardship, and organizational performance. The role requires the ability to lead through both direct authority and influence within a highly matrixed environment.

• Provides executive leadership for the effective and efficient operation of the assigned medical center, including financial and operational performance.
• Translates organizational strategy into operational priorities and holds leaders accountable for execution and results.
• Drives facility and service-line growth, access, operational efficiency, and performance.
• Partners in dyad leadership with the entity ACNO to ensure alignment of clinical and operational priorities and effective workflows across services.
• Provides UVA Community Health-wide leadership for assigned departments or functions, establishing consistent expectations, advancing standardization, sharing best practices, and optimizing resources across facilities.
• Evaluates performance within assigned system functions and leads improvement efforts related to financial, operational, workforce, service, and other organizational priorities.
• Collaborates with fellow COOs, physicians, and clinical and administrative leaders to address issues that cross facility or functional boundaries.
• Maintains and strengthens relationships with medical staff, nursing, team members, and other stakeholders to support high-quality, cost-effective care.
• Demonstrates strong financial stewardship, including oversight of budgets, productivity, expense management, resource utilization, and return on investment.
• Serves as an executive leader in quality, safety, patient experience, and team member engagement, partnering with appropriate clinical and organizational leaders to advance outcomes.
• Develops leaders, builds high-performing teams, and promotes accountability, collaboration, belonging, and continuous improvement.
• Represents the organization appropriately with governing bodies, community leaders, and external stakeholders and develops relationships that support organizational and community priorities.

The position has direct and/or matrixed leadership responsibility for assigned leaders and functions, including appropriate budget, performance management, talent development, and personnel authority.

For designated UVA Community Health-wide functions, the COO provides executive leadership and accountability across facilities through direct and/or matrixed relationships.

• Thinks and acts from an enterprise perspective, balancing facility priorities with the broader needs of UVA Community Health.
• Uses financial, operational, quality, and workforce data to guide decisions and improve performance.
• Demonstrates strong financial acumen and stewardship of organizational resources.
• Leads…