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Friday 24 May 2013

Hospital Manager - Life Healthcare in Gauteng

Job Title: Hospital Manager

Function:
Management

Facility:
Life Faerie Glen Hospital

Introduction:
A vacancy has arisen for a Hospital Manager for Life Faerie Glen Hospital based in Faerie Glen, Pretoria, reporting to Antonie Brown, Regional Manager – North. The successful candidate will be responsible for meeting the needs of the internal and external customers through the execution of the Life Healthcare strategic and operational objectives in growth, quality & people by leading, managing and coordinating all hospital activities.

Critical Outputs:
• Effective implementation of marketing strategy (including growth).
• Develop a marketing strategy for the hospital aligned to LHC business plan and marketing strategy and drive the marketing of the hospital by understanding, identifying and addressing the needs of the target market and local community including understanding competitor strategies.
• Maintain quality patient care standards.
• Achievement of hospital financial targets.
• Areas of focus include Budget, Capex / special projects, activity, revenue, cost of sales, overheads, EBITDA and working capital.
• In all of the above identify trends, using root cause analysis, and implement remedial action where necessary through effective use of heads of department and Enabling functions as required.
• Effective hospital operations management.
• Drive the optimal functioning of hospital operations, identify and monitor gaps and risks and implement corrective action accordingly.
• Effective relationship management with doctors.
• Drive doctor attraction and retention and co-ordinate and participate, where applicable, in the optimal functioning of the Medical Advisory Committee.
• Effective quality systems management.
• Drive improvement of quality metrics and implementation of LHC standardized complaints management system.
• Drive retention of ISO certification and ensure compliance to clinical benchmarking.
• Actively lead and market quality in LHC as it relates to staff, doctors and other stakeholders.
• Effective people management.
• Demonstrate visible leadership in respect of LHC values, operating model and strategy.
• Actively sponsor LHC initiatives and projects as it relates to hospital.
• Actively lead and manage hospital MANCO and ensure participation from all parties to achieve strategic objectives.
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in hospital.
• Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices.
• Governance and risk management.
• Ensure and drive optimal management of business governance to achieve sound business ethics, risk management and control with appropriate transparency and controls.

Requirements:
• Relevant business or healthcare degree essential (post graduate qualification advantageous).
• Proven leadership and general business management experience (including financial management and business planning processes) within a healthcare environment or services industry.
• Knowledge of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role-players including understanding of relevant legislation.
• Basic understanding of or the ability to learn specialization fields, terminology and medical equipment.
• Computer proficiency.

Competencies:
• Leading by example
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Teamwork
• Engaging diversity
• Influencing skills
• Business insight
• Drive and energy
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships & networking
• Customer responsiveness
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Motivating and developing people

Contact:
Interested candidates who meet the requirements are invited to apply by forwarding a comprehensive CV to careers@lifehealthcare.co.za by close of business on

How to apply:
http://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/Careers/Careers/JobInfo.aspx?Vacancy_Id=11315&vVacancyAllDir=Asc&s_Categories_Id=5#JobInfo

Deadline: 30 May 2013

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