Vice President of Operations

Modified: July 29, 2019 8:34am

COUNTY OF ERIE - DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL
invites applications for the position of:

Vice President of Operations

#63-091010 - Open Competitive (open to the public)

Salary: $120,000 - $170,000 Annually
Opening Date: July 23, 2019
Closing Date: August 21, 2019
Application fee: $20.00

Residence Requirements:

THERE ARE NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EXAMINATION. There is one anticipated vacancy at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation. 

Examples of Duties:

Vice President of Operations administers and evaluates the activities of assigned clinical, non-clinical and operational departments and service lines such as Dialysis, Wound Care, Palliative Care, Environment of Care, Patient Transport, Pharmacy, Clinical Laboratory and Food Service; 

Directs operations and evaluates the performance of assigned departments and service areas in accordance with internal policies, applicable regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control standards;

Develops and implements policies and procedures for assigned departments and service areas;

Works collaboratively with ECMCC leadership and other stakeholders to develop and implement plans and programs, such as ACO initiatives, designed to improve operational effectiveness, improve quality of care, lower costs to ECMCC and enhance patient experience through comprehensive care integration;

Oversees system integration and care transition efforts as performed by lower-level staff within assigned areas of responsibility; collaborates with applicable ECMCC functions, such as information technology, finance and clinical staff, to further integrate services and develop data management and reporting structures within the ECMCC enterprise;

Develops goals and objectives for achieving performance incentives to ECMCC through its participation in the ACO program; monitors and reports on the status of incentives achieved and their financial impact on ECMCC;

Oversees the development and implementation of improvement efforts associated with patient and visitor survey data; monitors the performance of such efforts to ensure full and proper implementation as designed;

Develops budgets utilizing budgetary data and recommendations from departmental staff; monitors actual spend in comparison to allocations;

Directs the development and implementation of organizational procedures and controls to promote communication and adequate information flow to support overall management control systems;

Evaluates the performance of operating practices for consistency with organizational policies and objectives;

Assists with oversight of the integration of Environment of Care (EOC) initiatives and applicable infection prevention and control standards for appropriate practice and consistency with organization policies, practices and objectives; Manages assigned employees and establishes staff performance and development goals; monitors and evaluates staff performance, conducts annual performance appraisals and administers salary adjustments.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must meet one of the following requirements on or before the date of the written test:

A.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s Degree and six (6) years of experience in hospital or healthcare operations management; or:

B.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree and eight (8) years of experience in hospital or healthcare operations management; or:

C.) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B).

Notes:

1. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting the experience requirements.

2. Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices. A grade of "D" or better is necessary for a course to be credited as successfully completed. If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates: Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.
All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

 

Examination date:

September 28, 2019

Applications Must Be Postmarked or Hand Delivered By:

August 21, 2019

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at:https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.

Subjects of Examination:

Subjects of examination: A test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas.

Preparing written material
These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

Understanding and interpreting written material
These questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material. You will be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the topic.

Administrative supervision
These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices involved in directing the activities of a large subordinate staff, including subordinate supervisors. Questions relate to the personal interactions between an upper level supervisor and his/her subordinate supervisors in the accomplishment of objectives. These questions cover such areas as assigning work to and coordinating the activities of several units, establishing and guiding staff development programs, evaluating the performance of subordinate supervisors, and maintaining relationships with other organizational sections.

Administration
These questions test for knowledge of the managerial functions involved in directing an organization or an organizational segment. These questions cover such areas as: developing
objectives and formulating policies; making decisions based on the context of the administrator's position and authority; forecasting and planning; organizing; developing personnel; coordinating and informing; guiding and leading; testing and evaluating; and budgeting.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES: Unless otherwise noted, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited. You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $20.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.