System Vice President of Mission & Ethics

It's more than a career, it's a calling. Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2025 - Becker's Healthcare Named One of the World’s Happiest Workplace 2025 – WorkL Named One of America's Best In-State Employers 2025 - Forbes Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025 – Newsweek Named One of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Culture, Belonging & Community 2026 – Newsweek SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 13,900+ providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve. With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. This position will be based at our corporate campus, Mission Hill, in St. Louis, MO and is NOT remote work eligible. This role will require relocation upon acceptance of the position. Job Summary Develops short- and long-term mission and ethics goals and plans ensuring alignment with broader organization priorities. Utilizes metrics and organization vision to lead and direct mission and ethics activities. Job Responsibilities and Requirements Primary Responsibilities Serves as a member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on mission and ethics related issues. Works effectively as a team member in a dynamic executive environment in a matrix organization and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem-solving skills. Demonstrates and imparts the mission, philosophy, values and vision of the organization in daily activities and into operational functions, processes and environment. Provides project direction, leadership and communication. Manages workflow within department and fields client requests. Contributes to the financial performance of the organization. Develops and implements programs to cultivate understanding of the mission, vision, values and core commitments of the organization. Integrates mission and vision across organization and community health and benefit activities. Collaborates with system leaders to offer a mission/ethics perspective on major organizational issues, efforts and initiatives. Identifies clinical and organizational issues of importance to organization's mission and values and develops responses, positions, policies, strategies, and educational initiatives. Ensures existence of ethics committees and provides support in accordance with system best practices and quality expectations. Serves as a resource for ethics committees. Ensures appropriate staffing levels are maintained. Guides and develops staff and oversees special projects. Maintains knowledge on developments in health care, theology and ethics.Regularly informs and updates staff on organizational and industry issues. Maintains relationships with external constituents in the fields of health care ethics, formation and theology. Contributes to mission and ethics field through research, writing and presentation for the benefit of the overall health ministry. Performs other duties as assigned. Experience Ten years' experience, with five years' in leadership Required Professional License and/or Certifications Health Care Ethics Consultation Certification preferred #J-18808-Ljbffr Chausa