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

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

Supervises Positions: Yes

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

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.

Core Leader Expectations

• 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 effectively through influence across complex and matrixed organizational structures.
• Builds strong relationships with physicians, clinical leaders, operational leaders, team members, and community stakeholders.
• Leads change, removes barriers, reduces unnecessary variation, and drives sustainable improvement.
• Communicates clearly, exercises sound executive judgment, and holds self and others accountable for results.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Business/Healthcare Administration or related field; master's degree preferred.

Experience

Five years of progressive healthcare leadership experience with demonstrated responsibility for complex operations, financial performance, and multidisciplinary teams required. Experience leading across multiple facilities, service lines, or matrixed organizational structures preferred.

Refer to the Life Support Training Policy for additional details.

Licensure

N/A

Additional Skills/Requirements

Proven executive leadership, financial and operational acumen, strategic thinking, relationship-building, change leadership, and team development skills. Demonstrated ability to lead through both formal authority and influence within a complex healthcare environment.

Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred

N/A

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Demand Code: 3A, Administration

Work Function/Activity: Sedentary to Light Physical Demand

The job requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, and bending/stooping. Frequent repetitive body movements. Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills. Attention to detail and ability to write legibly. Ability to lift/push/pull up to 20 lbs. occasionally. This job description may not include all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described. It may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper.

OTHER

• May require the use of safety equipment, such as HEPA mask, for infection prevention: No
• On call responsibilities as directed: No
• Ability to travel between campus buildings, remote facilities, and out of town as needed: Yes

The base compensation range for this role is $200k - $240k annually.

Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education. Please note that the pay range does not include any applicable incentive compensation programs.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.