Vice President of Clinical Operations

Job Overview The Vice President of Clinical Operations provides strategic leadership for systemwide capacity management and patient throughput, utilization management, and discharge planning, developing and maintaining strong partnerships with executives, physician leaders, and peers across the system of care to ensure a unified approach to care delivery. This role oversees OneCall, House Supervisors, internal patient transport, case management, and care coordination teams to ensure seamless patient progression, operational efficiency, and high-quality care delivery across all system locations. Department Executive Administration Position Status Full-time, eligible for benefits Shift Days, Monday-Friday Salary Information Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $242,560 to $363,840 Duties & Responsibilities Collaborates with the Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) and Patient Care Services leaders across the system to develop a system-wide vision for the division, ensuring alignment with the larger system vision and strategy. Drives performance outcomes for clinical and nursing functions, while ensuring alignment with the system-wide vision and strategy for patient care services. Partners with physician leaders to establish the system-level vision for capacity management and patient throughput, utilization management, and discharge planning. Ensures alignment with the organization's strategic priorities, academic mission, Magnet principles, and value based care. Leads the development and execution of a system wide strategic plan, annual goals, and performance metrics. Oversees systemwide capacity management and patient throughput operations, in partnership with physician leaders. Drives enterprise wide flow optimization through proactive surge planning, predictive demand modeling, and patient throughput management. Partners with revenue cycle, coding, and physician advisers to develop and lead denial prevention and management strategies. Establishes concurrent review protocols and organizational standards for payer communication and engagement. Oversees the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of OneCall, patient transport, case management, and care coordination teams. Drives outcomes related to quality, safety, patient experience, and financial performance. Serves as the senior point of escalation for operational and customer service issues. Contributes to system level leadership activities and system‑level goal achievement. Designs organizational structures for OneCall, patient transport, case management, and care coordination teams that reflect strategic direction. Champions culture transformation to advance organizational priorities. Develops and implements broad operational policies, standardized workflows, and key performance indicators. Serves as the executive sponsor for major improvement initiatives, technology optimization efforts, and cross‑functional change management involving nursing, physicians, ancillary services, and administrative partners. Communicates vision, strategy, and major initiatives across all levels of the organization. Provides expert guidance to senior leadership on the operational implications of strategic decisions and organizational priorities. Maintains effective working relationships with executives, department chairs, service line leaders, and external partners to drive performance toward organizational goals. Leads governance structures responsible for real‑time capacity decision‑making, throughput optimization, and discharge readiness oversight. Establishes annual goals and expectations, provides direction, and develops leaders within assigned areas. Evaluates team performance, provides continuous feedback, and manages hiring, corrective action, and separation decisions. Holds accountability for operational and capital budgets within scope of responsibility. Evaluates staffing models, technology investments, and resource needs to strengthen organizational performance, operational efficiency, and service delivery. Ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements and supports audit, monitoring, and risk mitigation activities across assigned functions. Serves as the administrator on‑call as designated. Minimum Qualifications Degrees Master's Degree in Nursing. Experience Five (5) years of nursing clinical experience and five (5) years of leadership experience over clinical operations and staff. Licenses & Certifications Registered Nurse Nurse Executive or Nurse Executive Advanced required within 12 months of hire; active member in a nursing or professional healthcare organization. Benefits Information Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career. As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April. Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year. EEO Statement It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job‑related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non‑job‑related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained. Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age‑identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. #J-18808-Ljbffr Children's Hospital Colorado