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Assistant Vice President, Operations- Jersey City Medical Center
Req #: 0000271664
Category: Healthcare Operations
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: Jersey City Medical Center
Department: Administration
Pay Range: $193,600.00 - $261,400.00 per year
Location:
355 Grand Street, Jersey CIty, NJ 07302
Job Title: Assistant Vice President
Location: Jersey City Medical Center
Department Name: Administration
Req #: 0000271664
Status: Salaried
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $193,600.00 - $261,400.00 per year
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidates educational background, skills and professional experience.
Assistant Vice President, Operations-Jersey City Medical Center
The Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Operations provides strategic and daily operational leadership across multiple departments at Jersey City Medical Center. Partnering closely with clinical and administrative leaders, the AVP focuses on reducing length of stay, optimizing patient flow, strengthening interdisciplinary rounds, and embedding sustainable performance improvement strategies to support safe, timely, and efficient care. As an active member of the hospital leadership team, the AVP advances organizational priorities by serving periodically as Administrator on Call, facilitating daily safety huddles, and guiding teams through operational challenges to foster accountability and deliver measurable, high-quality outcomes across the medical center.
As the Assistant Vice President of operations, a typical day might include the following:
- Morning Operational Huddles: Meet with leaders from assigned departments to review overnight metrics, address immediate patient flow bottlenecks, and reinforce safety and high-reliability protocols.
- Cross-Functional Alignment Meetings: Collaborate with service line executives, nursing leadership, and independent physicians to streamline integrated care strategies and dismantle operational silos.
- Financial & Productivity Reviews: Analyze key financial performance indicators, approve resource allocations, adjust staffing mixes based on current patient volume, and evaluate vendor contracts for cost-saving opportunities.
- Regulatory Readiness Check-ins: Review quality improvement data and audit departmental processes to ensure complete, continuous alignment with the Joint Commission (JC) and state health regulations.
- Strategic Growth & Program Design: Dedicate time to market trend analysis, reviewing business cases or budget proposals for a new clinical programs, or mapping out capital investments for long-term expansion.
- Leadership & Talent Development: Conduct one-on-one coaching sessions with department directors to resolve personnel grievances, mentor emerging leaders, and build a cohesive, accountable management team.
- Executive Status Updates: Prepare high-level operational reports for the executive team, outlining progress on strategic goals and demonstrating the successful resolution of complex, overlapping projects.
The role might be a fit for you if:
- Proven Multi-Department Clinical Leadership: Your background in managing complex, multidisciplinary clinical and administrative operations translates directly to providing leadership over the role's specific portfolio
- Expertise in Financial Oversight & Fiscal Responsibility: Your experience managing substantial department budgets aligns with the requirement to direct annual operating and capital budgets, analyzing key financial indicators, and optimizing resource allocation to uncover fiscal efficiencies.
- Strategic Alignment & System Growth: Having navigated large hospital systems like RWJBarnabas Health, you have the exact experience needed to promote "systemness," collaborate with executive teams, and implement strategic growth initiatives that align with the organizations mission and values.
- Commitment to High-Reliability & Quality Operations: Your background in patient flow and regulatory compliance prepares you to foster high-reliability thinking, manage patient-centric care models, and ensure continuous readiness for strict regulatory bodies like the Joint Commission (JC) and OSHA.
- Team Building & Talent Development: Your career focus on leading large teams positions you to effectively recruit, mentor, and build a cohesive, accountable leadership team among the department directors under your purview.
- Resilient, High-Volume Execution: Your established skill set in handling high-level strategy and overlapping administrative demands matches the execution criteria to manage multiple complex projects with urgency, accuracy, and strong problem-solving skills.
Qualified candidates for the Assistant Vice President of Operations position should hold a Bachelors of Business Administration with a Master's preferred. Must demonstrate a proven history of career progression and leadership success, including 7-10 years of increasing management responsibility within complex operational environments.
Other Things to Know:
This job description outlines the core responsibilities of the role, but it's not meant to cover every task you may take on. As with any dynamic organization, duties may shift over time based on team needs and priorities-and we're looking for someone who's flexible and ready to grow with us.
Additional Information:
Why You'll Love Working Here:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our people are at the center of everything we do. Through our Total Wellbeing promise, we offer a wide range of benefits and resources to support your physical, emotional, financial, and professional wellbeing. Highlights include:
- Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time)
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Prescription Drug Coverage
- Retirement Plans
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Planning Support
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Wellness Programs and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Benefits (like Pet Insurance)
- Discounts with local partners (e.g., NJ Devils, NJPAC, Verizon)
- Community involvement and volunteer opportunities
- …and more!
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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