Hospital Manager -Life Paarl Valley Hospital
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Overview This position is for a Hospital Manager at Life Paarl Valley Hospital, reporting to the General Manager – Coast West. The successful candidate will be responsible for fulfilling the needs of both internal and external customers by implementing Life Healthcare's strategic and operational objectives across growth, quality, and people, through the overall leadership, management, and coordination of all hospital activities. The company is Life Healthcare. What you will do * Develop and implement a marketing strategy for the hospital, aligning it with LHC business plans and marketing strategy, by understanding target markets, local community needs, and competitor strategies. * Achieve hospital financial targets by preparing and monitoring annual budgets, implementing corrective actions, planning and delivering Capex projects within budget and on time, and managing revenue, cost of sales, overheads, EBITDA, and working capital. * Identify financial trends, conduct root cause analysis, and implement remedial actions as needed, utilizing heads of department and enabling functions. * Ensure optimal management of business governance to achieve sound business ethics, risk management, and control with appropriate transparency. * Drive optimal functioning of hospital operations, identify and monitor gaps and risks, and implement corrective actions. * Maintain quality patient care standards. * Effectively manage relationships with doctors, drive doctor attraction and retention, and coordinate/participate in the Medical Advisory Committee. * Manage quality systems, drive improvement of quality metrics, implement LHC’s standardised complaints management system, ensure retention of ISO certification, and comply with clinical benchmarking. * Actively lead and market quality within LHC to staff, doctors, and other stakeholders. * Demonstrate visible leadership in line with LHC values, operating model, and strategy. * Actively sponsor LHC initiatives and projects relevant to the hospital. * Lead and manage the hospital MANCO, ensuring participation from all parties to achieve strategic objectives. * Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour within the hospital. * Recruit, retain, motivate, and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices. * Ensure optimal management of business governance to achieve sound business ethics, risk management, and control with appropriate transparency. Requirements (from the original advert) * Relevant business or healthcare degree essential; post-graduate qualification advantageous. * Proven leadership and general business management experience, including financial management and business planning processes within a healthcare environment or services industry. * Knowledge of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role-players, including an understanding of relevant legislation. * Basic understanding of or the ability to learn specialization fields, terminology, and medical equipment. * Computer proficiency. Who should apply The ideal candidate is an influential and resilient leader with strong business insight, problem-solving abilities, and an excellence orientation. They should be adept at leading by example, engaging diversity, building relationships, and fostering teamwork. Critical traits include drive, energy, ethical behaviour, customer responsiveness, and strong verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to motivate and develop people. Deadline 12th October, 2026 Reference Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/hospital-manager-life-paarl-valley-hospital-life-healthcare Source: myjobmag
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