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Darren P

Healthcare Operations Expert

Occupation:

Licensed Nurse

Location:

Macon, GA

Education Level:

Master

Will Relocate:

YES

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Passionate healthcare leader with over 15 years’ expertise in hospital oversight and direction. Operations champion with a clear understanding of what it takes to make a hospital run efficiently. Unique perspective as a Nurse and MBA; well positioned to streamline daily operations while inspiring clinical providers. Experience communicating with Board members and senior leadership; able to deliver complex technical and financial information to non-technical stakeholders. Recognized for recruiting long-term clinical providers and building programs and processes based on data-driven analytics to create high levels of job satisfaction translating into exceptional patient care and award-winning hospital performance.

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COMPANY POSITION HELD DATES WORKED

Navicent Health Vice President Rural Health/Ambulatory Carre 5/2005 - 1/2018
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SCHOOL MAJOR YEAR DEGREE

Valdosta State University Business 2005 Master Degree
Valdosta State University Nursing 1995 Bachelor Degree
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Website Modern Healthcare media url Up to date events in modern healthcare
Website Relentless Health media url Healthcare podcasts

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Highlights:

Held responsibility for three hospitals and the development of the ambulatory and retail service lines including medical office buildings and an affiliated health clinic. Operational CAO of Medical Center of Peach County and CEO, Navicent Health Baldwin – owned by Navicent Health and CEO of Monroe County Hospital - under a management agreement. Directly responsible for 190 licensed beds and 58K yearly ER/outpatient visits. Created innovative and successful retail strategies for medical office buildings within the rural health network and served on the team responsible for the acquisition of Navicent Health Baldwin. Championed highly-successful hospital management strategy resulting in increased margins from negative margins of 4% to positive 5 % to 9%, facility satisfaction rate growth from 25 percent to 70+%, Increased employee satisfaction from 50 percent to 82% satisfaction; highest in the system and 90th percentile compared to national benchmarks.

Companies I like:

Carolinas Health care, Community Health Systems, HCA, Ascension, any hospital system

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Served in four consecutive senior leadership roles throughout a highly-successful tenure. Recognized as a hands-on leader and clinical provider advocate. Highly focused on patient care while streamlining operations and developing efficient clinical and administrative teams. Recruited, trained, and mentored top talent, ensured hospital compliance with JCAHO/DNV standards, and build solid programs resulting in decreased costs and increased revenue.
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