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Hartford Hospital
Vice President for Support Services
Hartford, CT

Hartford Hospital has retained Witt/Kieffer to assist in the search for their next Vice President, Support Services. The new Vice President for Support Services is responsible for the administration and management of the facilities planning, development and support service functions for Hartford Hospital. The organization is eager to recruit an operationally astute, detailed oriented executive who can provide leadership that will result in strong operational performance, exceptional teamwork and quality care.

With a superb medical staff, Hartford Hospital is an 819-bed, 48-bassinet, acute care hospital with 53 patient care and support buildings, and is the flagship hospital of Hartford Healthcare Corporation. Hartford Hospital employs approximately 6,694 people with total net revenues of $588 million. The Hospital's active medical staff includes 970 physicians and dentists within 17 departments. In 2006, the Hospital had over 39,200 discharges, 80,000 emergency department visits and delivered close to 4,000 babies.

Major centers of clinical excellence include cardiology, oncology, emergency services and trauma, mental health, women's health, orthopedics, bloodless surgery and advanced organ transplantation. The Hospital has been a "Top 100" hospital multiple times, and was the only one in Connecticut to be named one of the country's "Top 50" hospitals and a "Top 10" hospital for cardiovascular surgery in a survey published by the AARP. In January of 2004, the Hospital was awarded nursing's most prestigious award, Magnet Status. The Hospital was also recently named as one of the 100 "Most Wired" hospitals through the Hospitals & Health Networks magazine survey.

Hartford Hospital seeks a proactive, customer-focused leader who can bring contemporary approaches to managing support services in a complex health care setting. This role will require a leader who has strong project management skills, is detailed oriented and is able to work cross-organizationally in a large organization. He/She will be highly visible, have strong communication and relationship skills and possess a commitment to customer service as a necessary component for success. A graduate degree is required in hospital administration, business or a related discipline.

Nominations, resumes, and inquiries should be directed, preferably by email, to Rachel Polhemus at rachelp@wittkieffer.com; Witt/Kieffer, 7201 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 675, Bethesda, MD 20814; 301/654-5070.