Vice President Chief Operating Officer

Job Description & Requirements Vice President Chief Operating Officer StartDate: ASAP OSF Saint Francis, a major hub of innovation and technology, is a main teaching affiliate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. It is also home to OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute and OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute, offering comprehensive health care to the Peoria community. OSF Saint Francis is the founding hospital of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. As an acute care hospital, OSF Saint Francis is the area’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and tertiary care medical center. Following the evolution of prior leadership structure and the elevation of the Chief Strategy Officer into the CEO role, OSF Saint Francis is re-establishing a dedicated Chief Operating Officer (COO) to bring focused, senior-level operational leadership to a rapidly expanding and increasingly complex enterprise. The organization is investing heavily in programmatic growth across cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, and children’s services, alongside significant campus redevelopment, ambulatory expansion, and innovation initiatives. The COO will serve as the architect and executor of the “Destination OSF” strategy, translating vision into disciplined operational roadmaps, scalable infrastructure, and measurable outcomes. Over the next 12–24 months, the COO will lead critical priorities that directly impact ministry sustainability and regional growth. This executive will operate within a highly matrixed, ministry-wide system structure, partnering closely with regional and system leadership. The role carries direct and matrix oversight of surgical and procedural services, ambulatory and ancillary operations, logistics and patient flow, business support services, and key physician enterprise contracts. The COO will manage significant operating and capital budgets while ensuring disciplined stewardship of resources in alignment with OSF’s Catholic mission and long-term financial chassis. Importantly, this is not a developmental COO role. OSF seeks a seasoned executive with progressive operations leadership experience in complex tertiary or quaternary environments and prior executive-level accountability The Selected COO Will Possess (not Limited To) • Master’s degree in health-related field, business, or healthcare administration required • 10 years of progressive operations leadership experience, including at least 5 years at the executive level within a tertiary or quaternary care center • Proven ability to lead complex, high-volume healthcare operations • Strong track record in performance improvement, service integration, and organizational transformation • Direct patient care or clinical operations experience in an academic or high-acuity hospital environment preferred OSF Saint Francis currently serves approximately 700,000 individuals across 41 counties, with a growth strategy targeting a 1.1–1.2 million service population within a 100-mile radius. The COO will play a defining role in ensuring that complex quaternary care is delivered seamlessly at the Peoria hub while strengthening referral alignment and care continuity across rural and community-based facilities. OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system that was founded by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, OSF HealthCare employs almost 27,000 Mission Partners in 174 locations with 18 inpatient facilities including 16 hospitals, with 2,141 licensed beds. Additionally, there are 158 OSF Medical Group primary care and specialty care clinics 39 urgent care locations, and two colleges of nursing throughout Illinois and Michigan. The OSF HealthCare physician network employs more than 2,433 primary care, specialist and advanced practice providers. Nominations and referrals, as well as resumes from interested candidates, may be sent to: Mick Ruel Principal, C-Suite Executive Search (913) 709-8856 [email protected] Betty Petro Senior Search Consultant, C-Suite Executive Search (585) 643-9018 [email protected] Hisham Siddiqi, Consultant (469) 491-5074 [email protected] #BESRecruiting Facility Location Easy to access, Peoria’s metropolitan lifestyle gets together with stunning natural beauty. Discover the center of this city and its endless stretches of riverbanks and trails while you explore the unique