Chief Operating Officer - Mercy St. Louis

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St. Louis, MO, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Healthtech
The Role
The Chief Operating Officer leads the strategic, operational, and financial performance of Mercy St. Louis. Responsibilities include overseeing hospital operations, quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, budgeting, resource management, service-line growth, operational improvement, physician and executive collaboration, patient experience, employee engagement, and leadership development.
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Find your calling at Mercy!The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a key executive leader responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial performance of Mercy St. Louis. This role drives short- and long-term planning initiatives, oversees hospital operations, and partners with physicians, service line leaders, and executive teams to advance organizational goals, quality outcomes, patient safety, and growth. The COO fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability while ensuring an exceptional patient experience and strong co-worker engagement. Responsible for operational excellence, regulatory compliance, resource stewardship, and budget management, the COO leads department leaders in optimizing performance and developing future talent. This leader identifies opportunities for program expansion, service line growth, and operational improvement to strengthen Mercy St. Louis's position as a premier regional healthcare provider. Through effective collaboration and strategic vision, the COO ensures alignment with Mercy's mission while driving sustainable growth and organizational success.Position Details:

Education: Masters Degree in business or health- related field.
Experience: Three to five years of previous experience in a leadership and management role at the Director or VP level.

Why Mercy?

From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.

Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.

Skills Required

  • Master’s degree in business or a health-related field
  • Three to five years of leadership and management experience at the Director or Vice President level

Mercy Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mercy and has not been reviewed or approved by Mercy.

  • Healthcare Strength — Day‑one medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage is available for many benefit‑eligible roles, alongside options like disability, FSAs, EAP, wellness, and other add‑ons. Coverage breadth and immediate eligibility are highlighted across role postings and benefits guides.
  • Retirement Support — Automatic enrollment in the MyRetirement 401(k) includes a per‑paycheck employer match and an additional annual service contribution for eligible co‑workers. This layered design provides ongoing support for long‑term savings.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — A combined PTO bank (holidays, vacation, short‑term illness) plus an Extended Sick Bank and Paid Parental Leave are standard components. Accruals start quickly and can increase with tenure, with some locations also offering Volunteer Time Off.

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The Company
HQ: Chesterfield, MO
40,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1886

What We Do

Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy is one of the nation’s most highly integrated, multi-state health care systems, including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 2,400 Mercy Clinic physicians and more than 40,000 co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Mercy’s Virtual Care Center is the world’s first such facility dedicated to care outside its own walls, monitoring patients 24/7/365 across the country, using high-speed data and video connections and medically intervening when and where patients need it with a comprehensive team approach. Mercy was among the first health care organizations in the U.S. to have an integrated electronic health record (EHR) connecting all points of care. Mercy Technology Services’ broad use of its EHR has been recognized at one of the highest possible levels by Epic.

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