The VP, Total Rewards leads all the employee compensation and benefits functions for PCH including physician and executive
compensation. The Vice President will be well-versed in the contemporary practices, as they develop and promote compensation
and benefits philosophies, strategies, and policies while aligning all total reward systems and programs in support of the corporate mission, goals, and strategic objectives.
Keeping abreast of market trends, this executive will proactively ensure PCH offers competitive and effective compensation and benefit plans that meet strategic organizational objectives. This executive will serve as subject matter expert to ensure fair and equitable pay and create sustainable and competitive total rewards strategies.
The Vice President, Total Rewards reports to the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer and will work closely with members of the senior leadership team, board of directors, and compensation committee. This leader is a trusted partner and advisor within the HR function and to the business.
Education
We are looking for someone with extensive and lengthy experience in healthcare compensation. Someone who can develop and implement a comprehensive compensation strategy aligned with the organization’s goals and values. This includes designing competitive salary structures, incentive programs, and benefits packages. This person will be responsible for staying abreast of emerging trends and best practices in healthcare compensation and benefits. This leader will be able to demonstrate the ability to facilitate the transition of the organization from a standalone hospital to a health system, ensuring that compensation practices are scalable and adaptable to the evolving needs of the organization. They will need to demonstrate financial intelligence in managing compensation budgets effectively while balancing the need for competitiveness and fairness.
This person must work well under pressure and have a strong comfort level for deadlines and working in a fast-paced environment.
Phoenix Children’s has provided hope, healing, and the best healthcare for children since it was established in 1983, growing to become one of the leading pediatric healthcare systems in the country. With a medical staff of nearly 1,000 pediatric specialists and over 6800 staff, Phoenix Children’s provides inpatient, outpatient, trauma, and emergency care across more than 75 pediatric subspecialties, the most comprehensive pediatric care available in the state. The Hospital’s Centers of Excellence have grown in size and expertise to place them on par with some of the most prestigious of their kind in the United States.
For the 14th consecutive year, Phoenix Children’s is ranked among the nation’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” and is the No. 1 children’s hospital in Arizona. Phoenix Children’s is the only children’s hospital in Arizona ever to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report.
Over the next five years, Phoenix Children’s will build on its achievements and accelerate its investments in the people, research, technologies, and programs that will solidify its position as a world-class hospital for decades to come. That means recruiting clinical staff, providers and physician-scientists who will change the shape of medicine from right here in Phoenix; fostering discoveries that will improve the quality and length of children’s lives; establishing groundbreaking, destination programs that will attract young patients from around the world; and driving innovations that will give ill and injured children hope beyond their wildest dreams.
Phoenix Children’s is one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems. It comprises Phoenix Children’s Hospital—Thomas Campus, Phoenix Children’s Hospital— East Valley at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, four pediatric specialty and urgent care centers, 11 community pediatric practices, 20 outpatient clinics, two ambulatory surgery centers, and seven community-service-related outpatient clinics throughout the state of Arizona.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital – East Valley: Last year in 2023, Phoenix Children’s opened the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus. The five-story, state-of-the-art hospital offers 24 pediatric beds, a 24-bed pediatric emergency department, surgical services, and diagnostic imaging. The centerpiece of the hospital is the Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which integrates top-quality pediatric and maternity care and offers 24 labor and delivery rooms, 48 postpartum beds and a 60-bed Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Phoenix Children’s Specialty Clinics – Gilbert: These clinics opened to provide East Valley families with comprehensive pediatric specialty health services closer to home. The clinics bring together Arizona’s top pediatric subspecialists in high- demand areas including cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care and more.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital West Valley: The West Valley’s population is projected to grow at twice the national rate between now and 2025. Phoenix Children’s is growing its specialty, surgical, inpatient, sports physical therapy and emergency care to make it easy for West Valley kids to get the highly specialized pediatric health services they need and deserve.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Arrowhead Campus: This three-story pediatric hospital in Glendale offers inpatient care, an emergency department, a surgery center, and a multi-specialty clinic. The facility has 24 inpatient beds, 6 operating rooms, 2 minor procedure rooms, 30 emergency bays/trauma rooms, and a 45,000-square-foot clinic to house orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, and numerous other in-demand specialties.
Phoenix Children’s – Avondale Campus: Located in Avondale, this campus includes a 71,250-square foot multi-specialty clinic offering care in high-need specialties including cardiology, orthopedics, and psychology. A freestanding emergency department offers 24/7 emergency care; 40 triage, treatment, and resuscitation patient rooms; six fast-track beds; and comprehensive imaging services.
Strategic Areas of Focus
Kety Duron
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Phoenix Children’s
Kety Duron is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Phoenix Children’s, one of the nation’s fastest-growing pediatric health systems. She has decades of experience in healthcare leadership and currently oversees the system’s talent recruitment and management, workforce engagement, leadership development and organizational transformation.
Most recently she was with City of Hope, overseeing HR Strategy for more than 7,800 employees and launched numerous impactful programs designed to maximize recruitment, retention and engagement.
Before leading HR at City of Hope, Duron served as Vice President of HR at Stanford Health Care and held various human resources leadership roles at UCLA Health for over 25 years.
Duron regularly speaks on the role of the CHRO in the future, including upskilling and reskilling talent; diversity, equity and inclusion; and women in leadership, and recently presented at CxO Forum and Modern Healthcare’s Women in Leadership Conference. She earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Athens in Greece, and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. She also completed leadership development programs at UCLA and Stanford University.