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Vice President, State Government Relations

Brentwood, TN • On-site

Lifepoint Health
Health Care and Social Assistance • 10K+ employees
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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

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Company rating: 5.9 out of 10

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Job description


We are hiring a Vice President, Government Relations
Your experience matters
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities.
More about our team
The Vice President, State Government Relations is responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing Lifepoint Health's state government relations strategy in priority markets. This leader represents the company with state elected officials, executive branch agencies, regulatory bodies, state hospital associations, and other key stakeholders to advance public policy priorities that support Lifepoint's mission of making communities healthier. The role focuses on state-level legislative and regulatory advocacy, issue monitoring, coalition building, and strategic engagement across Lifepoint's diverse healthcare delivery network, including acute care, behavioral health, rehabilitation hospitals, and related sites of care.
Overnight travel up to 50% by land and/or air will be required.
How you'll contribute
A Vice President, Government Relations who excels in this role will focus on the following:
  • State Government Relations Strategy: Develop and execute state government relations strategies that align with Lifepoint Health's business priorities, mission, and operational needs across assigned states and markets.
  • Advocacy: Represent Lifepoint Health before state legislators, governors' offices, state agencies, regulatory bodies, and other state-level policymakers to advance policies that support access to high-quality, community-based healthcare.
  • Legislative and Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor, analyze, and communicate State legislative, regulatory, budget, reimbursement, and policy developments that may impact Lifepoint facilities, service lines, operations, or strategic priorities.
  • Policy Analysis and Position Development: Partner with Legal, Compliance, Operations, Finance, Clinical, Communications, and other internal stakeholders to assess the business impact of state policy proposals and develop clear advocacy positions, talking points, and recommended action plans.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain effective relationships with state policymakers, state hospital associations, healthcare coalitions, community leaders, consultants, lobbyists, and advocacy partners in key markets.
  • Market Coordination: Serve as a strategic resource to facility, market, division, and corporate leaders on state government relations matters, ensuring timely alignment on emerging issues, advocacy opportunities, and risks.
  • Coalition and Association Participation: Coordinate Lifepoint's engagement with state hospital associations and other healthcare advocacy organizations to influence policy outcomes and support shared priorities.
  • Communication and Reporting: Prepare policy briefs, legislative updates, executive summaries, advocacy materials, and presentations for internal leaders and external stakeholders.
  • Compliance: Ensure all state government relations activities comply with applicable lobbying, ethics, gift, campaign finance, reporting, and company policy requirements.
  • Leadership and Collaboration: Provide leadership, guidance, and coordination to internal partners, external consultants, and other contributors supporting Lifepoint's state advocacy agenda.
  • Develop and execute the organization's Political Action Committee (PAC) strategy to support legislative and public policy priorities.

Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited school. Additional requirements include:
  • Minimum of 5-8 years of progressive experience in government relations, public policy, legislative affairs, healthcare advocacy, association leadership, or a related field. Prior
  • Experience working with state legislatures, state agencies, hospital associations, healthcare organizations, or multi-state advocacy initiatives strongly preferred.

EEOC Statement
"Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."
You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
About Us
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
About the Team
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

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Lifepoint Health serves patients, clinicians, communities and partners across the healthcare continuum. Our diversified healthcare delivery network extends from coast to coast, consisting of community hospitals, rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and additional sites of care.

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Health care and social assistance

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Headquarters location

Brentwood, TN, US

Year founded

1999

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