Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Full Time

Lifepoint Health has an opportunity for a Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will have oversight of Ottumwa Regional Health Center located in Ottumwa, Iowa.

For more than 125 years, Ottumwa Regional Health Center has been serving the community of Ottumwa and the citizens of Southeast Iowa. We are a regional health center providing a wide range of health services, including emergency medicine, critical care services, medical/surgical, acute rehabilitation, obstetrics, and pediatrics, as well as specialty services such as cardiac catheterization, diagnostic and therapeutic radiological services, wound care, pain clinic, sleep lab, pathology, and so much more.

https://www.ottumwaregionalhealth.com/about

The Chief Executive Officer creates strategic direction for the market, while providing operational oversight and insight ensuring business objectives are met.

Other duties include:

• Hold hospital leadership accountable and ensure market and hospitals have the right talent to achieve objectives.
• Execute on Lifepoint’s quality initiatives, service line development and implementations while capitalizing on market synergies related to strategic and operational opportunities.
• Coordinate and drive implementation of company initiatives, representing LifePoint in the marketplace.
• Coordinate the activities of senior executives to develop short and long-range objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Review and approve all financial reports, budgets, Managed Care contracts, and major expenditures.
• Direct, establish, review, and adjust charges for services provided internally and externally that financially impact operations.
• Maintain accreditation and licensure standards of The Joint Commission (TJC) on accreditation of hospital organizations, Medicare, Medicaid, state licensure, regulatory agencies, and similar organizations.
• Analyze operating results of the Company and its principal components relative to established objectives and ensure appropriate steps are taken to correct unsatisfactory conditions.

Education: Master’s Degree in Hospital Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA), Management or related field is required.

Experience

• A minimum of 3-5 years experience at the CEO level in a similar sized for-profit, acute-care hospital is required; however, may also consider 3-5 years of COO experience in a larger, for-profit, acute-care hospital.
• Exceptional physician recruitment and relations skills are required.
• Exceptional community and board relations skills are required.
• Exceptional leadership skills and a hands-on visible approach to staff management and interaction are required.
• Exceptional financial acumen and operations management expertise are required.

Benefits

At LifePoint, our Mission of Making Communities Healthier extends to our employees. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including a competitive salary and benefits. Some of our benefits include 401k, flexible PTO, generous EIB, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and an Employee Assistance Program. We believe that happy, healthy people have a passionate engagement with life and work and have designed our package to enhance your wellbeing.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

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