• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    Community Health SystemsTucson, AZ 85702

    Job #2606465805

  • Description

    Northwest Medical Center (NMC) is a 300-bed hospital offering a wide range of healthcare services including emergency services, accredited chest pain center, neurology, outpatient imaging, a nationally accredited surgical weight loss program, total joint program, spine program, stroke center, robotic surgery, GI lab, a free-standing women's center, women's imaging center of excellence (including 3D mammography), and urgent care facilities throughout Tucson.

    NMC also has ambulatory surgery centers and Northwest Primary and Specialty Care, a multi-specialty clinic group with more than 100 employed providers.

    NMC is one of four hospital part of Northwest Healthcare in Tucson, Arizona.

    As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will participate in operational decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital. The CEO will ensure success of the hospital through quality enhancement, cost containment, revenue growth and development of strong relationships with hospital staff, board members, and community leaders.

    The responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer include, but are not limited to:

    • Overall operations of the acute-care facility

    • Working with system management to develop and implement policies and procedures, short- and long-range goals, objectives and plans.

    • Providing leadership to hospital managers, directors and officers that will enroll support, create ownership of goals, and encourage active participate in decisions that impact the hospital

    • Ensuring the hospital meets necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations in conjunction with the hospital's Chief Nursing Officer

    • Partnering with physicians who use, or will use, the hospital; taking a leadership role in the recruiting and retention of physicians

    • Assisting in planning new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue

    • Creating an environment that will encourage the recruiting and retention of qualified hospital employees

    • Managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs in conjunction with the hospital's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Nursing Officer

    • Developing and maintaining positive relations with community that the hospital is located as well as the community leaders

    • Analyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activities

    • Representing the hospital at meetings including medical staff, hospital board of director meetings as well as relevant community meetings; participates with leaders in designing and providing patient care and services

    • Participating in the hospital's monthly operation reviews as well as participating in corporate office meetings as deemed necessary

    The CEO will oversee multiple department heads including the hospital's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Nursing Officer.

    Requirements:

    • A Masters degree in hospital administration and/or business administration.

    • A minimum of 5 or more years of demonstrated successful leadership in a healthcare facility, which includes but is not limited to: building relationships with board members, physicians, hospital employees, and community; growing hospital revenue to meet budgetary goals and objectives; and meeting necessary regulatory and compliance approvals and quality accreditations.

    Qualifications

    Education

    Required

    • Masters or better in Health Administration

    • Bachelors or better

    Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

    The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

    Equal Employment Opportunity

    This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to ~~~/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.