Chief Executive Officer (Hospital)

Description

Exalt Health, an acute rehabilitation hospital, provides an intensive rehabilitation program, and admitted patients must be able to tolerate three hours of intense rehabilitation services per day. Focused on caring for patients with complex rehabilitative needs such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, head trauma, medically debilitation conditions, neurological disorders, cardio-pulmonary amputations, orthopedic injuries, and multiple major traumas.

Position Summary

The Chief Executive Officer (Hospital) is responsible for all day-to-day operations of the hospital. This position is accountable for planning, organizing, and directing the hospital to ensure quality patient care is provided and the financial integrity of the hospital is maintained. The CEO ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures set forth by the Governing Board and Medical Staff and Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality standards.

The CEO is responsible for creating an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by meeting or exceeding its goals, conveying the hospital mission to all staff, holding staff accountable for performance, motivating staff to improve performance, recognizing and rewarding performance, and being responsible for the operations behind measurement, assessment, and improvement of hospital performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop and execute an annual strategic plan for the hospital and communicate with staff.
• Develop and execute annual operating and capital budgets.
• Maintains focus on the healthcare market to assess demand and advertise hospital services.
• Analyzes market trends and utilizes the analysis to create and implement operational change.
• Promotes, informs, and advertises the hospital and its services to the community, potential patients, referral sources, and others who are not currently choosing the hospital for services and care.
• Build strong relationships with referring physicians and specialists, fostering a collaborative environment that attracts and retains top talent, while engaging with and building trust with patients and their families.
• Identifies potential new referral sources and markets as applicable.
• Actively partakes in lobbying and grassroots efforts for local/national healthcare policy-making.
• Monitors and manages day-to-day hospital operations.
• Led the hospital in meeting financial performance objectives.
• Manages and controls forecasted revenues and expenses for the upcoming budgeting period.
• Complies with Sarbanes Oxley Act 404 on financial reporting.
• Manages, maintains, and assesses the effectiveness of an adequate internal control structure for financial reporting within the hospital.
• Organizes, plans, and manages time effectively to complete assignments.
• Meets position requirements and performs essential functions.
• Completes mandatory training and courses required by completion date.
• Oversee human resources functions, fostering a positive work environment that attracts, retains, and develops a high-performing team.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Education, Training, and Experience

• Master’s degree in business administration, Healthcare Administration, or related healthcare field preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree with equivalent work experience to a Master’s degree, demonstrated by responsibilities such as, but not limited to, accountability for hospital operations, budget development, analysis, and oversight; marketing and volume growth/program development; FTE management; expense control; policy and procedure development and implementation; and process development to facilitate regulatory compliance.
• Five years of management experience in healthcare, with a minimum of 2-3 years in a senior management position.
• Experience leading the operations of a specialty/rehabilitation hospital experience a plus.
• Public speaking and presentations to the Board of Directors are mandatory.

Skills and Abilities, Proficiency and Productivity Standards

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under deadlines and handle multiple tasks.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.