CEO (Critical Access Hospital)

Billings Clinic•Harlowton, MT

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Billings Clinic is seeking a CEO for a Critical Access Hospital. This role involves overall administrative management and operation of the facilities for the affiliate/managed organization, reporting to the Board of Directors. The CEO will have the necessary authority to fulfill this responsibility, subject to board policies. The position requires understanding of Management Services, Medical Services, and Staffing Services Agreements, and delivering on those responsibilities. The CEO will participate with the affiliate Board of Directors in evaluating external forces, recommending plans, informing the board of healthcare trends, and assisting in identifying potential board members. The role also involves developing, retaining, recruiting, and leading a talented team, ensuring sufficient qualified staff, adhering to HR policies, fostering open communication and teamwork, and leading educational programs. The CEO will monitor medical activities, coordinate with the Board, medical staff, and nursing, and ensure quality healthcare services and institutional operating stability. The position promotes cost-effective healthcare services while maintaining high quality standards, assuring sound fiscal operations, planning for capital equipment, arranging contractual relationships, and maximizing organizational resources. The CEO ensures compliance with governing facilities and accrediting bodies, participates in litigation, and works with legislators and regulatory agencies. The role encourages community integration through public relations, communication, and collaboration with the business community and other facilities. The CEO fosters a smooth-functioning organization, participates in the selection and integration of healthcare technology, and maintains competency in safety standards. The CEO supports and models Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, and code of business conduct. This is a full-time, exempt position with a starting wage commensurate with experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
Five years’ experience in hospital administrative position with responsibility for administrative supervision and Board of Trustees contact
Montana Nursing Home Administrator license required (can be obtained after hire within first year)
Must reside in the community the affiliated/managed facility serves Or an equivalent combination of education and experience relating to the above tasks, knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in hospital administration, health, business, or public health preferred
Critical Access Hospital experience preferred

Responsibilities

Understands the various Management Services, Medical Services and/or Staffing Services Agreements between Billings Clinic and affiliate/managed site.
Delivers on responsibilities and expectations contained in the Agreement to the Board and to Billings Clinic.
Participates with the affiliate Board of Directors in evaluating the effect of external forces on the institution, recommending short-term and long-range plans that support the institution’s philosophy and general objectives.
Informs and interests the affiliate in current trends, issues, problems and activities in health care generally, in community health needs, and in the institution to facilitate policy making.
Recommends facilities policy positions concerning legislation, government administrative policies and other matters of policy.
Assists in identifying potential Board members and updates long-range plans.
Develops, retains, recruits, and leads a talented team committed to accomplishing the goals and objectives.
Recommends, implements, and evaluates plans and systems that ensure a sufficient number of qualified and competent staff to provide care/services.
Adheres to administrative policies and procedures relating to human resource management.
Demonstrates and encourages an ethic of open communication and teamwork throughout the organization.
Builds an environment of shared commitment to the organization’s goals and responsibility to achieve quality outcomes.
Provides consultation for related concerns and acts as a customer advocate by demonstrating sensitivity to ethical and legal ramifications of practice.
Leads in educational programs, participating as a teacher and preceptor.
Pursues formal and informal education in health care management.
Negotiates professional contracts and sees that appropriate salary administration guidelines and pay structures are developed and maintained.
Monitors the adequacy of the facilities medical activities through coordination with the Board, medical staff and nursing personnel, and the policies needed to ensure quality health care services.
Ensures institutional operating stability by creating a work environment that is satisfactory to staff physicians.
Promotes health care services that are produced in a cost-effective manner while maintaining high standards of quality.
Assures the sound fiscal operation of the institute including timely, accurate and comprehensive development of a realistic, cost-effective annual budget and its implementation.
Plans for capital equipment through budget and obtains approvals for capital purchases above specified threshold.
Plans the use of physical resources for the institution and ensures against physical damages.
Arranges contractual relationships with consultants, contractors, architects, etc., on behalf of the Board in planning and developing facilities, finances and personnel programs.
Combines organizational resources in such a way as to maximize quantity and/or quality to obtain a set of results.
Ensures compliance and regulations of governing facilities and the rules of accrediting bodies by continually monitoring the organization’s service delivery and initiating changes as required.
Participates in litigation for the facilities and informs the Board of the need to initiate litigation.
Makes recommendations to the Board for final settlements of all lawsuits against the facilities.
Works with legislators, regulatory agencies and representatives of the industry to ensure that legislative and regulatory policies promote the health of the community and do not place unmanageable encumbrances upon the facilities.
Supports state and national associations, testifies before legislative regulatory bodies, and solicits Board and community support.
Encourages the integration of the facilities within the community by utilizing and effective communication and public relations program.
Listens to the auxiliary, staff and volunteers to improve service and generate community involvement with the facilities.
Speaks to community groups concerning health programs and new programs.
Represents the Board to the community and the hospital in state and national associations concerned with health care delivery.
Initiates, develops and maintains cooperative relationships with the business community and with other facilities.
Collaborates on fund-raising efforts such as living wills, trusts, etc.
Fosters a smooth functioning, efficient organization through timely and effective resolution of disruptions.
Participates in evaluation, selection and integration of health care technology and information management systems that support quality of care/financial needs and the efficient use of resources.
Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.
Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations.
Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance.
Performs all other duties as assigned or as needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.