Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Buffkin / Baker•Galion, OH

About The Position

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the President & Chief Executive Officer will provide overall leadership for Avita Health System, including Bucyrus Hospital, Galion Hospital, Ontario Hospital, employed physician practices, ambulatory services, and future growth initiatives. The CEO will partner closely with the Board, medical staff, executive leadership team, employees, and community stakeholders to advance Avita's mission, financial stewardship, physician recruitment strategy, quality agenda, and long-term growth plans. The CEO will build relationships with stakeholders across the region; maintain Avita's locally governed, community-based culture while providing continuity during a planned CEO transition; and continue strategic growth through physician recruitment, service-line development, market-share expansion, and investment in facilities, technology, and access to care. The role will maintain the organization's financial position while balancing stewardship with investment and innovation, and advance leadership development, workforce engagement, retention, and succession planning. The CEO will strengthen physician engagement, quality outcomes, patient experience, and operational excellence throughout Avita's multi-site network; advance clinical services; and position the organization to meet the future healthcare needs of its communities. The successful candidate will guide an independent health system through its next phase of growth while preserving its culture, community relationships, and commitment to local governance. The Board is interested in taking thoughtful risks to continue growing the health system.

Requirements

Minimum of five years of senior executive leadership experience within a multi-hospital health system, integrated delivery network, or similarly complex healthcare organization.
Demonstrated responsibility for financial, operational, physician, and quality performance.
Experience as a current or former Hospital CEO, Health System CEO, Division President, or senior executive responsible for a complex multi-site healthcare organization.
Demonstrated success leading hospital and health system operations with accountability for strategy, operations, physician alignment, workforce, quality, and financial performance.
Experience partnering effectively with a governing board through transparent communication, strategic planning, and disciplined governance practices.
Demonstrated success in physician recruitment, physician alignment, employed medical group leadership, and service-line growth.
Experience overseeing significant financial responsibility, capital investment, operational performance improvement, and long-range planning.
Track record of leading organizational growth, facility development, market expansion, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
Experience working collaboratively with physicians, executive leadership teams, community stakeholders, and governing boards in a locally governed healthcare environment.
Commitment to active community involvement, including personal residence within Avita's sizeable service area.

Nice To Haves

Experience in rural healthcare, community hospitals, regional health systems, or comparable healthcare environments.
Critical access hospital experience.
Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, or a related field.
Experience working within an employed physician model.
Familiarity with DNV accreditation standards and associated quality frameworks.
Demonstrated experience leading organizational growth, physician recruitment, service-line expansion, succession planning, and leadership development.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership for Avita Health System and its hospitals, employed physician practices, ambulatory services, and growth initiatives.
Partner with the Board, medical staff, executive leadership team, employees, and community stakeholders to advance the organization's mission, financial stewardship, physician recruitment strategy, quality agenda, and long-term growth plans.
Build strong relationships with the Board, physicians, advanced practice providers, employees, and community leaders throughout the region.
Maintain and strengthen Avita's locally governed, community-based healthcare culture and provide leadership continuity during the planned CEO transition.
Advance strategic growth through physician recruitment, service-line development, market-share expansion, and investment in facilities, technology, and access to care.
Maintain the organization's financial position while balancing disciplined stewardship with strategic investment and innovation.
Advance leadership development, workforce engagement, retention, and succession planning, addressing key-person dependencies in operational and clinical areas.
Strengthen physician engagement, quality outcomes, patient experience, and operational excellence across the multi-site network.
Advance clinical services and position the organization to meet the future healthcare needs of the communities it serves.
Lead organizational strategy, operations, physician alignment, workforce, quality, and financial performance.
Partner with the governing Board through transparent communication, strategic planning, and disciplined governance practices.
Oversee significant financial responsibility, capital investment, operational performance improvement, and long-range planning.
Lead organizational growth, facility development, market expansion, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
Maintain an active community presence, including personal residence within Avita's service area.