Chief Executive Officer (CEO - BH) - Aurora Pavilion (Behavioral Health)

UHS•Aiken, SC

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, a Fortune 300 corporation with annual revenues of $15.8 billion in 2024 and approximately 99,000 employees. UHS operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities, and various related services across the U.S., Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. Aurora Pavilion Behavioral Health Services, a 62-bed inpatient Acute Psychiatric facility located in Aiken, SC, provides acute care crisis stabilization, short-term inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization, and adult intensive outpatient treatment programs for Seniors, Adults, Child, and Adolescents. The facility is seeking a dynamic Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with a proven record in for-profit Behavioral Health Hospital/Residential Treatment Programs or managing large Psychiatric/Behavioral Health departments within Acute care Hospitals. The CEO will be responsible for directing day-to-day operations, managing and developing staff, ensuring high-quality care, sound fiscal operations, maintaining a strong referral base, and ensuring compliance with Joint Commission and CMS regulations, while continuously monitoring facility services and delivery systems.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree is preferred
Currently working as a behavioral executive, i.e. CEO at a Behavioral Health facility or as a Director of a large acute care facility with a large multi-unit psych department.
A working knowledge of behavioral health management practices and clinical operations.
An advanced knowledge of state and federal regulatory and various accreditation requirements related to behavioral health management.
Working knowledge of operations and financial management and marketing methods.
Ability to travel a minimum of 10% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree is preferred

Responsibilities

Accountable for creating an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the organizations mission, vision and values.
Operational management of clinical and non-clinical departments including but not limited to: Nursing, Admissions, Business Development, Process Improvement, Finance, Clinical Services, Regulatory Affairs that effectively drive patient care outcomes
Ensure hospital quality metrics are achieved through sound clinical processes following accreditation and regulatory agency guidelines.
Recruit physicians and staff in targeted specialty areas, coordinate medical staff participation in new hospital ventures and targets, develop new areas of medical care to offer at the hospital.
Supervise the development of more comprehensive outpatient care and ambulatory programs.
Develop positive relationships with local industry, local government, potential key health care providers, and the general public.
Ensure the timely submission of month-end financial and operational reviews, contribute to the development of and participation in corporate-wide strategic planning efforts.
Communicate circumstances and events of operations to supervisor and other appropriate people to keep all apprised.
Achieve budgeted financial objectives.
Effectively manage contract negotiations and compliance with the commercial payor community.
Increase revenues and income before inter-company allocations, maintain or decrease the effective bad debt rate, achieve the margin percentage, and implement operating cost controls in the areas of staffing, supplies, purchased services, etc.
Focus on census building efforts and strategic planning.