Oregon Rural Healthcare COO Opportunities

Rural Staffing Services•Oregon, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Oregon Rural Healthcare COO Opportunities Help Us Build a Better Way for Rural Healthcare. This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions that align with your experience and goals. By joining the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network, you are helping us build a more thoughtful and connected approach to rural recruitment, one that allows experienced operational leaders and Oregon healthcare organizations to find one another more quickly when the right need arises. Every application helps strengthen a growing network of people who are willing to bring their experience, leadership, adaptability, and heart to rural communities. Explore Rural Healthcare Opportunities at RSSJobs.org. This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions throughout Oregon that align with your experience and goals. Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare opportunities and communities. Chief Operating Officer Opportunities Across Oregon. Rural Staffing Services partners with rural hospitals, clinics, public hospital districts, regional health systems, community health centers, long-term care providers, and community healthcare organizations throughout Oregon to identify experienced operational leaders who understand the complexity and importance of rural healthcare. We are currently connecting with senior healthcare executives who may be interested in active and upcoming Chief Operating Officer and senior operations leadership opportunities across Oregon. These opportunities may include leadership within: Critical Access Hospitals, Rural and community hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Public hospital districts, Regional health systems, Long-term care and senior care organizations, Integrated rural healthcare systems, Multi-site and regional healthcare networks. In rural Oregon, the Chief Operating Officer helps turn strategy into action. The COO often works across departments, facilities, communities, and service lines to strengthen operations, improve communication, support employees, and ensure the organization can continue meeting the needs of the people it serves. Operational leadership in Oregon requires someone who can see the big picture while also understanding the realities of day-to-day care delivery across large geographic areas. Weather, transportation, housing, workforce shortages, supply availability, aging infrastructure, wildfire impacts, and limited access to specialty services may affect nearly every operational decision. The strongest leaders are visible, collaborative, practical, adaptable, and comfortable working closely with executives, department leaders, medical staff, boards, frontline employees, and community partners. They understand that strong operations are not only about efficiency. They are about protecting patient access, supporting employees, strengthening financial performance, and maintaining community trust. Serving as a COO in rural Oregon offers the opportunity to make a direct impact, strengthen an entire organization, and help protect healthcare access across communities and regions. You may help stabilize operations, improve communication, strengthen leadership teams, expand services, support workforce housing, improve facilities, or create stronger connections between local care and regional resources. The work requires resilience, adaptability, sound judgment, and a genuine commitment to listening before leading. For the right operational executive, it is an opportunity to do some of the most meaningful work of a career.

Requirements

Progressive healthcare operations leadership experience
Experience as a COO, Vice President of Operations, Chief Administrative Officer, Administrator, Executive Director, or comparable senior leader
Strong knowledge of hospital, clinic, long-term care, or healthcare-system operations
Experience leading multiple departments, service lines, facilities, or regional programs
A track record of improving performance, communication, accountability, and organizational effectiveness
Experience with budgeting, workforce planning, change management, strategic implementation, facilities, and operational improvement
Experience leading through growth, transition, workforce shortages, organizational change, or operational instability
The ability to collaborate across clinical, financial, executive, and community teams
Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, public hospital districts, regional systems, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
Experience supporting operations across multiple facilities or significant geographic distances may be valuable
A bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, public administration, or a related field
A collaborative, visible, transparent, practical, and relationship-focused leadership style
The ability to relocate or travel regionally when required

Nice To Haves

A master's degree or healthcare executive credential may be preferred for some opportunities

Responsibilities

Providing strategic and operational leadership across multiple departments, facilities, and service lines
Translating organizational goals into practical operating plans
Supporting efficient, safe, patient-centered care delivery
Strengthening communication, accountability, and collaboration across departments and communities
Improving workflows, productivity, service access, and organizational performance
Partnering with clinical and financial leaders on staffing, budgeting, and resource planning
Supporting recruitment, retention, workforce development, and leadership succession
Overseeing facilities, support services, clinic operations, ancillary departments, or regional programs
Helping guide growth, restructuring, turnaround, service expansion, or organizational stabilization
Supporting regulatory readiness, quality improvement, safety, accreditation, and organizational compliance
Presenting operational updates, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership, governing boards, or other oversight bodies
Building strong relationships with employees, providers, public agencies, community organizations, and local leaders
Supporting operations across multiple sites or communities separated by significant geographic distances
Helping maintain services during vacancies, weather disruptions, transportation delays, supply-chain challenges, wildfire impacts, or other operational pressures
Supporting infrastructure, housing, equipment, transportation, technology, telehealth, and capital-planning priorities
Strengthening coordination between rural clinics, regional hospitals, specialty services, and community-based care
Monitoring organizational performance and helping teams respond to changing community needs
Ensuring essential healthcare services remain dependable, sustainable, and available closer to home