Chief Executive Office (CEO), Clayton, NM

The Chief Executive Officer at Union County General Hospital (UCGH) plays a vital role in guiding the hospital's operations through inspiring leadership, strategic vision, and effective management. This position is essential in supporting the hospital's mission, vision, values, and goals, all while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The CEO works closely with the Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations at Community Hospital Corporation and the designated Hospital Board of Directors.

In this role, the CEO is dedicated to ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care, developing and managing a sustainable annual operating budget, and crafting a long-term capital expenditure plan, all while attracting and retaining a skilled and efficient workforce. Additionally, the CEO addresses risks, leads performance improvement initiatives, and builds strong relationships with the Boards, medical staff, patients, employees, the community, and the corporate office.

Major Responsibilities

• Establishes and communicates a clear and compelling vision. All stakeholders should know the hospital's mission, vision, and priorities.
• Works with the UCGH Board, senior management team, physicians and staff to develop, implement, and update strategies and opportunities for growth and improvement to support the hospital's mission and respond to external and internal issues.
• Is responsible for the operational, strategic, financial and clinical performance of the hospital.
• Provides for a system of control which clearly identifies deviations from plans and budgets; assure periodic comparison of performance and / or results against established standards for objectives; and assure corrective actions for deviation from plans so that annual results are in line with strategic goals.
• Maintains the hospital's compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.

Operations Management : Collects and analyzes data from internal and external sources regarding current way of doing business and clinical processes. Conducts needs analysis, identifies and prioritizes needs, applies good problem solving skills. Identifies alternate processes and potential solutions and acts to implement changes to improve operations.

Safety and Quality of Care : Leads and maintains a culture of safety and quality including a safe functional environment. Provides opportunities for all who work in the hospital to identify safety and / or quality issues, bring issues to management's attention, and participate in safety and quality initiatives and planning.

Financial Management : Oversees the preparation and management of sound operating, project and capital budgets. Ensures the utilization of sound accounting systems, treasury activities, risk management, financial controls, productivity measures, reimbursement principles and contracting. Meets budget-critical financial metrics. Effectively negotiates third-party contracts. Provides stewardship of all financial resources.

Human Resources : Ensures the availability of adequate numbers of competent staff (including physicians and contract labor) that are properly credentialed, educated, trained, motivated and engaged. Directs performance management systems including policies / practices for providing timely feedback, recognizing excellence and dealing with problem behavior and poor performance.

Information Management : Ensures effective collection, categorization, filing, management, privacy, confidentiality, security, redundancy, retrieval and reporting capabilities of all data and information used by the hospital. Guides the development of plans for meeting the growing demands of information management and the development of information technology especially relevant to healthcare.

General Duties

Supervisory Responsibilities

Benefits

As a full time employee, Community Hospital Corporation offers a competitive salary, discretionary bonus opportunity, and eligibility to participate in the company benefit programs. These benefits include : Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, 401(k) savings with match, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability coverage. A relocation package is also available for eligible candidates.

About Union County General Hospital :

Union County General Hospital is a full-service, 25-bed critical access hospital located in Clayton, N.M. The hospital offers a full range of services, including inpatient care, 24-hour emergency services, surgical services, diagnostic, therapy services, diagnostic capabilities, and is a designated Level IV Trauma Center. Dedicated clinicians and staff are committed to high quality patient care. The hospital-based rural health clinic provides primary care services.

Please learn more by visiting

www.ucgh.net

About Community Hospital Corporation :

Community Hospital Corporation is a Texas not-for-profit company whose sole mission is to help not-for-profit hospitals, such as Union County General Hospital, remain community-operated and governed. CHC owns, manages and consults with hospitals through three distinct organizations — CHC Hospitals, CHC Consulting and CHC Continue Care, which share a common purpose of preserving and protecting community hospitals. Based in Plano, Texas, the organization provides the resources and experience community hospitals need to improve quality outcomes, patient satisfaction and financial performance.

For more information about CHC, please visit the company website at

www.communityhospitalcorp.com

CHC is a tobacco and drug free workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.