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Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. With a focus on consumer-friendly processes and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, our communities and one another.

Located in Brentwood, Tennessee, Ardent has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative healthcare systems. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare’s best employers. We recognize each hospital and clinic is as unique as the community it serves. We strive to maintain strong community ties through advisory boards, contributions, charitable care, education and outreach.

Ardent includes:

• 30 hospitals
• 280 sites of care
• 4,281 beds
• 24,000+ team members
• 8,200+ nurses
• 1,800+ aligned providers
• 5.8M annual provider encounters
• 421 medical residents

Ardent makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, to lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, Ardent is committed to providing its hospitals and clinics the tools needed to succeed.

We believe it is this mix of corporate support and local autonomy that equips our teams for success.

UT Health East Texas

Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across East Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed inpatient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS in a metropolitan service area of a quarter million people.

With the support of Ardent Health Services and The University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide patients with access to cutting-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health professionals. At UT Health East Texas, our mission is to care for people - our patients, our communities and each other. We do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.

UT Health Quitman

UT Health Quitman is a critical access hospital located in Wood County. The current facility was constructed in 2013 and features 25 private rooms; 24-hour emergency department designated as a Level IV trauma center and Level Ill stroke center: surgical suites; advanced diagnostic technology; swing bed care; cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; on-site physician clinics and a sleep lab.

UT Health Pittsburg

UT Health Pittsburg is a critical access hospital located in Camp County. The current facility was constructed in 2009 and features 25 private rooms with pastoral views; 24-hour emergency department, designated as a Level IV trauma center and acute stroke ready facility; surgical suites; advanced diagnostic technology; sleep lab; swing bed care; 16 physician offices and a UT Health East Texas Olympic Center fitness and rehabilitation facility.

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team at UT Health Quitman & UT Health Pittsburg as a Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides leadership and directs the overall operation of the facility consistent with the mission, values, and strategy of Ardent Health Services as well as with the goals and objectives of the facility and its advisory or governing body. The CEO plans, organizes, applies, directs, controls, and evaluates all resources (human, facilities, equipment, capital, fiscal, and others) invested in the facility. The CEO uses all resources to generate measurable results to benefit the corporation, the community, the facility, the medical staff, and the patient.

Responsibilities

• Formulates and executes a regional growth strategy for both in-patient and out-patient services. Establisheseffective and collaborative relationships to foster growth plans.
• Ensure alignment of the hospital system goals and objectives with the JV partner.
• Builds and maintains a high performing leadership environment.
• Collaborates and BuildsCommunity/Statewide relationships and business.Collaborates with other local providers and/or organizations to identify high quality, high impact care models (how can we help outlying hospitals to assist them and form strong relationships and referral patterns). Creates outreach programs to remote areas and communities.
• Continued development of Organizational Excellence throughensuringculture is supportive of all process improvementand streamlinedworkflow to ensure patient flowwith a goal orientedfocus.
• Strengthens workforce culture to ensure adequate workforce for continued growth.
• Collaborates with system peersincluding shaping system-wide initiatives to reduce redundancies and duplication of services, capital, personnel, etc.Capitalize on sharing high performing resources across the system to promote high performance and system-wide consistency.
• Operates as a visible leader in the facility, the system, and community.
• Places a high priority on effective identification and selection processes for the hiring of talent across the organization.
• Setsclear direction with leaders/ managers, and establishes a culture of accountability.
• Motivates, developsand partnerswith direct reports to help build their success.
• Developsshort and long rangemanagement and organizationplans to define responsibilities and business activities consistent with facility goals and objectives.
• ImplementsArdent Health Services’ ethics and compliance program throughout the organization.Ensures that policies are uniformly understood and consistently interpreted and administered.
• Develops and maintains effective and collaborative relationships with the medicalstaff, and ensures our ability to meet the health needs of the community.
• Ensures that operational and financial reports are prepared as required in regularly scheduled meetings and committees.
• Maintains accreditation and licensure standardsfor JCAHO, Medicare, Medicaid, state licensure, and other regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for the facility’s quality improvement and organizational effectiveness programs.
• Ensures best practice, evidence-based approaches to consistently deliver exceptional, well- coordinated and integrated care that delivers high level outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Hospital Administration, or Business Administration.
• 5+years of experience in healthcare administration.
• Excellent verbal, quantitative, managerial, and interpersonal skills.
• Current knowledge of JCAHO, OSHA, state and federal regulatory standards.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate ideas, problems, instructions (written and oral) with corporate management staff, facility management staff and employees.
• Ability to analyze situations, evaluate data, recommend, and implement courses of action that would improve the functioning of the company.
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Ability to usesound judgment in decision making andreact calmly and effectively inane emergency situation.
• Knowledge of strategic planning and short and long-range goal implementation.

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