Ardent Health Services invests in quality healthcare.

Ardent Health Services, located in Nashville, Tennessee, has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s strongest – and most innovative hospital operators. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, their families and one another. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare’s best employers.

To support operations, Ardent invested more than $1.4 billion since 2011 to raise the standard of care in the communities we serve. Additionally, Ardent has invested $220 million in Epic, towards uniting our hospitals and clinics on a single information-sharing platform to improve patient outcomes and increase efficient care delivery. We recognize each hospital 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
• 4,287 Licensed Beds
• 130 Managed Beds
• 24,000 Employees
• 18 Clinic Locations
• 1,200+ Employed Providers
• $4.4 Billion in Revenues
• 2.7 Million Provider Encounters/Day
• 2.9 Million Ambulatory Visits

Ardent Health Services invests in quality healthcare. AHS makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. Since 2001, those investments total more than $835 million. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, to lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, AHS 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 facilities for success.

OUR PURPOSE is caring for people: our patients, their families and one another.

Hillcrest Healthcare System:

Hillcrest HealthCare System (HHS) is a comprehensive health system with over 6,000 employees who serve the communities of eastern Oklahoma. HHS includes nine hospitals throughout Eastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Heart Institute, and Utica Park Clinic. Hillcrest Hospital Cushing is a 88 bed acute care hospital with a history of providing care in a friendly, community setting that is easy to navigate.

Hillcrest Hospital Cushing:

Hillcrest Cushing is proud to be a part of Hillcrest HealthCare System with hospitals and clinics throughout northeastern Oklahoma. With the latest technology and treatments, more than 100 employees, and a friendly atmosphere, we are consistently recognized for patient satisfaction. We invest in the latest technology and treatments, as well as our team. Our hospital offers you opportunities to grow while transforming lives, plus incentives and assistance to get you there. We celebrate your successes, recognize your value, and believe in your ability to help bring positive change throughout northeastern Oklahoma.

Job Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team at Hillcrest Hospital Cushing 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.

• Formulates and executes a regional growth strategy for both in-patient and out-patient services. Establishes effective and collaborative relationships to foster growth plans.
• Ensures alignment of the hospital system goals and objectives with the JV partner.
• Builds and maintains a high performing leadership environment.
• Collaborates and Builds Community/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 through ensuring culture is supportive of all process improvement and streamlined workflow to ensure patient flow with a goal oriented focus.
• Strengthens workforce culture to ensure adequate workforce for continued growth.
• Collaborates with system peers including 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.
• Sets clear direction with leaders/managers, and establishes a culture of accountability.
• Motivates, develops and partners with direct reports to help build their success.
• Develops short and long range management and organization plans to define responsibilities and business activities consistent with facility goals and objectives.
• Implements Ardent 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 medical staff, 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 standards for 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.

Position Requirements:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Hospital Administration, or Business Administration.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in healthcare administration.
• Excellent verbal, quantitative, managerial, and interpersonal skills.
• Current knowledge of 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 use sound judgment in decision making and react calmly and effectively in an emergency situation.
• Knowledge of strategic planning and short and long-range goal implementation.

Behavior Standards:

• Service – Patient Centered Customer Service
• Quality – Clinical and Operational Excellence
• People – Promotes a Collaborative Environment
• Financial – Business Acumen
• Growth – Fosters Innovation