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CEO - ACUTE

Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/11/2026
Job Description

Responsibilities

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 300 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

UHS is currently recruiting for our CEO at Cedar Hill REgional Medical Center located in Washington, DC. The new $434.4 million hospital complex, was opened in early 2025, and brings a state-of-the-art 136-bed, full-service hospital one of the city’s most medically underserved communities. With features including an ambulatory pavilion for physician offices, clinics, and community space; a 500-car garage; and a helipad for emergency transports, the 407,000 square foot medical center is the city’s first new inpatient facility in over 20 years.

Position Summary: The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for leading the overall strategic plan for the hospital and develops and implements strategies to appropriately position the hospital to achieve corporate goals and market the services of the facility. UHS is seeking a transformational executive with a successful record of leading, challenging and reviewing strategic annual plans and budgets with the goal of providing superior patient care. The candidate will have expertise in running efficient quality acute care operations with a commitment to the community, the patients and all hospital employees.

Essential Duties

  • Leads hospital senior team and participates in medical staff and governance strategic planning sessions for assigned hospitals.
  • Meets regularly with assigned hospital leadership to examine current financial performance, evaluate forecasts, and assure appropriate and timely interventions.
  • Assures consistent compliance with UHS quality, risk, financial, human resources and other expectations that are in accord with UHS expectations and directives.
  • Identifies opportunities to improve overall patient satisfaction and is committed to superior service excellence.

This Opportunity Offers The Following

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive compensation
  • Excellent medical, dental vision and prescription plan
  • Generous paid time off
  • Relocation benefits
  • Bonus opportunity and stock option eligible

Qualifications

  • Comprehensive working knowledge of acute care hospital and health care management methods, financial management practices and general health care market trends and the trends in the local and regional markets.
  • Working knowledge of all relevant regulatory compliance and certification standards such as JCAHO.
  • Demonstrated leadership, communication and executive management skills.
  • Ability to manage diverse relationships between board members, physicians, management, employee groups, and the community is required.
  • In depth understanding of financial management, operations, strategic needs, and interventions at the facility level is required.
  • Must be able to motivate, inspire, and communicate with individuals and groups.
  • MBA, MHA or related Degree, from an accredited college/university program required.
  • 5-8 Years of acute Hospital CEO experience.

If you meet the above requirements and are looking for a rewarding career, please take a moment to share your background with us by applying online.

  • UHS is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or e-mails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via e-mail, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for the above-listed position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449

Pay Transparency

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.

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