What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Executive Officer position at CLC Recruiting?
Overview
Tri-State Community Health Clinics is seeking an experienced, community-focused Chief Executive Officer to provide strategic and operational leadership across its multi-site Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) organization. The CEO will lead the organization through an important period of strategic planning and organizational assessment, with a focus on strengthening internal alignment, evaluating the current operating model, building healthcare partnerships, and positioning the organization for long-term sustainability.
The CEO will work closely with the Board of Directors, leadership team, employees, healthcare partners, and community stakeholders to evaluate the organization’s structure, services, financial performance, and geographic footprint. The successful candidate will bring healthcare leadership experience, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to translate organizational assessment into a clear and actionable strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the Board of Directors to establish and execute a strategic plan that addresses the organization’s clinical, operational, financial, and organizational priorities.
- Evaluate the current multi-state operating model and five-site structure, identifying opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, coordination, and sustainability.
- Assess the current leadership structure, roles, responsibilities, and capabilities and make recommendations to strengthen organizational performance and accountability.
- Evaluate the organization’s current service offerings and identify opportunities to strengthen, expand, or redesign services based on community need, financial sustainability, and organizational capabilities.
- Strengthen relationships with regional hospitals, health systems, physicians, and other healthcare partners to support referrals, care coordination, access to care, and community health.
- Provide overall leadership for the organization’s financial sustainability, including budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and performance management.
- Ensure timely completion of required financial audits and establish appropriate processes and accountability for ongoing financial and operational compliance.
- Build greater alignment, trust, and communication across a geographically dispersed workforce and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Serve as a visible representative of Tri-State Community Health Clinics within the communities it serves and develop relationships with community leaders, healthcare organizations, public agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Strengthen the organization’s visibility and community presence through an effective marketing and communications strategy.
- Maintain a strong, transparent relationship with the Board and provide timely information regarding organizational performance, strategy, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure the organization remains focused on its mission of providing accessible, high-quality healthcare to underserved and community-based populations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading through organizational change, strategic planning, restructuring, or other periods of significant transition.
- Experience with healthcare operations, financial management, organizational strategy, and performance improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships with hospitals, health systems, physicians, community organizations, and other external stakeholders.
- Experience working with a Board of Directors and communicating organizational performance, strategy, risks, and opportunities.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, change-management, and organizational leadership skills.
- Ability to lead effectively across multiple locations and build cohesion among geographically dispersed teams.
- Commitment to improving access to healthcare for underserved populations and understanding the unique needs of community-based healthcare organizations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, or a related field.
- Prior experience as a CEO, President, Executive Director, COO, or other senior executive within an FQHC or community health organization.
- Experience with HRSA, FQHC, Medicaid, Medicare, and other healthcare funding and regulatory environments.
- Senior leadership experience within an FQHC, community health center, health system, physician practice, rural health organization, or similarly complex healthcare environment.
- Experience leading a geographically dispersed or multi-site healthcare organization.
- Experience with strategic planning, organizational redesign, service-line evaluation, or healthcare partnership development.
- Experience serving communities with rural or underserved healthcare needs.
Pay: Up to $275,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Salary : $275,000