Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Job Description

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Position Summary
Provides executive leadership for the hospital, setting vision, strategy, and operational direction to achieve clinical excellence, strong financial performance, and market growth. Leads a high-performing management team, oversees financial and operational controls, ensures regulatory and accreditation compliance, and cultivates physician and partner relationships in alignment with the strategic plan approved by the Board of Managers.
Essential Functions

• Provide day-to-day leadership, advice, guidance, and authorization to achieve clinical, operational, and financial goals.
• Design, develop, and implement the strategic plan in collaboration with the Board of Managers; translate strategy into measurable objectives and outcomes.
• Establish and maintain effective operational controls, administrative processes, reporting systems, and performance dashboards.
• Oversee the organization's financial structure and results; review operating performance against targets and take corrective action when needed.
• Recruit, motivate, develop, and retain a high-performance management team and provider partners; mentor leaders and build succession depth.
• Ensure adequate provision of services through referrals, consultations, and contractual arrangements; negotiate, execute, administer, modify, and/or terminate contracts (including practitioner agreements) consistent with Board authorities.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations; Joint Commission, CARF, and other rehabilitation-specific standards; and the Hospital Compliance Plan.
• Foster superior clinical outcomes, patient experience, and partner satisfaction.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information
Collaborates closely with the Board of Managers on strategy, governance, and major transactions. Champions a culture of safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. Builds strong relationships with physicians, payors, community partners, and health systems. Upholds strict confidentiality and ethical standards in all operations.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Education: Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred (e.g., Business, Healthcare Operations/Management, or a clinical discipline).


Experience: Minimum five (5) years of successful healthcare management experience, preferably as a hospital/healthcare facility CEO/COO; rehabilitation hospital experience preferred.


Knowledge: Familiarity with med-surg hospitals and systems; strong understanding of regulatory and accreditation requirements (e.g., Joint Commission, CARF).


Leadership & Skills: Strategic planning and execution; financial management; contract negotiation; physician/partner relations; data-driven decision-making; exceptional communication, influence, and team-building skills; commitment to superior clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

About Us

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

About the Team

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.