Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Health Hospital

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Health Hospital
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Location: Wesley Chapel, Florida
Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is hiring a Chief Executive Officer for a behavioral health hospital client.

The CEO serves as the senior executive responsible for day-to-day hospital operations, long-term strategic growth, and consistent performance across quality, regulatory, talent, and financial dimensions. This leader will bring proven experience operating an acute psychiatric or behavioral health hospital, with the ability to translate local market insight into sustainable success.

Position Details

Base Salary: $200,000 - $220,000
Industry: Healthcare and Health Services, Social Services and Mental Health
Job Category: Executive

Job Expectations

• Comply with organizational policies, procedures, and performance improvement initiatives, and maintain organizational and industry policies regarding confidentiality.
  
• Communicate clearly and effectively with persons receiving services, their family members, guests, and other members of the health care team.
  
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.
  
• Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
  
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
  

Requirements

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Marketing, a clinical field, or a related discipline. MBA or MHA preferred.
  
• Three years of experience in a senior leadership or CEO role in a behavioral health, acute care, or managed care environment, or successful completion of a CEO training program.
  
• Ability to lead successful licensure, accreditation, and compliance efforts in a behavioral health facility.
  
• Thorough knowledge of facility administration and clinical operations.
  
• Strong working knowledge of financial management and business development processes.
  

Skills and Certifications

• Behavioral health CEO and hospital leadership experience.
  
• Joint Commission survey experience.
  
• Financial management.
  
• Talent recruitment and retention.
  
• Marketing and community engagement.
  
• Quality experience in a behavioral health hospital.
  
• Behavioral hospital start-up or behavioral health hospital expansion experience.
  
• Joint venture experience.
  

Client Screening Questions

1. Have you served as a CEO, COO, or Hospital Administrator with full operational responsibility in an inpatient behavioral health or psychiatric hospital? Knock-out question.
   
2. Have you participated in and been the point person for a Joint Commission survey in a behavioral health hospital setting? Knock-out question.
   
3. Have you had full profit and loss responsibility for a hospital with an annual operating budget of at least $20 million? Knock-out question.
   
4. Have you led QAPI, patient-safety initiatives, or corrective action plans resulting from regulatory findings in a behavioral health hospital? Knock-out question.
   
5. Have you directly hired, developed, and retained clinical and medical staff, such as psychiatrists, nursing leaders, and therapists, in a hospital environment? Knock-out question.
   

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume to View email address on us.fitly.work.