Chief Executive Officer, Columbia, SC

ContinueCARE at Baptist Health Palmetto Hospital, Columbia SC is looking for a CEO who will provide leadership, strategic guidance and management direction to all aspects of the hospital’s operations while ensuring compliance with the hospital’s mission, vision, values, goals, strategic direction, and applicable laws and regulations.

ContinueCARE Hospital at Palmetto Health Baptist is a 35-bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH). Located in the heart of Columbia, our hospital is specifically licensed to provide care for critically ill patients who require daily physician and staff attention for complex medical issues. As the only LTACH in the area, we enjoy the best of both worlds by being in partnership with Prisma Health Baptist Hospital, a 352-bed medical center, yet maintaining our small hospital atmosphere. Our 150+ employees are a dedicated team who work together delivering the best possible care for our patients. Since we have a longer length of stay, our staff has the opportunity to know patients and families. We believe spending quality time makes a difference. And we want to make a difference.

The CEO is accountable for safe and quality patient care, developing and managing to a financially sound annual operating budget and long-term capital expenditure plan, hiring and retaining qualified and productive staff, managing risk, leading performance improvement, and maintaining effective relationships with Boards, medical staff, patients, employees, the community and the corporate office.

Major Responsibilities

• Establishes and communicates a clear and compelling vision. All stakeholders should know the hospital’s mission, vision, and priorities.
• Works with the Board, senior management team, physicians and staff to develop, implement, and update strategies and opportunities for growth and improvement to support the hospital’s mission and respond to external and internal issues. Ensures the Governing Board is fully informed of the conduct of the hospital by submitting periodic written reports and by attending meetings of the Governing Body;
• Conducts interdepartmental meetings at regular intervals and maintaining minutes of the meetings; preparing an annual operating budget of anticipated income and expected expenditures; and preparing a capital expenditure plan for at least a three year period.
• Is responsible for the operational, strategic, financial and clinical performance of the hospital.
• Provides for a system of control, which clearly identifies deviations from plans and budgets; assure periodic comparison of performance and/or results against established standards for objectives; and assure corrective actions for deviation from plans so that annual results are in line with strategic goals.
• Maintains the hospital’s compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.
• Fully participates in the Compliance Program as defined by CHC Corporate policies, procedures, and practices timely with support documentation and reporting as required.

Operations Management

• Collects and analyzes data from internal and external sources regarding current way of doing business and clinical processes.
• Conducts needs analysis, identifies and prioritizes needs, applies good problem solving skills.
• Identifies alternate processes and potential solutions and acts to implement changes to improve operations.

Safety and Quality of Care

• Leads and maintains a culture of safety and quality including a safe functional environment.
• Provides opportunities for all who work in the hospital to identify safety and/or quality issues, bring issues to management’s attention, and participate in safety and quality initiatives and planning.

Financial Management

• Oversees the preparation and management of annual operating budget of anticipated income and expected expenditures, project budget and capital expenditure budget for at least a three-year period. Ensures the utilization of sound accounting systems, treasury activities, risk management, financial controls, productivity measures, reimbursement principles and contracting.
• Meets budget-critical financial metrics.
• Effectively negotiates third-party contracts.
• Provides stewardship of all financial resources.

Human Resources

• Ensures the availability of adequate numbers of competent staff (including physicians and contract labor) that are properly credentialed, educated, trained, motivated and engaged.
• Directs performance management systems including policies/practices for providing timely feedback, recognizing excellence and dealing with problem behavior and poor performance.

Information Management

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