Chief Executive Officer

Overview

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Harbor Oaks Hospital

New Baltimore, Michigan

 

A highly visible executive leadership opportunity to lead Harbor Oaks Hospital, a 164‑bed behavioral health hospital serving Southeast Michigan. This role provides overall strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for a full continuum of behavioral healthcare services within a mission‑driven organization focused on access, quality, and outcomes.  Located along the Lake St. Clair corridor and within reach of the greater Detroit metropolitan area, Harbor Oaks Hospital plays a vital role in meeting the mental health needs of individuals and families across Macomb County and surrounding communities.

 

Opportunity Overview

 

Executive Benefits & Support

 

• Competitive executive compensation with performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off and executive scheduling flexibility
• Relocation assistance available, if needed
• Strong operational, clinical, and compliance support through a national behavioral healthcare platform

 

 

Leadership Scope & Impact

 

• Executive oversight of a 164‑bed inpatient behavioral health hospital with outpatient programming
• Full accountability for hospital operations, financial performance, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, and medical staff relationships
• Leadership of core service lines, including inpatient psychiatric care, crisis stabilization, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient programs (IOP)
• Strategic responsibility for growth initiatives, program development, and service line expansion
• Direct leadership of a multidisciplinary executive and clinical leadership team

 

 

Mission & Community Alignment

 

• Lead an organization dedicated to compassionate, patient‑centered behavioral healthcare
• Advance evidence‑based treatment models and a culture of safety, quality, and ethical care
• Serve as a visible leader and advocate for behavioral health services throughout Southeast Michigan
• Build and strengthen relationships with community partners, referral sources, health systems, and payors

 

 

About Harbor Oaks Hospital

 

Harbor Oaks Hospital is a 64‑bed behavioral health hospital located in New Baltimore, Michigan, providing inpatient psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.

 

Services include:

 

• Inpatient psychiatric stabilization
• Crisis assessment and intervention
• Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
• Treatment for co‑occurring mental health conditions
• Age‑appropriate programming delivered by a multidisciplinary clinical team

Responsibilities

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

 

The successful Chief Executive Officer candidate will:

• Be instrumental in developing a culture that emphasizes high quality care and patient safety.
• Manages day-to day operations and staff so that the facility achieves its objectives in all of the following key performance areas:

• effective patient care outcomes
• appropriate fiscal management
• maintenance of licensure, accreditation and other regulatory criteria
• implementation of focused business development processes
• medical staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation guidelines

 

• Organizes the day-to-day management and operation of the Facility through departmentalization, delegation and alignment of responsibilities to meet the facility’s patient care and business objectives.
• Create and maintain a network of local constituency groups to include government agencies, local businesses, affiliate health providers, and the surrounding community.
• Appraises leadership team performance, both of individual members and the team, assesses competencies, and provides coaching/corrective action as appropriate under the direction of the governing body.
• Ensure participation of staff in facility/program wide in-service and continuing education programs, including those specific to the treatment of adults, seniors, adolescents, and families.
• Recruit allied health professionals and psychiatrists to increase the scope of service offerings at the facility.
• Effectively work with corporate contracting team to manage and direct contract negotiations and contract compliance with the commercial payer community to include rate negotiations and