Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Position

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the President & Chief Executive Officer will provide overall leadership for Avita Health System, including Bucyrus Hospital, Galion Hospital, Ontario Hospital, employed physician practices, ambulatory services, and future growth initiatives. The CEO will partner closely with the Board, medical staff, executive leadership team, employees, and community stakeholders to advance Avita's mission, financial stewardship, physician recruitment strategy, quality agenda, and long-term growth plans.

Areas of First-Year and Ongoing Emphasis

The Chief Executive Officer will be expected to:

• Build strong relationships with the Board of Directors, physicians, advanced practice providers, employees, and community leaders throughout the region
• Maintain and strengthen Avita's culture of locally governed, community-based healthcare while providing leadership continuity during this planned CEO transition
• Continue Avita's strategic growth through physician recruitment, service-line development, market-share expansion, and investment in facilities, technology, and access to care
• Maintain the organization's strong financial position while balancing disciplined stewardship with continued strategic investment and innovation
• Advance leadership development, workforce engagement, retention, and succession planning across the system while addressing key-person dependencies in both operational and clinical areas
• Strengthen physician engagement, quality outcomes, patient experience, and operational excellence throughout Avita's multi-site network
• Ensure continued advancement of clinical services while positioning the organization to meet the future healthcare needs of the communities it serves

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished healthcare executive with demonstrated success leading a complex, multi-site healthcare organization. Experience in rural healthcare, community hospitals, physician enterprise leadership, strategic growth, operational excellence, board relations, and financial stewardship will be important considerations. The successful candidate will possess the leadership experience necessary to guide a high-performing independent health system through its next phase of growth, while preserving the organization's culture, community relationships, and commitment to local governance. The board is interested in taking thoughtful risk in order to continue to grow the health system.

The following experience and characteristics describe those of the successful candidate:

• Current or former Hospital CEO, Health System CEO, Division President, or senior executive with responsibility for a complex multi-site healthcare organization
• Experience in rural healthcare, community hospitals, regional health systems, or other comparable healthcare environments
• Critical access hospital experience would be advantageous
• Demonstrated success leading hospital and health system operations with accountability for strategy, operations, physician alignment, workforce, quality, and financial performance
• Experience partnering effectively with a governing board through transparent communication, strategic planning, and disciplined governance practices
• Demonstrated success in physician recruitment, physician alignment, employed medical group leadership, and service-line growth
• Experience overseeing significant financial responsibility, capital investment, operational performance improvement, and long-range planning
• Track record of leading organizational growth, facility development, market expansion, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives
• Experience working collaboratively with physicians, executive leadership teams, community stakeholders, and governing boards within a locally governed healthcare environment

Job Requirements

• Minimum of five years of senior executive leadership experience within a multi-hospital health system, integrated delivery network, or similarly complex healthcare organization
• Demonstrated responsibility for financial, operational, physician, and quality performance
• Commitment to active community involvement, including personal residence within Avita’s sizeable service area

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, or related field
• Experience working within an employed physician model
• Familiarity with DNV accreditation standards and associated quality frameworks
• Demonstrated experience leading organizational growth, physician recruitment, service-line expansion, succession planning, and leadership development