City Community Hospital Job Description Job Title: President/CEO Department: Administration Reports To: Board of Directors Revised Date: SUMMARY The CEO will render full-time, professional services to City Community Hospital in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer of the medical center, including all related organizations (collectively, the “Hospital”). The CEO will faithfully, industriously and to the best of his/her ability, perform all duties that may be required by virtue of the position as CEO and all duties set forth in the Hospital’s governing laws, regulations, contracts and bylaws and in policy statements of the Board of Directors, to implement the strategic goals and objectives of the Hospital. The CEO will be committed to providing inspiring and effective leadership while administering, directing and coordinating all activities of the Hospital toward the fulfillment of the Hospital’s values, mission, strategy, and the achievement of its annual goals and objectives. The CEO will model, promote and ensure that the Hospital’s Mission, Vision and Core Values are evident and present in the provision of health care at CCH. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following functions. Nothing in this job description restricts CCH’s ability to assign, reassign or eliminate functions, duties and responsibilities of this job at any time. 1. Board Administration and Support – The CEO supports the operations and administration of the Salida Hospital District Board of Directors by maintaining continual, open and effective communication with the Board members and the Medical Staff. The CEO will ensure that comprehensive orientation and continuing education opportunities are available to the Board. The CEO will facilitate relationships between the Board, legal counsel, and accounting and audit organizations, will manage the use of legal counsel for operational matters, and, in conjunction with the VP of Finance, will manage the engagement of accounting and audit organizations of operational matters. 2. Medical staff Liaison – CEO facilitates relationships between the physicians and CCH as well as the relationships between physician practices. CEO leads the efforts to support our physicians through recruiting, continuing education opportunities, medical staff and physician referral compliance education and implementation, and medical staff development. The CEO recognizes the ongoing strength and success of the Hospital relies heavily on the strength and success of our medical staff and engages them accordingly. The CEO participates in issues surrounding ethics and quality. 3. Community and Public Relations – Through exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, the CEO assures that the Hospital and its mission, programs, and essential services are consistently presented in a strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders, including patients, physicians, employees, b ...

1. City Community Hospital
Job Description
Job Title: President/CEO
Department: Administration
Reports To: Board of Directors
Revised Date:
SUMMARY
The CEO will render full-time, professional services to City
Community Hospital in the capacity of Chief Executive
Officer of the medical center, including all related organizations
(collectively, the “Hospital”). The CEO will faithfully,
industriously and to the best of his/her ability, perform all
duties that may be required by virtue of the position as CEO
and all duties set forth in the Hospital’s governing laws,
regulations, contracts and bylaws and in policy statements of
the
Board of Directors, to implement the strategic goals and
objectives of the Hospital. The CEO will be committed to
providing inspiring and effective leadership while
administering, directing and coordinating all activities of the
Hospital
toward the fulfillment of the Hospital’s values, mission,
strategy, and the achievement of its annual goals and objectives.
The CEO will model, promote and ensure that the Hospital’s
Mission, Vision and Core Values are evident and present in
the provision of health care at CCH.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the

2. following functions. Nothing in this job
description restricts CCH’s ability to assign, reassign or
eliminate functions, duties and responsibilities of this job
at any time.
1. Board Administration and Support – The CEO supports the
operations and administration of the Salida
Hospital District Board of Directors by maintaining continual,
open and effective communication with the
Board members and the Medical Staff. The CEO will ensure
that comprehensive orientation and continuing
education opportunities are available to the Board. The CEO
will facilitate relationships between the Board,
legal counsel, and accounting and audit organizations, will
manage the use of legal counsel for operational
matters, and, in conjunction with the VP of Finance, will
manage the engagement of accounting and audit
organizations of operational matters.
2. Medical staff Liaison – CEO facilitates relationships between
the physicians and CCH as well as the
relationships between physician practices. CEO leads the
efforts to support our physicians through recruiting,
continuing education opportunities, medical staff and physician
referral compliance education and
implementation, and medical staff development. The CEO
recognizes the ongoing strength and success of the
Hospital relies heavily on the strength and success of our
medical staff and engages them accordingly. The
CEO participates in issues surrounding ethics and quality.
3. Community and Public Relations – Through exceptional
communication and interpersonal skills, the CEO

3. assures that the Hospital and its mission, programs, and
essential services are consistently presented in a
strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders, including
patients, physicians, employees, benefactors and
taxpayers. As the ‘face’ of CCH, the CEO will be actively
involved in the community through service
organization membership, speaking engagements, community
forums, educational offerings and other
opportunities to communicate CCH’s Mission.
4. Compliance – The CEO will ensure the Hospital complies
with local, state and federal laws and regulations
as they apply to operations of the Hospital.
5. Strategic Planning – The CEO stays current with general
trade and industry conditions and their potential
impact on the Hospital’s policies and operations and, in
collaboration with the Board of Directors, develops
the short-term and long-term strategic plan for the Hospital and
its offered services. The CEO ensures the
strategic plan is articulated both internally and externally, and
effectively delegates key activities to ensure
timely execution of the strategic plan initiatives.
6. Delivery of Healthcare Services – CEO has overall
responsibility for the design, marketing, promotion,
delivery, risk management and quality of all Hospital healthcare
programs and services provided to our
community. The CEO ensures that policies and practices
effectively support sound and safe patient care, and
that the delivery of healthcare services provides the highest
level of a positive experience to the patient.
7. Financial Management – CEO recommends yearly budget for
Board approval and ensures prudent
management of the Hospital’s resources within those budget

4. guidelines according to current laws and
regulations. The CEO conducts or oversees the negotiation of
professional, consultant and service contracts.
The CEO ensures that appropriate internal and management
controls are established and maintained.
8. Human Resource Management – The CEO organizes function
of the Hospital through appropriate
delegation, and establishes a formal means of accountability for
those assigned duties. The CEO ensures
effective management of the human resources of the Hospital
according to current, authorized personnel
policies and procedures that fully conform to current laws and
regulations. He/she completes annual
evaluations for direct reports in a timely and effective manner.
9. Facilities Management - The CEO oversees the preservation
of the asset value of CCH’s capital investments,
oversees the management of construction and facility
rehabilitation activities, and ensures disaster and
emergency preparedness activities are appropriately planned,
exercised, and documented.
10. Fundraising – CEO sits on the CCH Foundation Board and
oversees fundraising planning and
implementation through direct supervision of the Foundation
Director. The CEO will play an instrumental
fundraising role which includes identifying resource
requirements, and in developing and cultivating
relationships that will support and enhance fundraising efforts.
The CEO will provide oversight of the
Foundation Director’s functions which include researching
funding sources, establishing strategies to

5. approach grantors, donors and benefactors, submitting proposals
and administrating fundraising records and
documentation.
OTHER DUTIES
The Board of Directors may assign other duties as necessary.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
The CEO leads the Executive Team and directly supervises the
Vice President of Nursing, Vice President of Financial
Services, Vice President of Ancillary Services and Vice
President of Human Resources. Directly supervises the
Marketing/Recruiting Director, the Quality Director, the Risk
Manager, the Laboratory Medical Director and Laboratory
Manager, the Facilities Manager and the Foundation Director.
The CEO carries out supervisory responsibilities in
accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Masters degree (e. g., Healthcare Administration, Business
Administration, Public Administration); graduate of an
accredited university with a degree in Management or related
field; five years directly related experience with community
healthcare facilities of similar size and structure (e.g.,
independent hospital, rural community hospital, Critical Access
Hospital) preferred.

6. LANGUAGE SKILLS
Superior communication skills to successfully represent the
Hospital in the community, with patients, families and the
medical staff; at state and national level boards and
organizations and in the media.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals,
professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental
regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence
and procedure manuals.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Able to amass all relevant information to complete a careful
assessment of investments and strategies in the organization;
able to build a strong business case to advocate for the
betterment of CCH; is objective and capable of ‘de-
emotionalizing’
analyses and corrections
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required.
Membership as a Fellow in American College of Healthcare
Executives desired.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform
the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.

7. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is
occasionally
required to sit, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision to be able to read and prepare documentation, and ability
to adjust focus required for computer input.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The CEO works in a face-paced environment, with a high level
of activity and frequent interruptions and multiple
competing demands. Work continues beyond normal office
hours. The CEO regularly rounds in patient care areas as well
as non-patient care areas and may be exposed to infections and
contagious diseases. Some travel is an expectation as the
CEO will often serve on state level boards and associations as a
representative of CCH.
HAZARDS to which this position may be exposed are listed
below.
No expected interaction with hazardous chemicals or materials
except in an emergency situation.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Maintains patient, employee, and hospital confidentiality at all
times, discussing patient, employee, or hospital business
only with appropriate parties who have a bona fide need to
know; and communicating only the minimum amount of
information necessary with respect to protected health
information (PHI) as identified by the Health Insurance
Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).