Chief Administrative Officer (Cao)

Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, accredited by The Joint Commission, is a 42-bed facility with inpatient and outpatient care; emergency medicine; medical, surgical, and intensive care services. We believe in the power of people to create great care. We are a newly built hospital featuring all private rooms. And we work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring, and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.
In 2021, the Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence awarded Northwest Health the highest-level, Governor's Award for Performance Excellence. An award focused on continuous quality improvement and not presented every year, only 27 Arkansas organizations have received the highest-level award.
The CAO will assist the Northwest Medical Center-Springdale Hospital Chief Executive Officer over multiple facilities in meeting or exceeding the yearly profit objectives, expense control and physician relations for the Hospital. Develop sufficient skills and knowledge in order to be promoted to a Chief Executive Officer position.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

1. Assist the Springdale hospital CEO with translating annual revenue and profit goals into specific plans that will achieve desired goals.
2. Assist the Springdale hospital CEO in developing a strategy for increasing volume by targeting specific physicians on the medical staff as well as assessing needs for new physicians.

1. Assist the Springdale hospital CEO with achieving a balance between revenue and expenses.
2. Periodically review hospital's department results and advise corrective actions to department managers.

1. Assist the Springdale hospital CEO with strategies for building stronger relations with the medical staff.
2. Provides suggestions on how to approach difficult problems with individual physicians.
3. Assist the Springdale hospital CEO with physician recruiting as well as identifying new services/product lines and capital expenditures.

1. Works with individual department manages to review performance, strengths and development needs and provide coaching.
2. Shares best practices from experience both internally and externally.
3. Suggests additional training that will assist department manager's performance development.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university (preferred major in Business Administration).
• Master's degree in hospital and/or health care administration preferred.

• Minimum of three-four years of successful leadership in a hospital management position.
• Understanding of how to build revenue and physician practices.
• Basic knowledge of hospital financial systems required.
• Ability to recruit, lead, coach and develop employees in order to assist them in job success.
• Demonstrated business acumen.
• Must be able to problem solve, identify real issues and formulate solutions and to teach others as well.