Description

The Position
The Chief Executive Officer will succeed long-tenured President & CEO Jerry Morasko, who is the architect of the Avita system as it is known today. He has led Avita Health System since 2009 and overseen a period of significant organizational growth, physician recruitment, service-line development, facility expansion, and the advancement of locally governed healthcare across North Central Ohio. During his tenure, Avita has grown from a single-hospital organization into an independent, three-hospital health system with an extensive ambulatory network, more than 2,400 employees, and over 175 employed providers. The incoming CEO will inherit a financially strong, locally governed, independent health system operating three hospitals and an expanding ambulatory network across Crawford and Richland Counties.

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.

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

Requirements

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