HOSPITAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)

State of Illinois•Chester, IL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) is seeking to hire a Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Chester Mental Health Center. Plans, directs, administers and coordinates mental health services and manages the general, medical, psychiatric, administrative and fiscal functions. Directs, reviews and enforces standards of care and treatment for patients receiving services at the hospital. Directs staff on matters involving the development and management of Chester’s budget. Serves as official spokesperson for the hospital. Interprets department, state and federal policies, regulations and procedures to subordinates, outside official, professional and public groups. Chester Mental Health Center strives to assist patients to achieve their full recovery potential and values culture, safety, recovery, efficiency and quality.

Requirements

Requires equivalency to a master’s degree in a health or human services related field.
Requires four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in the administration of a social services department, organization, facility, or hospital.
Requires the ability to serve on-call after business hours, weekends, and holidays on a rotation basis.
Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Nice To Haves

Five (5) years of professional experience organizing, administering and evaluating ongoing services in a multi-disciplinary operation.
Five (5) years of professional experience interacting with and communicating in oral and written form with internal and external stakeholders.
Five (5) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, preparing and signing performance evaluations and approving time off.
Five (5) years of professional experience developing and interpreting policies and procedures for a public or private organization.
Five (5) years of professional experience working with Federal and State standards and regulations relative to residential care and treatment programs.
Five (5) years of professional experience developing strategic plans, long and short-term goals for a residential treatment program.

Responsibilities

Serves as the Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Chester Mental Health Center.
Directs, reviews, and enforces standards of care and treatment for patients receiving services at the hospital.
Directs Fiscal Management staff on matters involving the development and management of Chester’s budget.
Serves as official spokesperson for the hospital.
Serves as full-line supervisor.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonable within the scope of those enumerated above.

Benefits

A Pension Program
Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour Work Schedules (as applicable)
13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)