Norton County Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital with a Rural Health Clinic serving patients in northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska, is seeking a dynamic individual to lead the delivery of high quality patient care, while managing the financial sustainability of the organization.

Qualifications for the CEO position include the following:

• Possess a leadership style that provides transparency, as well as maintains a high level of personal and professional integrity.

• Must display good verbal and written communication skills in order to develop and maintain effective relationships with medical and administrative staff, patients and the public.

• Exercise initiative, judgment, problem-solving and decision-making.  Must be able to work independently and collaboratively, as well as display strong leadership and organization skills.

• Understand hospital information systems, electronic health records, and business-related data generated by the system.

• Effectively use resources to meet the needs of the service area while developing efforts to increase revenue growth and productivity.

• Proactively communicate with and report to the Board of Trustees.

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration, Hospital Administration, or Business Administration with three to five years of executive level leadership experience as CEO, COO, CFO or equivalent position in a health care organization. 

• Experience with physician relationship management and collaboration is preferred. 

NCH offers competitive salaries with benefit package including paid vacation, sick days, holidays, health insurance, and Kansas Public Employees Retirement including life insurance, and long-term disability.

Applications can be requested by email from shempler@ntcohosp.com, or printed from our website’s Employment Opportunities page at www.ntcohosp.com.  Please send resume and application by September 15, 2017 to Human Resources, Norton County Hospital, P.O. Box 250, Norton, Kansas 67654 or emailed to shempler@ntcohosp.com.  EOE.