Chief Executive Officer

Company: ARDENT
Location: Harker Heights
Posted on: October 31, 2025

Job Description:

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in communities across the country. With a focus on consumer-friendly processes and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. We are driven by our purpose of caring for people: our patients, our communities and one another. Located in Brentwood, Tennessee, Ardent has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative healthcare systems. Our facilities and clinics are consistently recognized among healthcare’s best employers. We recognize each hospital and clinic is as unique as the community it serves. We strive to maintain strong community ties through advisory boards, contributions, charitable care, education and outreach. Ardent includes: 30 hospitals 280 sites of care 4,281 beds 24,000 team members 8,200 nurses 1,800 aligned providers 5.8M annual provider encounters 421 medical residents Ardent makes considerable investments in people, technology, facilities, and communities, producing high quality care and extraordinary results. From newly constructed facilities and expanded services, to lifesaving technology and outstanding opportunities for employees, Ardent is committed to providing its hospitals and clinics the tools needed to succeed. We believe it is this mix of corporate support and local autonomy that equips our teams for success. Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) is an 83-bed acute care hospital opened in 2012 in Harker Heights, Texas offering an array of services such as a Cardiology, Emergency Services and a Level IV Trauma Designated Emergency Room, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Total Joint Replacement, Gastroenterology, Diagnostic Services and more. We provide exceptional care through collaboration with our associates, physicians, volunteers and community partners. Our award-winning staff provides patient care with dignity and respect. We are Joint Commission Accredited, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, and Advanced Primary Stroke Center. SMCHH is a joint venture between the Austin-based Seton Healthcare Family and Nashville-based Ardent Health Services. Job Overview: We have an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights as the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) provides leadership and directs the overall operation of the facility consistent with the mission, values, and strategy of Ardent Health Services as well as with the goals and objectives of the facility and its advisory or governing body. The CEO plans, organizes, applies, directs, controls, and evaluates all resources (human, facilities, equipment, capital, fiscal, and others) invested in the facility. The CEO uses all resources to generate measurable results to benefit the corporation, the community, the facility, the medical staff, and the patient. Responsibilities Formulates and executes a regional growth strategy for both in-patient and out-patient services. Establishes effective and collaborative relationships to foster growth plans. Ensures alignment of the hospital system goals and objectives. Builds and maintains a high performing leadership environment. Collaborates and Builds Community/Statewide relationships and business. Collaborates with other local providers and/or organizations to identify high quality, high impact care models (how can we help outlying hospitals to assist them and form strong relationships and referral patterns). Creates outreach programs to remote areas and communities. Continued development of Organizational Excellence through ensuring culture is supportive of all process improvement and streamlined workflow to ensure patient flow with a goal-oriented focus. Strengthens workforce culture to ensure adequate workforce for continued growth. Collaborates with system peers including shaping system-wide initiatives to reduce redundancies and duplication of services, capital, personnel, etc. Capitalize on sharing high performing resources across the system to promote high performance and system-wide consistency. Operates as a visible leader in the facility, the system, and community. Places a high priority on effective identification and selection processes for the hiring of talent across the organization. Sets clear direction with leaders/managers and establishes a culture of accountability. Motivates, develops and partners with direct reports to help build their success. Develops short and long-range management and organization plans to define responsibilities and business activities consistent with facility goals and objectives. Implements Ardent Health Services’ ethics and compliance program throughout the organization. Ensures that policies are uniformly understood and consistently interpreted and administered. Develops and maintains effective and collaborative relationships with the medical staff and ensures our ability to meet the health needs of the community. Ensures that operational and financial reports are prepared as required in regularly scheduled meetings and committees. Maintains accreditation and licensure standards for Medicare, Medicaid, state licensure, and other regulatory agencies. Responsible for the facility’s quality improvement and organizational effectiveness programs. Ensures best practice, evidence-based approaches to consistently deliver exceptional, well-coordinated and integrated care that delivers high level outcomes and patient satisfaction. Qualifications Position Requirements: Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Hospital Administration, or Business Administration. A minimum of five (5) years of experience in healthcare administration. Excellent verbal, quantitative, managerial, and interpersonal skills. Current knowledge of OSHA, state and federal regulatory standards. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate ideas, problems, instructions (written and oral) with corporate management staff, facility management staff and employees. Ability to analyze situations, evaluate data, recommend, and implement courses of action that would improve the functioning of the company. Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines, policies and procedures. Ability to use sound judgment in decision making and react calmly and effectively in an emergency situation. Knowledge of strategic planning and short and long-range goal implementation. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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