CEO - ACUTE

Universal Hospital Services Inc.; Bradenton (FL); On-site; USD 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Bonus opportunity

Stock option eligibility

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision, prescription

Job summary

Universal Health Services, Inc. seeks a transformational Chief Executive Officer for Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, FL.

The CEO will lead strategic planning, drive superior patient care, and align hospital operations with corporate goals across a 319-bed facility serving Manatee and surrounding counties. The role requires an MBA/MHA or related degree and 5–8 years of hospital leadership experience, with strong governance, finance, and community relations skills to inspire teams and

Qualifications

• Comprehensive working knowledge of acute care hospital and health care management methods, financial management practices and general health care market trends and the trends in the local and regional markets.
• Working knowledge of all relevant regulatory compliance and certification standards such as JCAHO.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication and executive management skills.
• Ability to manage diverse relationships between board members, physicians, management, employee groups, and the community is required.
• In depth understanding of financial management, operations, strategic needs, and interventions at the facility level is required.
• Must be able to motivate, inspire, and communicate with individuals and groups.

Responsibilities

• Leads hospital senior team and participates in medical staff and governance strategic planning sessions for assigned hospitals.
• Meets regularly with assigned hospital leadership to examine current financial performance, evaluate forecasts, and assure appropriate and timely interventions.
• Assures consistent compliance with UHS quality, risk, financial, human resources and other expectations that are in accord with UHS expectations and directives.
• Identifies opportunities to improve overall patient satisfaction and is committed to superior service excellence.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Financial management

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

People management

Motivation & inspiration

Education

MBA / MHA or related degree

Job description

Responsibilities

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since itsinceptioninto an esteemed Fortune500®corporation, annualrevenuesduring2025were$17.4billion.In 2026,UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, waslisted in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquarteredin King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately101,500employeesand continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physiciannetworkand various related serviceslocatedin 40U.S.states, Washington, D.C., PuertoRicoand the United Kingdom.Foradditionalinformationvisit www.uhs.com.

UHS is currently recruiting for our CEO at Manatee Memorial Hospital located in Bradenton, FL. Manatee Memorial Hospital, a 319-bed Joint Commission-accredited facility, has served the communities of Manatee, Sarasota and surrounding counties for more than 60 years. Patients have access to more than 500 physicians, in addition to associates and consultants, within a broad range of specialties. Medical services provided at Manatee Memorial include emergency medicine; cardiology; orthopedic services; surgery services; rehabilitation; respiratory care; oncology; and women’s and children’s services, including the county’s only Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Center. The hospital has several accredited centers of excellence, including the Manatee Heart and Vascular Center/the Valve Institute; the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center; the Lung Institute; the Outpatient Imaging Center; the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Program; and the Breast Care Center.

Position Summary: The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for leading the overall strategic plan for the hospital and develops and implements strategies to appropriately position the hospital to achieve corporate goals and market the services of the facility. UHS is seeking a transformational executive with a successful record of leading, challenging and reviewing strategic annual plans and budgets with the goal of providing superior patient care. The candidate will have expertise in running efficient quality acute care operations with a commitment to the community, the patients and all hospital employees.

Essential Duties:

• Leads hospital senior team and participates in medical staff and governance strategic planning sessions for assigned hospitals.
• Meets regularly with assigned hospital leadership to examine current financial performance, evaluate forecasts, and assure appropriate and timely interventions.
• Assures consistent compliance with UHS quality, risk, financial, human resources and other expectations that are in accord with UHS expectations and directives.
• Identifies opportunities to improve overall patient satisfaction and is committed to superior service excellence.

This opportunity offers the following:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental vision and prescription plan
• Generous paid time off
• Relocation benefits
• Bonus opportunity and stock option eligible

Qualifications

• Comprehensive working knowledge of acute care hospital and health care management methods, financial management practices and general health care market trends and the trends in the local and regional markets.
• Working knowledge of all relevant regulatory compliance and certification standards such as JCAHO.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication and executive management skills.
• Ability to manage diverse relationships between board members, physicians, management, employee groups, and the community is required.
• In depth understanding of financial management, operations, strategic needs, and interventions at the facility level is required.
• Must be able to motivate, inspire, and communicate with individuals and groups.
• MBA, MHA or related Degree, from an accredited college/university program required.
• 5-8 Years of Related Hospital experience.

UHS is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or e-mails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via e-mail, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for the above-listed position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail etc. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449