CEO - Birmingham Outpatient

SCA Health; Highland Residence Park (AL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SCA Health in the United States is seeking a Chief Executive Officer for an ASC to drive clinical quality, patient safety, and financial performance. You will lead physician relationships, regulatory compliance, and teammate engagement to ensure growth and operational excellence.

The role focuses on physician recruitment, service line expansion, and building high-performing teams aligned with SCA Health's values. Strong leadership and healthcare operations experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in healthcare, with 2+ years in leadership.
• Experience in ASC, outpatient or multi-site healthcare settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical quality and patient safety initiatives at the ASC.
• Drive top-line growth through physician recruitment and service expansion.
• Oversee financial performance, regulatory compliance and teammate engagement.
• Develop high-performing teams and partner with Medical Executive Committee and board.

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent work experience

Job description

Overview

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people – the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization.

As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient-centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals. Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value-based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.

What sets SCA Health apart isn’t just what we do, it’s how we do it. Each decision we make is rooted in seven core values:

• Clinical quality
• Integrity
• Service excellence
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Continuous improvement
• Inclusion

Our values aren’t empty words – they inform our attitudes, actions and culture. At SCA Health, your work directly impacts patients, physicians and communities. Here, you’ll find opportunities to build your career alongside a team that values your expertise, invests in your success, and shares a common mission to care for patients, serve physicians and improve health care in America.

At SCA Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, well-being, and financial future. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k plan with company match, paid time off, life and disability insurance, and more. Please visit, https://careers.sca.health/why-sca, to learn more about our benefits.

Your ideas should inspire change. If you join our team, they will.

Responsibilities

Role Summary: The CEO serves as the executive leader of the ASC, with overall accountability for clinical quality, patient safety, financial performance, physician relationships, regulatory compliance, and teammate engagement. The CEO is responsible for driving growth through physician recruitment, service line expansion, and increased case volume while ensuring operational excellence and strong financial results. Additionally, the CEO develops and leads high-performing teams, fosters a culture aligned with SCA Health's values, and maintains readiness for accreditation and regulatory requirements. Ultimately, the CEO balances strategic leadership, business performance, and clinical excellence to ensure the center's long-term success.

Key Roles:

• Clinical Quality and Patient Safety: Champion SCAH's HRO Journey with responsibility to ensure leaders, teams, and physicians achieve clinical excellence and drive zero harm through adoption and standardization of Clinical Quality standards
• Facility Partnership Performance: Leads, mentors and develops a high performing facility team of clinical and operational professionals focused on clinical quality outcomes, volume growth drivers, labor efficiencies and operational excellence
• Support Teammates: Leads, mentors and develops a high performing facility team of clinical and operational professionals focused on clinical quality outcomes, volume growth drivers, labor efficiencies and operational excellence

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Excellent Clinical Quality
• Effectively drives and sustains a zero patient harm culture
• Proactively collaborates with physicians to meet patient needs and exceed patient expectations
• Effectively builds and manages a team of high-performing clinicians to deliver excellent patient care
• Leads and/or partners with Medical Executive Committee, Governing Body, and Board of Managers in developing clinical guidelines and implementing the center’s response to the changing healthcare needs of the community. A CEO (Practice Administrator) leads and develops teams.
• Leads, mentors, and develops a team of clinical and business professionals, focused on clinical quality outcomes, volume growth drivers, labor efficiencies, supply chain management, and revenue cycle optimization consistent with SCA’s mission, vision and values
• Utilizes effective hiring and development processes combined with sound judgment and decision making to ensure a high performing team is in place
• Provides teammates with the authority, accountability, training, information and resources to achieve their full potential and successfully drive the center’s performance
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication style that will develop confidence in the team they lead and keep the attention of the broader organization and ensure that clear expectations are communicated
• Creates a vision, momentum, and process that that leads others to embrace change
• Drives organizational capability by building a highly committed and capable management team at center
• Assesses, attracts, retains and develops internal personnel to meet performance expectations and future infrastructure expansion needs
• Emotional maturity and ability to create change in an environment where the structure may evolve rapidly
• Serves as on-site personnel director and ensures fair and prompt resolution of teammate complaints, grievances and operating proble
• Drive top-line growth & cultivate strong physician relationships.
• Owns and is accountable for organic top-line growth via increased volume, strategic service line growth, new physician recruitment, and increasing volume from existing physicians
• Designs and executes physician recruitment and marketing programs designed to drive case volume growth via partnerships with physicians, medical groups, health system partners, local employers and third-party payers
• Initiates, develops and maintains strong physician relationships to support topline growth, governance, board/partnership interests, and trust/confidence in SCA as a preferred partner and management company
• Recommends, develops and executes short- and long-term strategic plans that drive best in class clinical, financial, and operational results
• Partners with Regional Lead and other SCA leaders to design and implement various growth initiatives and operational effectiveness opportunities
• Leads operational excellence.
• Responsible for the center’s P&L, including managing financial controls and reporting
• Implements and maintains annual strategic business plans that best serves the partnership and the local market dynamics
• Proactively collaborates with SCA corporate departments in order to identify and implement best practices related to clinical quality, volume growth, and operational excellence
• Safeguards the Center's assets and ensures that Center's building and/or tenant improvements and equipment are maintained in good working order and in compliance with local, state and federal regulations
• Oversees facility management, life safety codes and environment of care requirements and is proactive in managing the facility operations
• Maintains center operations in compliance with regulatory requirements and accrediting body standards at all times
• Provide support including (but not limited to): Medical Records, Credentialing, Admissions/Intake, Accounts Payable, Billing, Collections, Insurance Verification, Transaction, Posting, Clinical Logs and other duties as needed

Qualifications

Education Requirements: A Bachelor’s Degree is preferred, or equivalent work experience will be considered.

Years of Experience: The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 1-3 years of experience in healthcare, 2+ years of leadership experience.

Preferred Experience: Preference will be given to candidates with experience in ASC, outpatient, surgical site, and multi-site healthcare settings.

USD $130,000.00/Yr. USD $160,000.00/Yr.