Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Prime Healthcare; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, ME, seeks an accomplished Chief Operating Officer to lead hospital operations, translate strategy into execution, and drive performance across clinical, financial, and administrative domains.

As a member of the executive team, you will oversee budgets, regulatory compliance, workforce planning, quality initiatives, and patient care delivery while partnering with physicians and leaders to sustain accessible, high‑quality care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of hospital operations leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must obtain Sexual Harassment Certification within six months and maintain it.
• Ability to oversee major workforce and resource decisions.
• Ability to collaborate with management to develop plans.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership within the organization.
• Oversees quality and patient care delivery within regulatory norms.
• Manages budgets, costs, and strategic planning for the hospital.
• Ensures compliance with Title 22 and other regulatory bodies.
• Partners with governing board, medical staff, and clinical leaders.
• Drives performance improvement and staff development.

Skills

Communication skills

Performance measurement

Collaboration

Workforce decisions

Sexual Harassment Certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Master’s degree in business or related field

Job description

Overview

Central Maine Medical Center is seeking an accomplished Chief Operating Officer to provide executive leadership and operational oversight for a comprehensive acute care hospital. This highly visible role is designed for an experienced hospital operator who can translate strategy into execution, strengthen organizational performance, optimize resources, and build effective partnerships across clinical, medical staff, and administrative leadership.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the COO provides the leadership and vision necessary to ensure the hospital has appropriate operational controls and reporting procedures in place to support financial strength and operating efficiency.

Central Maine Medical Center is a 250-bed, not-for-profit hospital offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services to central Maine. Its services include 24-hour emergency care, cancer care, stroke care, heart and vascular services, and specialized clinical programs.

This role offers the opportunity to lead at a comprehensive regional medical center and make a hospital-wide impact. The COO will work closely with senior leaders, physicians, and clinical teams to strengthen operations and support accessible, high-quality care for the communities served by Central Maine Medical Center.

Responsibilities

As a key member of the hospital leadership team, the COO will influence hospital-wide performance across operations, quality, financial stewardship, regulatory compliance, workforce and resource management, strategic planning, physician relationships, and patient care delivery. The successful leader will combine strategic perspective with disciplined, hands-on execution in a complex acute care environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides executive leadership within the organization
• Ensures case management program and supports delivery of patient care according to mission, vision and values.
• Ensures that the program demonstrates high quality outcomes and cost effective utilization of resources.
• Responsible for ensuring overall hospital compliance with regulatory bodies, i.e., Title 22, patient Rights, Regulating Agencies etc.
• Coordinates ongoing accreditation preparation.
• Participates with leaders from the Governing Board, management, medical staff and clinical areas in the hospital’s decision-making structures and process.
• Responsible for implementing an effective and ongoing program to monitor, evaluate and improve the quality and appropriateness of care delivered to patients.
• Ensures comprehensive continuous and ongoing monitoring to assure the delivery of quality patient care is in place.
• Participates in performance improvement committees and teams. Ensures follow-up of identified areas for improvement.
• Ensures that nursing standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice are consistent with current nursing research findings and nationally recognized professional standards.
• Responsible for Human Resource Management and development including staff education.
• Acts as an advocate for culture of learning.
• Serves as a mentor to management staff
• Participates with hospital leaders in providing a sufficient number of appropriately qualified staff members to care for patient.
• Actively participates in hospital, medical staff, and community meeting as appropriate
• Maintains a positive working relationship with Medical Staff.
• Contributes to the overall profitability of the hospital through efficient operational and budget strategies.
• Implements strategies designed to reduce operational costs while maintaining quality patient care.
• Participates in development of operating budgets. Performs ongoing budget compliance review.
• Actively participates in development of hospital wide strategic and long range plans.
• Ensures that plans are in concert with hospital mission, goals and objectives.
• Responsible for handling issue that directly impact patient care.
• Responds timely to all issues impacting the provision of patient care.
• All other duties as assigned or required.

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Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of hospital operations experience at the leadership level.
• Ability to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of internal and external processes.
• Ability to collaborate with the management team to develop plans supporting operational infrastructure.
• Ability to oversee major workforce and resource decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must obtain Sexual Harassment Certification within six months and maintain certification biennially.

Preferred:

Master’s degree in business or a related field.

The Leader We Are Seeking:

The strongest candidate will be an experienced acute care hospital operations executive who balances strategic leadership with operational discipline. This leader will be collaborative, visible, accountable, and prepared to work across functions to advance quality, efficiency, financial performance, workforce effectiveness, and the patient experience.

Pay Transparency

Central Maine Healthcare Corporation offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $220,000.00 to $300,000.00 annualized. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights:https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf