COO - BH

UHS Physician Careers; Augusta (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Skywood Recovery in Augusta, MI, is seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead inpatient operations, ensure safe, high-quality patient-centered care, and drive operational excellence in collaboration with the CEO.

You will oversee admissions, bed management, staffing, and regulatory readiness across Joint Commission and state licensing, while reporting KPIs and mentoring department leaders to advance strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 3-5 years related work experience required; 5-8 years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executive oversight of inpatient hospital operations to ensure safe, patient-centered care.
• Oversee admissions, bed management, census optimization, discharge coordination, staffing and operational readiness.
• Ensure readiness for Joint Commission, state licensing, and other regulatory surveys.
• Chairs operational leadership meetings and coordinates cross-department collaboration.
• Develops, monitors, and reports KPIs; coaches department directors and drives performance improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare administration

Regulatory knowledge

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

• AUGUSTA, Michigan
• Behavioral Health, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Day
• 369326
• Skywood Recovery

Job Description

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) serves as the senior operational leader for Skywood Recovery and is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of inpatient operations. Working collaboratively with the CEO, the COO ensures efficient delivery of safe, high-quality, patient centered care while promoting operational excellence, regulatory compliance, employee engagement, and continuous performance improvement.

The COO provides leadership and accountability for the organization’s inpatient operational departments and is responsible for driving operational efficiency, improving patient throughput, ensuring survey readiness, monitoring organizational performance, and fostering collaboration across departments. This position serves as the operational leader of the organization by coordinating the efforts of department leaders, monitoring key performance indicators, removing operational barriers, and ensuring execution of strategic initiatives.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides executive oversight of all inpatient hospital operations to ensure safe, efficient, patient-centered care. Oversee operational execution across assigned departments while maintaining alignment with organizational goals. Facilitates timely decision making, removes operational barriers, and promotes collaboration among leaders. Serves as administrator on duty in the CEO’s absence.
• Oversee daily hospital operations including admissions, patient flow, bed management, census optimization, discharge coordination, staffing coordination, and operational readiness. Works collaboratively with department leaders to maximize efficiency while maintaining high standards of patient care and safety.
• Ensures continuous readiness for Joint Commission, state licensing, and other regulatory agencies. Oversees implementation of action plans, regulatory audits, and organizational compliance activities. Promotes a culture of continuous survey readiness.
• Facilitate collaboration among clinical, nursing, plant operations, risk management, outpatient services, HR, finance, and business development to improve communication, eliminate operational silos, and support coordinated patient care. Chairs operational leadership meetings and ensures timely follow-up on organizational initiatives.
• Develops, monitors, and reports organizational key performance indicators, including census, admission conversion rates, average length of stay, patient satisfaction, incident trends, productivity, and quality outcomes.
• Provides coaching, mentoring, and performance oversight for assigned department directors. Establish operational expectations, monitor departmental performance, supports

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of inpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary healthcare teams within a 24-hour inpatient environment.
• Ability to analyze operational metrics including census, admissions, average length of stay, staffing productivity, labor utilization, patient satisfaction, incident trends, and quality indicators.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills with the ability to build strong interdisciplinary partnerships.
• Ability to lead regulatory surveys, performance improvement initiatives, and accreditation readiness activities.
• Thorough understanding of Joint Commission standards, state licensing regulations, and healthcare compliance.
• Strong knowledge of hospital operations including admissions, patient flow, detoxification services, residential treatment, discharge planning, staffing models, and capacity management.
• Proven leadership in change management, operational improvement, and organizational development.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing operational budgets, productivity, and resource allocation.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and develop department leaders while fostering accountability and operational excellence.

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.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's required, Master's preferred.
• 3-5 years of related work experience required, 5-8 years preferred.

Pay Transparency

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.