Rural Oregon COO: Lead Multi-site Healthcare

Rural Staffing Services; Oregon (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Rural Staffing Services is recruiting for Chief Operating Officer opportunities across Oregon to lead hospital and healthcare operations in rural settings.

We seek senior leaders who can translate strategy into actionable plans, oversee multi-site operations, and partner with clinical and financial teams to ensure safe, patient-centered care while sustaining community access. Candidates should have graduate-level credentials and a track record of improving performance across departments.

Qualifications

• Progressive healthcare operations leadership experience.
• Experience as a COO, Vice President of Operations, Chief Administrative Officer, Administrator, Executive Director, or comparable senior leader.
• Strong knowledge of hospital, clinic, long-term care, or healthcare-system operations.
• A bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, public administration, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic and operational leadership across multiple departments, facilities, and service lines
• Translating organizational goals into practical operating plans
• Supporting efficient, safe, patient-centered care delivery
• Strengthening communication, accountability, and collaboration across departments and communities
• Improving workflows, productivity, service access, and organizational performance
• Partnering with clinical and financial leaders on staffing, budgeting, and resource planning
• Supporting recruitment, retention, workforce development, and leadership succession
• Overseeing facilities, support services, clinic operations, ancillary departments, or regional programs
• Helping guide growth, restructuring, turnaround, service expansion, or organizational stabilization
• Supporting regulatory readiness, quality improvement, safety, accreditation, and organizational compliance
• Presenting operational updates, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership, governing boards, or other oversight bodies
• Building strong relationships with employees, providers, public agencies, community organizations, and local leaders
• Supporting operations across multiple sites or communities separated by significant geographic distances
• Helping maintain services during vacancies, weather disruptions, transportation delays, supply-chain challenges, wildfire impacts, or other operational pressures
• Supporting infrastructure, housing, equipment, transportation, technology, telehealth, and capital-planning priorities
• Strengthening coordination between rural clinics, regional hospitals, specialty services, and community-based care
• Monitoring organizational performance and helping teams respond to changing community needs
• Ensuring essential healthcare services remain dependable, sustainable, and available closer to home

Skills

Healthcare operations

Leadership

Budgeting

Workforce planning

Strategic implementation

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business, public administration, or a related field

Master's degree or healthcare executive credential

Job description

Rural Staffing Services is recruiting for Chief Operating Officer opportunities across Oregon to lead hospital and healthcare operations in rural settings.

We seek senior leaders who can translate strategy into actionable plans, oversee multi-site operations, and partner with clinical and financial teams to ensure safe, patient-centered care while sustaining community access. Candidates should have graduate-level credentials and a track record of improving performance across departments.