Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Position Summary

Employer-paid pension plan (Nevada PERS) competitive salary & benefits package. This position may close without notice once a sufficient number of qualified applications is received. This is an at-will position. As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is home to Nevada's only nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the first and only Magnet-recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary: Directs, administers, and has overall strategic and executive responsibility for the internal operational activities in accordance with policies, goals, and objectives for the following hospital services: Business Development and Strategy; Enterprise Project Management; Process Improvement; Fundraising (Grants and Foundation); Government Relations; Military Medicine; Academic Affairs and Medical School Relations, and other departments as assigned. Serves as a member of the UMC executive team. Provides advice and counsel to the Chief Executive Officer and executive colleagues regarding organization-wide decisions and issues.

Essential Duties: The following represents some of the essential duties of the role. However, other duties will be assigned as determined by the CEO or designee.

1. Participates in organization-wide mission and strategic planning, goal setting, programming, and resource allocation. Works with administrators and appropriate executive team members to establish organization-wide priorities, programs, and budgets.
2. Allocates resources among subordinate departments. Reviews and approves programs, priorities, budgets, staffing, work plans, and cost control measures. Reallocates resources among departments as needed.
3. Serves as organizational liaison with medical staff and allied services. Participates in various committees and task forces to address medical services. Serves as organizational liaison with University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine and other academic programs.
4. Supervises direct reports, including determining workloads, schedules, and priorities; effectively recommending new hires and terminations; conducting performance evaluations; effectively disciplining staff; tracking attendance; and interpreting and implementing departmental policies and procedures.
5. Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the division's services to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
6. Serves as a liaison; develops and enhances positive, effective relationships with other external agencies and elected representatives, with particular emphasis on local agencies, county organizations, and state representatives, including elected officials, regulatory bodies, and other key stakeholder groups.
7. Develops multi-year strategic plans that integrate clinical priorities, financial goals, capital planning, and facility needs. Translates executive vision into a clear roadmap with defined priorities, owners, and accountability. Ensures strategy remains aligned with the organization's mission, values, and long-term direction.
8. Identifies service-line growth opportunities, access gaps, market share potential, and competitive threats. Utilizes financial modeling, contribution margin analysis, forecasting, and ROI evaluation to guide strategic decisions. Partners with clinical and operational leaders to shape sustainable growth plans.
9. Converts strategies into execution plans, governance structures, KPIs, and enterprise dashboards. Prioritizes capital investments, facility expansion, technology, and workforce plans based on strategic value. Supports board and executive decision-making with clear recommendations, performance visibility, and accountability.

UMC is not accepting unsolicited resumes/applications from any third-party recruitment agency/supplier for this posting.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience: Equivalent to a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration, Business, Management, or a closely related field, and 20 years of executive management experience in an acute care hospital setting.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:

ACHE Fellow

Additional Position Requirements

Priority consideration will be given to candidates who have the following experience requirements documented in their application:

• 20+ years of current experience within an executive leadership role (e.g., CEO, COO, CAO, CFO) within an acute care hospital setting.
• Executive leadership role within an Academic Medical Center and Public entity (i.e., Governmental).
• Leadership experience and oversight of classifications represented by a Union.
• Leadership experience within organizations with large employee populations (5,000 or more employees).
• ACHE FACHE
• Please include a cover letter detailing your interest in the position, as well as any additional details not already in your application and resume that you believe qualify you for this role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of: Health care industry and hospital practices; federal, state, local and accreditation laws, standards and practices; hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; quality management and performance improvement strategies; business practices, such as purchasing, marketing, performance measurement, etc.; principles and practices associated with managing a large complex organization; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age specific patient care practices. Skill in: Providing leadership; making effective decisions; developing positive employee relations; negotiating; performing strategic planning and goal setting; solving problems; using computers and a variety of software applications; allocating resources; supervising professional management staff; communicating effectively in both oral and written forms; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment. Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment, stamina to remain seated and maintain concentration for extended periods of time, vision to read computer screen and printed documents, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Stamina to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.