Chief Executive Officer

Looking for a leadership position with a growing, innovative behavioral healthcare organization? Give your career a boost by joining the #1 new behavioral healthcare company in New Hampshire—GateHouse. Why this field, why this company?

• Behavioral Healthcare is growing much faster than other industries
• New Hampshire is in the top ten markets for Behavioral Healthcare jobs
• GateHouse and its affiliated companies are expanding even in this economy

GateHouse only hires people who want to make a difference in the lives of people on the path to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

About GateHouse

GateHouse is a nationally recognized group of drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers, with facilities in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Nashville, Tennessee. The GateHouse group offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient treatment methods, including sober living facilities.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including a base salary with performance-based incentives, medical, dental, vision, short/long-term disability, life insurance and 401(k).

Your Position:

The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the leadership, management, and vision necessary to ensure proper operational controls of all entities. This position manages administrative and reporting procedures and implements systems to grow all entities. They will partner with internal and external stakeholders to oversee all nation-wide growth, compliance, licensing, and accreditation. The CEO will devise and implement special projects which ensure operational efficiency and profitability while expanding the reach of the GateHouse family of programs to more individuals with substance use disorder across our regions.

What You Will be Doing

• Maintain open communication lines with direct reports, coworkers, and the C-level suite.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and accountability to the organization that incorporates the adopted mission and core values of the company. Bottom line: Build a profitable company that serves the SUD community.
• Responsible for the identification of KPIs, and implementation of a KPI-centered culture
• Partner with internal stakeholders to provide timely, accurate and complete reports on the operating condition of each entity.
• Spearhead the development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies and scalable processes.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to develop, implement, and enforce all company policies and procedures (including client and employee rights) according to agency, state, federal and accreditation standards.
• Participate in oversight for client care, staff retention, and staff performance.
• Monitor monthly budgets to ensure that each entity is operating within budget and staff is aware of budget changes.
• Ensures each facility operations meet State and Federal guidelines.
• Conduct and manage ongoing review of staff to ensure competency.
• Develop entity-wide performance improvement goals and objectives.
• Foster a culture of clear and precise communication, continuous improvement, and team member engagement.
• Effectively develop strong managers and promote team building and problem solving.
• Collaborate with the C-Suite team and direct reports to develop and effectuate plans continue building operational infrastructure consisting of systems, processes, and personnel designed to accommodate the rapid growth of our organization.
• Partner with the VP of Real Estate and other internal stakeholders to spearhead the opening of new service offerings and programs thru out the eastern United States.
• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the company.
• Represent the firm with the utmost integrity with both internal and external stakeholders.

Your Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher strongly preferred.
• 5 years of experience in the Healthcare Industry preferred.
• Knowledge of Accounting and Finance.
• Knowledge of EMR/EHR and proper documentation.
• Regulation and Licensing experience.
• Strong planning skills.
• Leadership Experience.
• Strong people and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with various departments.

Working Conditions

Candidates must meet the company’s hiring criteria to include a pre-employment background investigation and drug test. Our organization and its affiliate companies are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers of minorities, females, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Standard precautions and trainings include: Universal Precautions, Cough Etiquette, Hand Hygiene, Safe Handling of Potentially Contaminated Equipment, Aggression Control, Infection Control, Domestic Violence, Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders, Cultural Diversity, Ethics & Boundaries, Suicide & Self-Harm, HIPAA, Sexual Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Incident Reporting Requirements, Abuse Reporting & Affirmative Duties, The American's with Disability Act.

Staffing Agencies

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