Community Health Systems is one of the nations leading healthcare providers. With healthcare delivery systems in 34 distinct markets across 13 states, CHS operates 65 affiliated hospitals with more than 9,000 beds and approximately 900 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers.
Essential Functions
Provides clinical leadership to integrate and align oncology services across inpatient, outpatient, and procedural settings within assigned markets.
Leads initiatives to enhance patient experience, optimize access, and improve the quality and efficiency of oncology care delivery.
Monitors program quality, including clinical outcomes, credentialing and privileging processes, operational performance, and patient satisfaction, ensuring alignment with national standards and regulatory requirements, including Commission on Cancer (CoC) and National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
Promotes adoption of evidence-based practices, national standards, innovative care models, and clinical protocols to support continuous quality improvement and patient safety.
Collaborates with business development teams to assess market opportunities, develop growth strategies, and support implementation of oncology program expansion initiatives.
Establishes and maintains partnerships with regional leadership, facility executives, physicians, community providers, and external stakeholders to support referral development and program growth.
Partners with department and finance leaders to develop and manage operating and capital budgets aligned with strategic and financial objectives.
Analyzes operational performance, cost structures, reimbursement trends, and coding practices to identify improvement opportunities and support sustainable program profitability.
Develops and maintains reporting and tracking mechanisms to monitor oncology program performance and progression across assigned markets.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing, or related clinical field required
7-9 years of progressive clinical leadership experience in oncology program management or related specialty services within a hospital or health system required
Experience supporting multi-site program integration, development, and expansion preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong knowledge of oncology clinical operations, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements.
Demonstrated ability to lead program integration and expansion across multiple facilities.
Strong business acumen, including budget management and financial analysis related to specialty program performance.
Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, executive leadership, and multidisciplinary teams.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills to support strategic planning and operational execution.
Community Health Systems, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) 330 HRSA Grantee with Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status. Established from the roots of Inland Empire Community Health Center in Bloomington, CHSI has grown with community health centers in the counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego. These centers have been developed in accordance with standards established for safety net providers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Public Health Service (PHS), and the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).
As such, services are offered to the neediest in each community - the un-insured and under-insured, the working poor, those with limited ability to pay, the homeless, and the indigent. Services are provided at discounted (sliding fee scale) rates for those who qualify based on gross annual income and family size.