Chief Clinical Officer; Physician Administrator ; Ohio Behavioral Healthcare - PN

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Behavioral Health
- Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare

Exceptional behavioral health care starts with exceptional leadership! Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare (COBH) is seeking a Chief Clinical Officer who leads with empathy, clinical excellence, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by patients and staff in acute psychiatric settings. In this role, you’ll champion trauma‑informed care, elevate interdisciplinary collaboration, and cultivate a culture where clinicians feel supported, patients feel safe, and families feel heard.

If you’re driven to improve outcomes, strengthen clinical programs, and shape a healing environment for some of the most vulnerable individuals in our communities, we’d love to meet with you.

Do you have the vision and leadership to shape the future of mental health care in Ohio? We’re seeking a Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) to lead Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare — a mission‑driven role centered on the full operational, clinical, and administrative leadership of a state psychiatric hospital. The CCO is responsible for ensuring safe, high‑quality inpatient care; maintaining a strong, resilient workforce;

overseeing hospital operations and regulatory compliance; and fostering a culture where staff and patients can thrive. This role blends strategic oversight with hands‑on clinical management to ensure the hospital delivers exceptional, recovery‑oriented care for individuals living with serious mental illness.

Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare (COBH) operates as a critical component of Ohio’s state-operated psychiatric hospital system within the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). As part of this coordinated statewide network of regional psychiatric hospitals, COBH works in close partnership with sister facilities to ensure consistent standards of care, operational alignment, and system-wide responsiveness to the behavioral health needs of Ohio’s communities.

Through this integrated state hospital network, COBH contributes to shared clinical protocols, quality initiatives, workforce strategies, forensic coordination, and emergency response planning that strengthen Ohio’s public behavioral health infrastructure. COBH delivers evidence-based treatment through a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and other behavioral health professionals who work collaboratively to promote recovery, stability, and successful reintegration into the community.

In addition to individualized treatment planning, COBH emphasizes trauma-informed care, person-centered recovery, and strong partnerships with local mental health boards, community providers, and support networks. As a safety-net provider, COBH also serves court-referred individuals through forensic services, ensuring access to high‑quality care while supporting community safety. The hospital is committed to fostering hope, dignity, and empowerment for every person it serves.

COBH provides recovery-based, comprehensive, quality, cost-effective mental health services to adults with severe mental illness in a secure inpatient setting. The main facility opened in 2024 and consists of 208 acute and longer-term patient beds. The maximum-security facility, Timothy

B. Moritz Forensic Unit, has four units with 52 beds and serves all 88 Ohio counties. The length of stay varies for each patient but generally is 10-14 days on the acute care units. Prior to discharge, we work collaboratively with the mental health centers to link patients with an outpatient treatment team or their own psychiatrist to maintain their progress in the community.

As one of Ohio’s major state-operated psychiatric hospitals, COBH serves as a regional hub for…