Chief Executive Officer

Overview Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare Canonsburg, PennsylvaniaA highly visible executive leadership opportunity to lead Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare, a premier provider of behavioral health services for children and adolescents in the greater Pittsburgh region. This role provides overall strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for a specialized behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people and their families through compassionate, evidence-based care.

Located just south of Pittsburgh, Southwood serves as a critical resource for children, adolescents, and families throughout Western Pennsylvania, offering a continuum of behavioral health services designed to promote healing, resilience, and long-term success.

Opportunity Overview Executive Benefits & Support Competitive executive compensation with performance-based incentives

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off and executive scheduling flexibility

Relocation assistance available, if needed

Equity opportunity

Strong operational, clinical, and compliance support through Acadia Healthcare's national behavioral health platform

Partnership with experienced regional and corporate leadership teams

Leadership Scope & Impact Executive oversight of a leading children's behavioral healthcare organization serving children and adolescents across multiple levels of care

Full accountability for operations, financial performance, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, risk management, and physician relationships

Leadership of inpatient and residential behavioral health services, as well as associated clinical and support functions

Strategic responsibility for growth initiatives, service line development, and community outreach

Direct leadership of a multidisciplinary executive, clinical, and operational leadership team Responsibility for creating a culture centered on patient safety, quality outcomes, engagement, and accountability

Mission & Community Alignment Lead an organization dedicated exclusively to serving children, adolescents, and families facing behavioral health challenges

Advance evidence-based treatment practices and trauma-informed care models

Serve as a visible leader and advocate for children's behavioral healthcare throughout Western Pennsylvania Build and strengthen partnerships with school systems, healthcare providers, referral sources, payors, community agencies, and government stakeholders

Champion access to care and innovative programming that improves outcomes for youth and families

About Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare has been serving children and adolescents for decades and is recognized as one of the region's leading providers of behavioral health services for youth. The organization offers specialized treatment designed to address emotional, psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental challenges in a safe, structured, and supportive environment.

Southwood's multidisciplinary team is committed to helping young people stabilize, heal, and develop the skills necessary to thrive at home, in school, and within their communities.

Responsibilities

Job Duties /Responsibilities:

The successful Chief Executive Officer candidate will:

Be instrumental in developing a culture that emphasizes high quality care and patient safety.

Manages day-to day operations and staff so that the facility achieves its objectives in all of the following key performance areas:effective patient care outcomes appropriate fiscal management maintenance of licensure, accreditation and other regulatory criteria implementation of focused business development processes medical staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation guidelines

Organizes the day-to-day management and operation of the Facility through departmentalization, delegation and alignment of responsibilities to meet the facility’s patient care and business objectives.

Create and maintain a network of local constituency groups to include government agencies, local businesses, affiliate health providers, and the surrounding community.

Appraises leadership team performance, both of individual members and the team, assesses competencies, and provides coaching/corrective action as appropriate under the direction of the governing body.

Ensure participation of staff in facility/program wide in-service and continuing education programs,…