The CEO serves
ON-SITE/IN-PERSON as the top executive leader of a physician-owned, multi-specialty group practice. This individual is responsible for the strategic direction, operational oversight, financial performance, and cultural integrity of the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC). The CEO works in close partnership with the Board of Directors and physician stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care while maintaining the independence and values of a physician-led model. The following 4 positions report to the CEO: CFO, COO, CHRO, and Director of Marketing.
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the Southeast's most respected physician-owned medical groups at a pivotal moment in its history. The next CEO will inherit a talented executive team, a strong physician foundation, significant community goodwill, and substantial growth opportunities while helping MMC navigate the next generation of healthcare delivery in Middle Tennessee.
Duties and Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Growth - Lead the development and oversight of a long-term strategic vision that preserves MMC's independence and physician-owned culture.
- Position MMC to capitalize on significant market opportunities created by Murfreesboro's population growth and Vanderbilt's expansion into the region.
- Identify and pursue innovative growth opportunities, partnerships, service expansions, and new revenue streams.
- Lead the organization through continued growth while maintaining operational excellence and cultural alignment.
- Focus leadership attention on where MMC needs to be 5, 10, and 20 years in the future.
Financial Stewardship - Provide strategic leadership to strengthen MMC's financial position through disciplined planning, execution, and organizational accountability.
- Evaluate opportunities to improve payer contracting, reimbursement, referral retention, physician alignment, and operational efficiency.
- Partner closely with the CFO and Board to improve financial transparency, forecasting, and performance reporting.
- Support ongoing evaluation of physician compensation and incentive structures to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Ensure organizational decision-making is informed by reliable data, analytics, and performance metrics.
Physician Engagement & Culture - Build trust and credibility with a highly engaged physician ownership group.
- Balance physician autonomy with organizational accountability.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and shared responsibility.
- Champion physician engagement and ensure effective strategies are in place to support physician productivity, recruitment, retention, and succession planning.
- Help align diverse physician perspectives while maintaining focus on the best interests of the organization as a whole.
- Preserve MMC's patient-centered, community-oriented culture.
Community & Market Leadership - Serve as the visible face of MMC throughout Murfreesboro and Rutherford County.
- Build and maintain meaningful relationships with community leaders, employers, healthcare partners, educational institutions, and civic organizations.
- Represent MMC at community events, charitable activities, and public forums.
- Strengthen strategic relationships with regional health systems while protecting MMC's independence and interests.
Operational Excellence - Provide executive sponsorship and oversight for successful Epic implementation and optimization efforts.
- Ensure executive leaders foster collaboration and coordination across specialties and support functions.
- Establish expectations and accountability for effective governance, decision-making processes, and organizational role clarity.
- Empower the executive team and leaders throughout the organization to operate at the highest level.
- Ensure executive leadership efforts remain focused on strategic priorities rather than day-to-day operational minutiae.
- Ensure effective organizational communication strategies and information flow across the enterprise.
Talent & Organizational Development - Establish organizational expectations and strategic priorities for workforce planning, physician recruitment, succession planning, leadership development, and retention.
- Ensure the organization maintains effective talent management, leadership development, and succession planning programs through appropriate executive leadership and HR oversight.
- Partner with the CHRO and executive team to assess workforce risks, leadership pipeline needs, and long-term talent requirements.
- Champion a culture of accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
- Ensure physician and employee experience strategies support recruitment, retention, organizational performance, and MMC's long-term success.
- Foster an environment where employees, providers, and leaders can thrive and contribute to organizational goals.
Governance & Board Relations- Serve as the primary liaison to the Board of Directors. Non-voting member of the Board.
- Supports the Board of Directors by maintaining open, effective communication and ensuring the Board receives information necessary for governance and strategic decision-making.
- Provide regular updates on organizational performance, strategic initiatives, and industry developments.
- Ensures strong engagement and relationships with physician owners and providers throughout the organization.
- Facilitate board education and engagement.
Compliance- In collaboration with External General Counsel:
- Ensures MMC complies with local, state, and federal laws and regulations as they apply to the operation of the business.
- Oversees the negotiation of professional, consultant and service contracts.
- Participates in issues surrounding ethics and quality.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities - Significant knowledge:
- Fiscal management, governmental regulations, and reimbursement policies.
- Medical and/or insurance industry practices.
- Business plan and strategic plan development and implementation.
- High business acumen with the ability to understand financial statements, sales and marketing, technology, customer value, people leadership, etc.
- Critical skills and competencies:
- Entrepreneurial mindset.
- Passion for identifying and creating solutions when faced with difficult business challenges.
- Communicating in a clear and concise manner to the level of audience understanding.
- Managerial courage - the ability to make difficult decisions when necessary.
- Active participation in, and facilitation of, team effectiveness; taking actions that demonstrate feelings and needs of others.
- Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and direct individuals toward achievement of company goals.
- Listening, understanding, and anticipating customer needs, giving the highest priority to patient and provider satisfaction.
- Demonstrated ability:
- Maintaining resilience and handling disappointment and/or rejection while maintaining personal effectiveness.
- Establishing a course of action for self or others to accomplish a specific goal; planning appropriate allocation of resources.
- Building alignment across diverse populations and those who may have conflicting priorities.
- Obtaining results through high-performing teams.
- Leading an organization and motivating people to strive for exceptional results.
- Working effectively with and reporting to a Board of Directors.
- Building and sustaining high-performing leadership teams; ensuring effective talent acquisition, retention, and engagement strategies.
Qualifications- On-Site/In-Person role.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, or finance/accounting or equivalent is required.
- Master's degree in healthcare administration, Business, or related field is preferred.
- Minimum 5-7 years of executive leadership experience in a healthcare setting, preferably ambulatory physician practice.
- Proven success in leading physician-owned and/or multi-specialty practices.
- Experience in creatively and effectively creating diverse revenue streams within the healthcare setting.
- Strong financial and accounting acumen and strategic thinking.
- Demonstrates exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities, with a strong understanding of communications technologies to support effective engagement.
- Demonstrated success in leading, building a team, and inspiring achievement.
Core Competencies- Patient-Focused: Prioritizes quality care and patient experience.
- Collaborative: Builds consensus among diverse stakeholders.
- Decisive: Makes informed decisions with confidence.
- Ethical: Demonstrates integrity and transparency.
- Visionary: Leads with foresight and adaptability.
