Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) / Hospital Administrator – UAMS Health Benton/Bryant

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Closing Date:

10/16/2026

Type of Position:

Job Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Shift Vary (United States of America)

Sponsorship Available:

No

Institution Name:

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education, research, and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization, focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.

UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks ( available for benefits eligible positions only ):

• •Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
• •Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
• •Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
• •Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
• •Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
• •Career Training and Educational Opportunities
• •Merchant Discounts
• •Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy

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Department:

• HBB | UMH Benton/Bryant
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Summary of Job Duties:

The Chief Administrative Officer / Hospital Administrator is the senior administrative executive accountable for the safe, compliant, reliable, financially sustainable, and strategically aligned performance of the community hospital within the UAMS academic medical center enterprise [UAMS Health Benton/Bryant]. The CAO serves as the designated Hospital Administrator for the facility, subject to required governing-body appointment and institutional authority and is accountable for integrating the work required to operate a 24/7 hospital.

The role operates in a highly matrixed environment in which nursing, physicians, academic departments, service lines, quality, finance, HR, IT, revenue cycle, supply chain, pharmacy, facilities and other functions may report through enterprise structures. The CAO is therefore expected to build influence without relying on hierarchy; establish shared goals and operating priorities; convene the right leaders; make transparent tradeoffs; and escalate unresolved risk or resource conflicts. Functional reporting relationships do not diminish the CAO’s accountability for identifying and resolving risks to patient care, regulatory compliance, hospital performance, workforce reliability, or financial results.

The CAO partners with the Health System CEO, enterprise/main-campus administrative leadership, Site CMO, Site CNO, medical staff leaders, department chairs and service-line executives to translate enterprise strategy into disciplined local execution. Performance is evaluated on hospital outcomes and sustained improvement—not solely on project completion or coordination activity.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree in healthcare administration (MHA), business administration (MBA), public health (MPH), health services administration or a closely related discipline required. An equivalent advanced professional degree may be considered when paired with substantial executive hospital operating experience.

Minimum 10 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience, including meaningful acute-care hospital operations responsibility; at least 5 years in a senior leadership role with broad accountability across multiple hospital functions, a major clinical/operating portfolio, or an enterprise operating platform. Must demonstrate direct ownership of measurable quality, operational and financial outcomes and successful leadership through shared/dotted-line relationships.

Preferred Qualifications:

Graduate preparation in healthcare administration/business from an accredited program; additional executive education in strategy, finance, innovation, quality or health-system leadership.

FACHE or comparable healthcare executive certification preferred. Lean/Six Sigma, operational excellence, change-management or project-management training preferred.

Leadership experience in an academic medical center, teaching hospital, public/state-operated health system, integrated delivery system or comparably complex matrixed organization. Experience opening, acquiring, integrating, stabilizing or materially redesigning a hospital/site is strongly preferred. Experience leading service growth, digital transformation or major operational redesign is also preferred.

Demonstrated success with physician/faculty relationships, nursing partnership, enterprise service lines, complex capital/resource allocation, strategic growth, advanced analytics, automation/digital workflows and responsible AI-enabled operational tools.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Executive-level knowledge of acute-care hospital operations, patient flow/capacity management, financial management and labor productivity; working knowledge of hospital licensure/accreditation, CMS Conditions of Participation, patient safety, emergency preparedness and regulatory survey readiness; ability to build influence and shared accountability in a highly matrixed academic environment; strong physician and nursing partnership skills; data literacy, benchmarking and performance-improvement capability; demonstrated change leadership; strong judgment, negotiation, conflict resolution and executive communication; ability to prioritize under ambiguity, surface risk early and drive issues to closure; working fluency with digital health, automation, analytics and responsible innovation.

Qualifications Equivalencies:

Additional Information:

Responsibilities:

Integrated Hospital Performance & Matrix Leadership

Own the aggregate performance of the hospital across quality, safety, operations, finance, workforce, patient experience, growth, regulatory readiness and execution of enterprise priorities.

Create and maintain a site scorecard and management cadence that includes daily operating management, weekly cross-functional performance review, monthly executive accountability, and clear owners and closure dates for corrective actions.

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