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10 hospitals currently hiring chief financial officers; See the listings

Northside Medical Center, Jefferson Memorial Hospital among several who are looking for new CFOs.

Jeff Lagasse, Editor

A sizable number of hospitals have posted job openings for chief financial officers on LinkedIn, indicating the field is wide open for those wishing to take the reigns of a healthcare organization's finances. Here are 10 of them, spanning the country from Florida to Washington state:

1. Whitman Hospital & Medical Center, 1200 W Fairview St., Colfax, WA

Whitman, a critical access hospital, is looking for new finance chief. Key requirement is "understanding the role of cost reporting for Critical Access Hospitals is critical, as is contracting with, and reimbursement from, a variety of payers," according to the job posting. Five years experience required.

2. Jefferson Memorial Hospital, 110 Hospital Dr., Jefferson City, TN

Jefferson, which specializes in general acute care, is looking for a CFO  who can contribute "financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue," according to the job posting. The hospital is seeking candidates with a minimum of five years of financial/accounting managerial experience in an acute care environment.

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3. Chestnut Hill Hospital, 8835 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA

Chestnut Hill, an acute care facility, is seeking a CFO with five years' experience who will report directly to company CEO, Dr. John D. Cacciamani. A bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required, though a master's is preferred.

4. Northside Medical Center, 500 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, OH

Northside is currently looking for a CFO with a bachelor's degree and five years' experience to lead hospital managers and "encourage active participat(ion) in decisions that impact the hospital." Last month, Northside became the first hospital in the Ohio Valley to perform minimally-invasive total hip replacement surgery with the use of a surgeon-controlled robotic arm system.

5. Raleigh General Hospital, 1710 Harper Rd., Beckley, WV

Raleigh General is seeking a financial leader who can., among other responsibilities, assist "in the development of long and short-range hospital operations plans that may include service demand analyses, resources availability analyses and cost benefit analyses of proposed capital and staff expansions," according to the job posting. Three years' experience and a master's degree or CPA is desirable.

6. Logan Memorial Hospital, 1625 Nashville St., Russellville, KY

The job posting for Logan Memorial states that the winning candidate for its CFO opening will analyze and explore "means of reducing hospital operating costs and increasing revenues based on knowledge of market trends, financial reports and operating procedures." A Nov. 19 article in Kentucky's News Democrat Leader reports that the hospital has been recognized "as a 2014 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States."

7. Henderson County Community Hospital, 200 W Church, St., Lexington, TN

The successful candidate for Henderson's CFO position will oversee a 45-bed facility with complete inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, medical, surgical and emergency care. Five years experience preferred.

8. Palms of Pasadena Hospital, 1501 Pasadena Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL

One of 16 hospitals in the HCA West Florida network, Palms of Pasadena is seeking a CFO to oversee financial operations. The hospital's network, according to the job posting, treated more than 1.1 million patients in 2014.

9. Fishermen's Hospital, 3301 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL

Fishermen's search for a CFO will entail finding a candidate who "monitors the hospital's fiscal performance on realizing its established plans and objectives and identifies and reports undesirable trends with remedial action recommendations to the governing Board for final review and approval," according to the job posting.

10. The Memorial Hospital at Craig, 750 Hospital Loop, Craig, CO

The Memorial Hospital at Craig has posted a job opening for a CFO who will make "educated, economic decisions for the hospital." The Memorial is a 25-bed critical access hospital.

All job postings appear on LinkedIn.

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