Chief Executive Officer

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Dartmouth Health

Dartmouth Health is pleased to announce a national search for the Chief Executive Officer of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH.

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APD) is seeking an inspirational leader with a passion for providing community-focused care. The successful candidate will be committed to the delivery of high quality, patient-centered healthcare and will bring a comprehensive understanding of fiscal operations and innovative resource management. A track record of fostering sustainable growth, philanthropic success, and nurturing community partnerships is vital. The leader should be able to establish critical trust with APD’s provider teams and be committed to continuing to nurture a culture of inclusion and belonging for patients and staff alike.

About Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital:

Founded in 1932, APD is a non-profit, community-based healthcare organization with a mission to improve the health and well-being of our community. APD has a strong reputation for personalized attention and provides patient-centered care to more than 15,000 patients per year. Long known for primary care, APD also specializes in short-stay ambulatory surgery and other healthcare specialties including neurosurgery, orthopedics, integrative medicine, and a pain and psychiatry clinic.

Today APD employs more than 500 staff members. Its campus includes a 25-bed critical access hospital with inpatient care and emergency services, a 10-bed Surgical Short Stay unit, an outpatient Multi-Specialty Clinic, a state-of-the-art Sleep Health Center, and APD Lifecare, a non-profit senior living community with two facilities that supports more than 150 residents in assisted and independent living.

About Dartmouth Health:

Dartmouth Health is New Hampshire’s largest, and only academic, health system. Dartmouth Health serves patients from across northern New England and provides access to more than 1,800 providers. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, the Dartmouth Health Children’s hospital, 7 member hospitals, 30 ambulatory clinic locations across the region, a Visiting Nurse Association, and the Jack Byrne Center for Palliative and Hospice Care.

At Dartmouth Health, we believe that our patients, people, and community show a strength we support and celebrate. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone to thrive, honoring all within our organization and the communities we serve. Our belief is simple and actionable: Dartmouth Health is better when we embrace each other with open hearts and minds, confront our biases, and take a stand for equity and inclusion.

About the job:
In addition to day-to-day operations at APD, the CEO is responsible for promoting an environment of collaboration and building a culture of exceptional service. The CEO establishes current and long-range objectives; provides leadership across diverse organizational operations and strategic initiatives including those focused on creating a culture of patient safety and ensuring high quality care and service; advances initiatives to improve population health; ensures regulatory and legal compliance for the organization and effective financial stewardship, people management, board governance, development, physician relations, system member relations and community relations; and provides direction to ensure successful implementation of major initiatives.

Minimum qualifications:

Qualified candidates will hold a master’s degree or higher in health administration, public health, or a related field. They may possess a physician or other clinician credential and associated license to practice, but this is not required.

Candidates must possess a minimum of 7 years of experience in executive-level healthcare leadership. Past leadership in the critical access environment is preferred, and experience within a non-profit, complex health system is valuable.

Candidates are requested to supply a Resume/Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter, and Impact Statement for this search.

Please address cover letters to the Search Chair:

Clayton Adams, MBA

Treasurer, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees

All application material should be submitted to:

Carrie Moore, DBA
Executive Recruiter, Dartmouth Health

Carrie.E.Moore@hitchcock.org  

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.