UC Davis has launched a nationwide search for the Chief Executive Officer, UC Davis Health Hospitals and Clinics.
Email: [email protected] to apply or nominate a candidate
About the Position
Download the position profile here.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UC Davis Health Hospitals and Clinics is the senior operational leader and lead administrator for the health system’s inpatient and outpatient enterprise, including UC Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, and UC Davis Health’s ambulatory clinics across the region. This leader is also accountable for the performance of the UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, which is operated through a joint venture with Lifepoint Health. Reporting to the UC Davis Vice Chancellor, Human Health Sciences, the CEO is accountable for overall operational and financial performance of the hospitals and clinics; executing strategic and capital priorities; and ensuring high-quality patient care that supports and advances UC Davis Health’s clinical, teaching, and research missions in partnership with the UC Davis School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and the UC Davis Medical Group.
The CEO will guide UC Davis Health Hospitals and Clinics through a period defined by significant growth and complexity—balancing day-to-day performance pressures (including capacity and throughput constraints) with major long-range planning and investment. The CEO will play a central role in shaping system strategy and partnerships, strengthening operational rigor and workforce management, and stewarding financial sustainability amid dynamic labor and market conditions.
As the health system’s primary representative for the hospitals and clinics enterprise, the CEO will engage extensively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Success will require an enterprise mindset, the ability to lead across a complex academic and clinical environment, and the credibility to partner effectively with physicians, nurses, and operational leaders while advancing UC Davis Health’s strategic priorities.
About UC Davis Health
UC Davis Health is the region's only academic health center, focused on providing excellent patient care, conducting groundbreaking research, fostering innovative inter-professional education, and supporting a network of rural and community hospitals across its 33-county service area. UC Davis Health has an annual budget of $6.3 billion and more than 20,000 employees and is a major driver of economic prosperity in Sacramento and across Northern California.
The health system is anchored by the nationally ranked UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Children's Hospital, the UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, more than 20 regional outpatient clinics, and dozens of regional care delivery partnerships across Northern and Central California. Integral parts of the health system include the UC Davis School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and the UC Davis Medical Group. Regularly named as one of the nation's best employers, UC Davis Health fulfills an important public mission to meet the needs of society and maintains close ties to the Sacramento community and regional partners.
About the Committee
The recruitment advisory committee is led by co-chairs Clare Shinnerl, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, UC Davis; Gary Leiserowitz, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Nick Eversole, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff, UC Davis Health.
See the recruitment advisory committee roster here.
The national search firm Spencer Stuart is assisting the recruitment advisory committee in identifying potential candidates for this critical position.
The University of California, Davis, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
See the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy here.
For nominations and application information, please contact Donna Russell, [email protected].
General comments or questions can be sent to UC Davis Executive Programs and Recruitment.