Chief Executive Officer, Oregon State Hospital
Initial Posting Date: 10/06/2026; Application Deadline: 11/01/2026; Agency: Oregon Health Authority; Position Type: Employee; Position Title: Chief Executive Officer, Oregon State Hospital.
About the role
Lead a critical public institution. Strengthen Oregon’s behavioral health system. Deliver measurable results. Oregon is seeking an accomplished hospital executive to lead Oregon State Hospital at a pivotal point in its future. The next CEO will be responsible for strengthening patient and workforce safety, sustaining regulatory excellence, advancing organizational performance, and strengthening OSH’s role within Oregon’s behavioral health system. This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Oregon’s most complex public healthcare organizations. The CEO will set direction, lead the executive team, make difficult decisions, and translate priorities into measurable results for patients, employees, and the broader behavioral health system. Reporting to the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, the CEO serves on the OHA Director’s Leadership Team and provides executive leadership for Oregon State Hospital. The role has access to the expertise and resources of OHA and requires strong partnership across state government, labor, regulatory and oversight organizations, community behavioral health, and the people OSH serves. The next CEO will bring clarity to complexity, accountability to performance, and steady leadership through change.
Responsibilities
- Strengthen patient and workforce safety
- Sustain regulatory excellence
- Advance organizational performance
- Strengthen OSH’s role within Oregon’s behavioral health system
- Set direction and lead the executive team
- Make difficult decisions
- Translate priorities into measurable results for patients, employees, and the broader behavioral health system
- Serve on the OHA Director’s Leadership Team and provide executive leadership for Oregon State Hospital
- Partner across state government, labor, regulatory and oversight organizations, community behavioral health, and the people OSH serves
Requirements
- Demonstrated record of leading complex organizations and producing measurable results
- Significant executive leadership experience in a complex healthcare, behavioral health, public-sector, or similarly regulated environment
- Record of translating strategy into sustained organizational and operational improvement
- Strong judgment and ability to navigate complex issues, competing priorities, and difficult decisions
- Experience developing high-performing leadership teams and strengthening organizational culture
- Strong executive communication and ability to build productive relationships across organizational and community settings
- Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, equity, transparency, integrity, and public service
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement through PERS/OPSRP
- Paid leave and holidays
- Deferred compensation and other optional benefits
- Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Professional development opportunities
Pay
Salary range: $27,166 – $29,949 (non-PERS qualifying range; if qualified for PERS, range increases by 6.95%).
Schedule
Full-time, permanent, in-office position based in Salem, Oregon.