Kirby Bates Associates has been exclusively retained by ChristianaCare to conduct a search for their Campus President, Wilmington Campus, a 321-bed level III Trauma Center.

ChristianaCare is a nationally recognized, not?for?profit teaching health system dedicated to improving health outcomes, expanding access to high?quality care, and lowering healthcare costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive outpatient network, emergency medical services, home health care, and three hospitals with more than 1,300 beds, including a Level I Trauma Center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care, and women’s health. ChristianaCare, a four-time Magnet designated organization, ranks among the nation’s leaders in quality outcomes.

Position Overview

ChristianaCare seeks an accomplished executive to serve as Campus President of Wilmington Hospital, a community hospital and core access point for care in the region. Reporting directly to the System Chief Operating Officer, the Campus President is the senior executive leader and face of the hospital, with full accountability for campus performance.

This role is responsible for operationalizing system strategy, leading all clinical and non?clinical operations, and driving results across quality, safety, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, caregiver experience, financial performance, and campus growth. Direct reports include Campus Chief Medical Director (CMO), Campus Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), & Campus Clinical Essential Services Leaders (Lab, Pharmacy, Imaging, Rehab, Respiratory). Operating within a highly matrixed environment, the Campus President partners closely with the CMO and CNO to operationalize system strategy while preserving the campus’s distinct culture and strong community connections.

Opportunity Highlights: 

• Join a campus that values diversity, is inclusive and addresses the needs of a diverse workforce, pt population, and community.
• Lead a hospital with strong performance in quality and financial outcomes, and significant opportunity for growth.
• Drive strategic expansion initiatives, including ambulatory growth, site?of?care optimization, procedural and service line development, and regional partnerships.
• Champion excellence across quality, patient safety, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, and caregiver engagement.
• Serve as a key community leader and ambassador, maintaining Wilmington’s strong culture of engagement, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the future of care delivery in preparation for major initiatives, including systemwide EPIC go?live.
• The location offers easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree required, preferably an MHA, MSN, MBA, or related degree.
• Ten (10) years of results-oriented experience in healthcare operations, financial management and development is required with progressive management experience in a hospital environment with success in matrix operating structures.
• Knowledge of integrated healthcare delivery system and health care trends.
• Strong leadership and complex organization management skills at a strategic and operational level.

About Kirby Bates Associates, LLC

Led and operated by successful healthcare executives, Kirby Bates Associates drives organizations to achieve sustainable outcomes and advance organizations’ key initiatives through Executive Search, Interim Leadership and Executive Advisory Services. Kirby Bates has the firsthand clinical operations experience to recognize organizational challenges, understand their implications and present mission, margin, results-focused solutions. It is known nationally for its inclusive approaches and the clinical, operational, and financial acumen it brings to each engagement.

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