Job Description
MEDICAL GROUP ADMINISTRATOR
(Turnaround-Focused | System-Level Role)
Client Organization
Health System: Central Maine Healthcare (acquired by Prime Healthcare)
Ownership Post-Close: Not-for-Profit
Primary Location: Lewiston, Maine
System Scope:
- Central Maine Medical Center (~240 beds)
- Bridgton Hospital (Critical Access)
- Rumford Hospital (Critical Access)
- Employed, multi-specialty medical group
Acquisition Close: January 1, 2026
Reporting Structure: Reports to CEO / System Executive Leadership
Governance Interface: Board of Directors (Medical Group oversight)
Position Summary
The Medical Group Administrator is a senior executive leader responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial turnaround of a multi-specialty employed medical group within Central Maine Healthcare.
This is not a “business as usual” practice administrator role . The organization requires a leader who can diagnose operational and financial issues quickly, recommend corrective action, and execute change in a complex, post-acquisition environment.
The role carries broad authority and accountability for strategy, structure, performance, and sustainability of the medical group enterprise.
Role Mandate (Plain Talk)
This role exists to:
- Stabilize a financially strained medical group
- Identify and address underperforming service lines
- Improve operational efficiency and provider productivity
- Ensure the medical group is positioned to support the broader health system’s recovery
This is a fix-it role , not a caretaker role.
Core Accountabilities
- Serve as an officer of the organization, acting as an agent of the Board in coordinating medical group administrative activities.
- Partner with the CEO and Board to define and execute strategic direction for the medical group.
- Conceptualize, recommend, and implement integrated business strategies , including:
- Organizational development and redesign
- Financial performance improvement
- Resource allocation (human and capital)
- Service line optimization and diversification
- Analyze medical group financial performance and recommend corrective actions to achieve sustainability and profitability.
- Lead development, analysis, and recommendation of medical group budgets .
- Conduct administrative and operational studies and prepare formal recommendations for executive leadership and the Board.
- Oversee personnel management, provider alignment, and leadership structure within the medical group.
- Maintain positive external relationships while fostering an internally innovative, accountable operating culture.
Turnaround & Change Leadership Expectations
- Comfortable making difficult, data-driven decisions .
- Experience operating in environments requiring restructuring, right-sizing, or operational reset .
- Ability to lead through resistance while maintaining credibility with physicians and leadership.
- Clear communicator who can translate financial and operational realities to clinical stakeholders.
This role requires judgment, backbone, and executive presence .
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (required).
- Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field (preferred).
- Minimum 4 years of healthcare management experience .
- Demonstrated experience in:
- Program planning and implementation
- Operational management
- Budget planning and financial control
- Personnel management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Strong communication, leadership, and executive-level interpersonal skills .
Preferred Experience
- Prior leadership of employed physician groups (multi-specialty preferred).
- Experience in turnaround, restructuring, or stabilization environments.
- Demonstrated success improving financial and operational performance.
- Comfort interfacing with Boards, executives, and physician leaders.
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