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

1. Bachelor’s Degree (required).
2. Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field (preferred).
3. Minimum 4 years of healthcare management experience .
4. Demonstrated experience in:

• Program planning and implementation
• Operational management
• Budget planning and financial control
• Personnel management
• Cross-functional leadership

1. 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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