CEO in Training, Executive Director

*This role requires you to be onsite in Southeast Houston*

Pennant is currently seeking an innovative, proven leader who shares a passion for building, leading, and growing exceptional teams in the Home Health, Hospice industry. We are looking to develop entrepreneurial spirited leaders who appreciate the backing of an industry leading company, and mentorship from successful leaders who are simultaneously building their own companies within Pennant. If you are seeking an opportunity to create, innovate and lead your own company with our support, then we have the right opportunity for you!

About the Company

Pennant Services is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding senior living, home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Pennant Services now operate more than 104 senior living, home health, hospice, physician services, and home care operations across 14 Western states and we are growing!

These operations have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from our Service Center, a world-class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day-to-day care and business issues within their individual agencies.

Our culture here at Pennant is one of our most valuable resources and sets us apart from other companies. Our most valuable resource is our people and our culture emphasizes that! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, “CAPLICO”:

Customer Second

Accountability

Passion for Learning

Love One Another

Intelligent Risk Taking

Celebrate

Ownership

By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and are excited about their impact on our service center team members and other operational partners. Our culture fosters excellence both personally and professionally and promotes development that leads to continued success.

About the Opportunity

The CEO-In-Training (CIT) role is intended to prepare proven leaders for an Executive Director position, overseeing an Pennant affiliated company (owned by Pennant Group). The CIT Program is a full time, paid executive training program that runs approx. 3-4 months depending on level of experience and industry knowledge. Upon demonstrating competence and core values, CITs are selected to lead a local company, with the support of peers leading their own Pennant-affiliated companies.

CIT’s receive practical on-the-job training in a operational environment under the direct supervision of an experienced Executive Director/CEO. In preparation to become an Executive Director, CIT’s will be mentored by several proven leaders to gain a thorough understanding of our culture and core values, operating models, systems and what it will take to be a successful leader of a Pennant-affiliated company. The CIT program will consist of hands-on training in all roles within an operation, shadowing clinicians to learn our clinical product, administrative staff to learn the business model, and independent study of regulations and specific curriculum focused on becoming an exceptional operator. In addition, CITs are expected to take on projects and real responsibilities at their host operation and encouraged to identify opportunities and solutions as they master the fundamentals of our business.

Qualifications

3-5 years proven leadership experience demonstrating successful results, required.

Bachelor's Degree, preferred - MBA/MHA a plus

Ability to pass state required licensing exam (requirements vary per state)

About Pennant Group

We are proud to be affiliated with the Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG).) organization formed in 2019, as a spin-off of Ensign Group, Inc. Pennant Group and Ensign group share the goal of establishing a new level of quality care within the health care and senior care industries. The name “Pennant” is synonymous with a “flag” or a “standard,” and refers to a goal of setting the standard by which all others are measured. We share this vision and our core values with other health care providers affiliated with Pennant Group, including Home Health, Hospice, Home Care and Senior Living. We all believe that through our efforts, we can achieve a new level of client care and professional competence and set a new industry standard for quality services. You can learn more about Pennant Group at www.pennantgroup.com .

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.