Children's Hospital Executive Search & Interim Leadership Experts.

We have proven leadership success for Executive Search & Interim Leadership placement, leveraging our expansive network of contemporary healthcare leaders.

Trusted By Top Healthcare Organizations Across The Country

Exclusive Focus On Healthcare

Healthcare Is Our Exclusive Focus

Build a high-performing leadership team for your healthcare organization

The unparalleled complexity of the healthcare business ecosystem demands equally specialized leadership. At Kirby Bates Associates, we understand that having expert executive search partners is crucial for success in the healthcare industry. Just as you wouldn’t trust a general surgeon to perform neurosurgery, you shouldn’t rely on non-specialized recruiters to fill healthcare executive roles. As the recognized leader in healthcare executive search, Kirby Bates Associates helps you find mission-margin focused healthcare executives who provide rapid cycle change.

Our inclusive approach to executive search positions us among the industry's leading firms. We earn our clients’ trust with our proven ability to identify and recruit transformational leaders who achieve results while enhancing the patient experience and work environments across the care continuum.

Healthcare Expertise Across the Continuum

Broad, national pool of diverse, seasoned, progressive children's hospital executives:

  • Mission - margin, results focused
  • Culturally complementary
  • 93% Candidate Retention Rate @ 3 years post placement

Led by successful healthcare executives with first hand clinical, financial, and operational leadership experience:

  • Consultative approach to identify the best solutions & key competencies
  • Deep understanding of today's market and its implications for tomorrow
  • 92% of clients return for multiple engagements

Proven Contemporary Leadership Solutions

Our 360-degree approach supports children's hospitals in building strategic leadership teams:

  • Executive Search
  • Interim Leadership
  • Executive Advisory Services