Weems Hospital CEO Chuck Colvert has announced his retirement from the hospital.
He made the announcement to the hospital advisory board last month.
County planner Alan Pierce said Mister Colvert will leave the hospital in 3 months to allow time to find his replacement.
Mister Colvert came to Weems Hospital in 2007 at a time that the hospital was in dire straits because of a previous management company that was going bankrupt.
He worked with the county commission to get the hospital back on a more sound financial footing and was also instrumental in the county passing a 1 cent sales tax to help pay for expanded health care services.
That tax money has already bult an urgent care clinic in Carrabelle and will also pay for a new hospital in Apalachicola.
The task of hiring the new CEO will fall to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital which has an affiliate agreement to help manage the local hospital.
Under that agreement the hospital’s CEO and Director of Nursing are actually TMH employees.
TMH says it will work with the county to make sure that the new CEO is a good fit for the area.
TMH plans to narrow the field of applicants to about 5 and then allow the county commission to have the final choice – if they are legally allowed to do so.
Commissioner Pinki Jackel expressed her desire to have as much input into the process as possible.
She pointed out that with the county about to embark on a nearly 10 million dollar project to build a new hospital and she thinks it’s critical that the new CEO has the qualifications to guide the county through it.
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