Company Profile

Kirby Bates Associates

Company Overview

Kirby Bates Associates, LLC, drives healthcare organizations to achieve high quality, cost-effective patient care through a continuum of proven solutions, including Executive Search, Interim Leadership, Leadership Coaching and Operations Consulting. Leading healthcare organizations turn to Kirby Bates Associates to provide solutions for their greatest leadership challenges.

As successful CEOs, COOs and CNOs, we know firsthand the challenges facing healthcare leadership today, so we take a personal interest in solving our clients’ challenges. We build long term relationships with candidates and clients to understand their unique culture and circumstances. These insights guide us to present effective solutions and to achieve sustainable outcomes in executive, operational and clinical leadership teams.

Company History

We have been operated exclusively by healthcare executives since our founding in 1988 as Bates and Associates by two nurse entrepreneurs. We expanded our services in 2003 under the leadership of President and CEO Karen K. Kirby, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN with the goal of providing our clients with a continuum of services to meet their special needs. In early 2017, we joined Jackson Healthcare family of companies as a strategy for optimal positioning in the present and future ever-evolving healthcare environment.

Positions Available
  • 1 day ago

    Vice President, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Perioperative Services

    Boston Children's Hospital - Boston, MA, United States

    Vice President, Associate Chief Nursing Officer Perioperative ServicesBoston Children's HospitalBoston, MassachusettsKirby Bates Associates has been exclusively retained by Boston Children s Hospital to conduct a search for their next Vice President, Associate Chief Nursing Officer Perioperative Services. Renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs, as well as education, Boston Children s Hospital (BCH) is a 475-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care ...

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