Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Opportunity Details/Responsibilities
Acts as the Chief Medical Officer and advisor to the Executive Director/Senior Vice President to assist in resolving issues of facility administration, and medical staff, as they affect the clinical departments.
Participates in this process with the appropriate department leadership and the medical staff.
Directs and coordinates all clinical functions through the chairpersons/chiefs [where applicable] of the various clinical departments.
Ensures adequate direction and staffing for medical diagnosis and treatment of all hospital inpatients, outpatients, and emergency care.
Plans, initiates, directs, and coordinates the provision of quality patient care.
Develop ongoing system for continuous monitoring and evaluation of the quality and appropriateness of patient care through the supervision of the Quality Management department.
Works closely with the organized medical staff and its committees, the President/Chair of the Medical Board [where applicable] and the Chiefs/Directors of Service [where applicable] to assure medical staff compliance with its Bylaws, with the policies of the health care facility and the HHC Board of Directors, with the rules and regulations of all applicable local, state and federal agencies, with the Joint Commission standards and with other appropriate directives and guidelines.
In conjunction with the President/Chair of the Medical Board [where applicable], coordinates the process of appointment, re-appointment, and delineation of clinical privileges of the medical staff and other licensed independent practitioners to ensure compliance with the Rules and Regulations and the Bylaws of the Medical Staff.
Oversees Medical Staff Office [where applicable] functions such as the on-going monitoring and maintenance of the medical staff files including the profiles based on QI/RM/Patient Relations findings.
In conjunction with the Executive Director, Chiefs/Directors of Service, Department Chairmen, and the affiliation senior management, assures the operation of graduate programs’ full compliance with the standards established by the ACGME, respective Residency Review Committees, and are properly integrated with the clinical service needs of the health care facility [where applicable].
Oversees and is responsible for the health care facility House Staff Office Functions [where applicable], including the J-1 Visas credentialing and privileging of medical residents and medical students and coordination with the affiliated medical college Office of Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education.
Serves as the liaison between the Executive Director and affiliation administration for affiliation contract matters in reference to clinical policy, staffing and education. This includes monitoring of pertinent areas of the affiliation performance and reporting.
Coordinates planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programs and activities with multidisciplinary aspects.
Participates in the annual expense, revenue and capital budget and strategic planning process.
Participate as requested in setting the strategic direction for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and promoting the interests of their respective health care facility, community, and patients.
Makes recommendations to the affiliate on the allocation of affiliation contract funds.
In consultation with the hospital Executive Director, affiliation administration and other parties as may be designated, conducts criteria-based performance appraisals of the Chiefs/Directors of Service [where applicable] at the health care facility.
Jointly with the health care facility Executive Director periodically performs a comprehensive evaluation of clinical services and related clinical support services, which to the extent feasible shall not be less than five years.
This position has a requirement to work clinically 0.1 FTE (4 hours a week).