Chief Medical Officer, CMO - Holy Cross Health

About the role

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides service to the medical staff and hospital leadership for the RHM in order to assist them in fulfilling their mission, plans and objectives which includes their responsibilities to the patient and the community for the provision of quality and cost-effective care. This position has impact on the quality and financial outcomes of clinical and operational departments throughout the RHM.

Responsibilities

• Provides an effective bridge between RHM management staff and facilities medical staffs to create superior relationships with physicians and to secure physician input into major decisions.
• Directly responsible to the CEO for centralized medical staff functions such as medical staff development plan and recruitment, and to the RMH President and other members of the Executive Team for medical directorships at RHM and all physician relationship activities.
• Sets a universal standard for the delivery of patient care.
• Is the leader in the setting of goals and improvement plans for all Trinity Health quality standards.
• Participates and assists in the development of plans and implementation in all service line and patient care competency development.
• Works directly with the Senior Vice President of Clinical Care at Trinity Health in bridging the clinical arena of the RHM to the development of Trinity Health standards of performance and Trinity Health policy.
• Creates unity among the facility medical staffs and where appropriate seeks ways to collaborate and combine operations to effect greater teamwork.
• Supervises and manages the medical affairs division to ensure achievement of objectives in a cost-effective manner and to ensure the continued improvement of physician/physician, and physician/administration and physician/community relationships.
• Participates with the Senior Leadership Team of the RHM in all Managed Care strategies and negotiations.
• Participates in Senior Leadership Council meetings and is a member of Executive Leadership.
• Provides leadership to all the RHM management teams.
• Is a resource to them for problem solving and physician input.
• Maintains professional growth and development.
• Keeps up on changing trends in the healthcare business.
• Is a leader in providing new learning in all areas of influence.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited medical school (MD or DO is required) and completed an accredited residency program in a medical specialty.
• Board certification in field of specialty and agree to maintain such Board Certification through tenure of employment.
• Board certification is required in an ABMS Board.
• Graduate from an accredited university with a Master's in Business Administration, a Masters in Healthcare Administration or related field preferred.
• Ability to work in a complex matrix reporting environment.
• Proven leader with minimum of 15 years in clinical practice and 5 years executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement quality improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to lead medical staff quality initiatives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, to effectively discuss quality issues and performance and to foster culture of the RHM and Trinity Health.
• Strong leadership/influencing skills are required with the ability to work effectively within a RHM and influence others and achieve results.
• Advanced interpersonal, management and organizational skills are necessary.
• A personal presence which is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, values and guiding behaviors of Trinity Health.