Chief Quality and Medical Officer

About the Role

The Chief Quality & Medical Officer (CQMO) is a senior physician executive responsible for collaborating with the executive team and Medical Staff leadership to develop and maintain a comprehensive strategy for monitoring, evaluating, and improving patient care quality, patient experience, and safety outcomes. This role is crucial in driving continuous quality and safety performance improvement across the entity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strategies to monitor, evaluate, and improve patient care quality and safety.
• Lead and contribute to achieving hospital key performance indicators (KPIs) and key performance measures (KPMs) related to clinical quality improvement and harm reduction.
• Manage and oversee Infection Prevention, including emerging diseases and compliance with Joint Commission standards.
• Assist in physician recruitment, new technology decisions, and care management oversight.
• Oversee physician performance measures and provide data-driven insights to Medical Staff leaders.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory agency requirements and address sentinel events.
• Participate in strategic planning, aligning medical staff goals with facility initiatives.
• Manage medical affairs, including credentialing, privileging, and medical staff committee support.
• Facilitate peer review processes and adjudicate serious safety events.
• Provide updates on national trends and local initiatives impacting patient care decisions.

Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O. with board certification in a medical or surgical specialty recognized by ABMS or AOA.
• Master's degree (MBA, MPG, or similar) is highly desirable.

Experience

• 5+ years in medical management as a CMO, CQO, or VP Medical Affairs with progressive responsibility.
• Significant experience in clinical performance improvement and patient safety accountability.
• Experience with clinical informatics and electronic health records.
• Proven ability to lead through influence and build consensus in complex organizational settings.
• Ideally, experience in a multi-hospital system with a diverse medical staff community.

Skills

• Demonstrable clinical practice experience to relate credibly to a diverse medical staff.
• Progressive leadership in healthcare with clear achievements in quality, patient safety, and performance improvement.
• Strong data analysis skills and a passion for objective performance metrics.
• Effective communication and relationship-building abilities across diverse constituencies.
• Ability to manage change and tolerate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Supervision

This position manages 5-9 to 11-49 people.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work with occasional exposure to various environmental conditions (1-33%).